Mahendra Singh Dhoni biography

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Indian cricket player 

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni (born 7 July 1981), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni, is a cricketplayer and was the captain of the Indian cricket team.^[2] Dhoni is a right-handed batsman. He is known as the greatest captain of all time, having achieved more success than any other captain in the history of cricket.^[3][4]

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Dhoni at a promotional event in January 2013
Personal information
Full name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born	7 July 1981 (age 36) Ranchi, Bihar, India
Nickname	Mahi, MS, MSD, THALA, MFD
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-hand medium
Role	Wicket-keeper, Indian cricket team
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 251)	2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	26-30 December 2013 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 158)	23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	16 February 2018 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 2)	1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I	28 December 2012 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00–2004/05	Bihar
2004/05-	Jharkhand
2016	[Rising Pune Supergiants]]
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	T20Is
Matches	80	238	119	43
Runs scored	4,303	7,774	6,413	772
Batting average	39.39	52.88	37.72	32.16
100s/50s	6/28	9/49	9/42	0/0
Top score	224[1]	183*	224	48*
Ballsbowled	78	36	108	–
Wickets	0	1	0	–
Bowling average	–	31.00	–	–
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	–	–	–
Best bowling	–	1/14	–	–
Catches/stumpings	212/36	215/76	320/55	22/8
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 14 November 2013

The Indian cricket team won the 2011 Cricket World Cup under his captainship. His Test cricket and One Day International records are the best among all Indian captains to date. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first ever inter-country ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni also holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd. after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first edition of IPL.^[5][6]

Dhoni has also been given many awards, such as the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2009.

On 6 February 2015, Dhoni's daughter was born. He had played his 300th ODI match and scored 49* runs. MS Dhoni is the only captain to win all the ICC trophies.