Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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MS Dhoni

Dhoni at an event in January 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born	7 July 1981 (age 33) Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Nickname	Mahi, MS, MSD
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper, India captain
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 251)	2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	26 December 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158)	23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	28 February 2015 v UAE
ODI shirt no.	7
T20I debut (cap 2)	1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I	7 September 2014 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00–2004/05	Bihar
2004/05–present	Jharkhand
2008–present	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC T20Is Matches 90 257 131 50 Runs scored 4,876 8,298 7,038 849 Batting average 38.09 51.86 36.84 33.96 100s/50s 6/33 9/56 9/47 0/0 Top score 224 183* 224 48* Balls bowled 96 36 126 – Wickets 0 1 0 – Bowling average – 31.00 – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling – 1/14 – – Catches/stumpings 256/38 234/85 364/57 25/11
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 28 February 2015

Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( pronunciation (help·info), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket.^[1][2][3][4] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 againstBangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.

Dhoni holds numerous captaincy records such as most wins by an Indian captain in Tests and ODIs, and most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first-ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the CB Series of 2007–08, the 2010 Asia Cup, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. In the final of the 2011 World Cup, Dhoni scored 91 not out off 79 balls to take India to victory for which he was awarded the Man of the Match. In June 2013, when India defeated England in the final of the Champions Trophy in England, Dhoni became the first captain to win all three ICC limited-overs trophies (World Cup, Champions Trophy and the World Twenty20). After taking up the Test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and West Indies, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008, 2010 and 2013. In 2009, Dhoni also led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test rankings. In 2013, under his captaincy, India became the first team in more than 40 years towhitewash Australia in a Test series. In the Indian Premier League, he captained the Chennai Super Kings to victory at the 2010 and 2011 seasons, along with wins in the 2010 and 2014 editions of Champions League Twenty20. He announced his retirement from Tests in December 2014.^[5]

Dhoni holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd., after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first IPL season.^[6][7] Dhoni is the co-owner of Indian Super League team Chennaiyin FC.^[8]

Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards, including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008