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Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Dhoni in January 2019
Personal information
Full nameMahendra Singh Dhoni
Born7 July 1981 (age 38)
RanchiBihar (now Jharkhand), India
NicknameMahi, MSD, Captain Cool, Thala
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting styleRight-handed
Bowling styleRight-arm medium
RoleWicket-keeper batsman
International information
National sideIndia
Test debut (cap 251)2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test26 December 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158)23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI28 may 2019 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.7
T20I debut (cap 2)1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I24 February 2018 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.7
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999/00–2003/04Bihar
2004/05–presentJharkhand
2008–2015; 2018-presentChennai Super Kings (squad no. 7)
2016–2017Rising Pune Supergiant (squad no. 7)
Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIT20IsIPL
Matches9031889192
Runs scored4,87610,0461,6174,661
Batting average38.0951.3738.7642.88
100s/50s6/3311/670/20/22
Top score224183*5684*
Balls bowled9636126
Wickets010
Bowling average31.00
5 wickets in innings000
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling1/14
Catches/stumpings256/38297/10749/2987/32
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 novembar 2018
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (born 7 July 1981), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni and *Mahi*, is a cricket player and was the former captain of the Indian cricket team.[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
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 dhoni have more than 800 wins

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