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Details of M S Dhoni

MS Dhoni
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Personal information
Full nameMahendra Singh Dhoni
Born7 July 1981 (age 31)
Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
NicknameMahi
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting styleRight-hand batsman
Bowling styleRight-hand medium
RoleWicket-keeper, India captain
International information
National sideIndia
Test debut(cap 251)2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test13 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158)23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI19 February 2012 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 2)1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I3 February 2012 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999/00–2004/05Bihar
2004/05-presentJharkhand
2008–presentChennai Super Kings
Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIFCLA
Matches67206108253
Runs scored3,5096,7735,6718,500
Batting average37.3251.7036.1250.29
100s/50s5/247/458/3813/54
Top score148183*148183*
Balls bowled781210839
Wickets0102
Bowling average14.0018.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling1/141/14
Catches/stumpings192/28193/65284/45257/76
Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2012

Cricketing profile

Mahendra Singh Dhoni started his first class career in the year 1999-2000. His one day international debut came after playing five years of first class cricket on the 23rd of December 2004 against Bangladesh. The venue of the match was in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Unfortunately, he was run out on the first ball he faced. It wasn’t a great debut for him where batting is concerned. Luck wasn’t on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. Not only a good wicketkeeper but Dhoni proved himself to be a first class batsman too. He is one of the few finest wicketkeeper batsman India has seen after a very long time.

On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur. Adam Gilchrist was the former record holder with 172 runs.

Before he started playing cricket, he was a football goalkeeper. Its said he drinks around four litres of milk everyday but he denied it by saying that has been exaggerated a bit. He said he loves milk and drinks around a litre on a daily basis.

On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India.

Personal profile

Dhoni was born and brought up in the city of Ranchi. He has two siblings. A sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora. Almora is a high-lying town at the foot of the Himalaya which is his father’s home town. His father’s name is Pan Singh and mother’s name is Devki Devi. Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat on 4 July 2010. Sakshi Dhoni is a native of Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

His hobbies and interests include:

  • Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
  • Loves to ride bikes
  • Enjoys playing computer games and badminton
Not interested in:

  • English songs
  • Working out at gyms
Special qualities:

  • Thinks positive
  • Highly confident about himself
  • Is aggressive on the field
His Idol:

  • Adam Gilchrist


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