Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born: 7
th July, 1981, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Nickname: Mahi
Height: 5ft 11 inch
Batting Style: Right-hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm Medium
Fielding Position: Wicket Keeper
Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings, Jharkhand
Test Debut: 2
nd December 2005 v Sri Lanka
ODI Debut: 23
rd December 2004 v Bangladesh
T20I Debut: 1
st December 2006 v South Africa
M.S.Dhoni or Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Mahi each name relate to only
one person and that Dhoni the current Indian captain. He announced his
arrival in 2004-05 at the international arena with bang as he smashed a
superb century 148 runs of 123 balls in his fifth ODI at Vizag which
helped India to beat Pakistan easily.
On 31
st October 2005, M.S.Dhoni became the first
wicketkeeper batsman to score 183 runs in ODI in the game against Sri
Lanka played at Jaipur.
At initial phase of his career he was more aggressive in his batting
approach and destroyer of bowling attacks. But after becoming the
Captain of India, he has chosen his role as finisher. He and Yuvraj has
won too many games on their own.
Under his captaincy India have achieved so many feet in short period
of time, the biggest achievement was winning the inaugural ICC World
twenty20 in South Africa in 2007. The icing on the cake was the
triangular series win against Australia in Australia in 2008. After that
he also helped India to beat Australia in the home series by 2-0, also
able to beat New Zealand on their home soil after 27 years in March
2009.
Most recently he became the first captain for India to lead the team
to Number one position in the ICC Test ranking. Also after Kapil Dev he
became only 2nd Indian Captain in History to lift the World Cup in 2011.
M.S.Dhoni was born on 7
th July 1981 in small town Ranchi
which was initially part of Bihar now it’s fall under Jharkhand state.
He has two siblings’ one sister and brother.