Who is He ? About MS Dhoni !

Mahendra Singh Dhoni,(Hindi: महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी ) (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar) (now in Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team.


Initially recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08 , the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0 and 2011 Cricket World Cup in which India beat every previous world cup winning team. His Test, ODI record is best among all the Indian captains to date.

Personal Life of MS Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) in a Rajput family to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi.[4] His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti and a brother Narendra. Dhoni had long hair which he has now shortened; he cut it because he wanted to look like his favourite film star John Abraham(actor). He likes bikes.
A Hummer to add to the four cars and 23 high-speed motorcycles already parked in his garage in Ranchi. He endorses 15 brands from clothes to cold Drinks. He is also one of the highest income tax payers in last year Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar.

Playing Style

Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Dhoni is one of the number of wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team — Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik also followed this route. Dhoni, referred to as 'Mahi' by his friends, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998/99 cricket season and was selected to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in 2004.



Along with Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni made multiple centuries against the Pakistan-A team in a tri-nation series and was selected in the Indian national team later in that year.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni stumps a South African batsman during a match in Chennai in 2008.
Dhoni tends to play mostly from the back foot with a pronounced bottom hand grip.

MS Dhoni ODI World Records

ODI records

• On 31 October 2005 Dhoni scored 183* runs of just 145 balls against Sri Lanka in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, which is the highest score made by any batsman in the second innings (surpassing Lara's previous record of 153).^[35]
  • The innings featured 10 Sixes - the most by an Indian in an innings, and the fourth highest in ODI cricket after the 12 scored by Xavier Marshall of the West Indies, and 11 scored by both ST Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi.^[65]

Domestic, IPL, International Career of MS Dhoni

Junior cricket
Dhoni was included in the Bihar U-19 squad for the 1998/99 season and scored 176 runs in 5 matches (7 innings) as the team finished fourth in the group of six and did not make it to the quarter finals. Dhoni was not picked for the East Zone U-19 squad (CK Nayudu Trophy) and Rest of India squad (MA Chidambaram Trophy and Vinoo Mankad Trophy). Bihar U-19 cricket team advanced to the finals of the 1999–2000 Cooch Behar Trophy where Dhoni made 84 to help Bihar post a total of 357. Bihar's efforts were dwarfed by Punjab U-19's 839 with Dhoni's future national squad teammate Yuvraj Singh making 358.

MS Dhoni Test Statistics

Test career records by opposition
#	Opponents	Matches	Runs	Average	High Score	100s	50s	Catches	Stumpings
1	Australia	8	448	34.46	92	0	4	18	6
2	Bangladesh	2	104	104.00	51*	0	1	6	1
3	England	8	397	33.08	92	0	4	24	3
4	New Zealand	2	155	77.50	56*	0	2	11	1
5	Pakistan	5	323	64.60	148	1	2	9	1
6	South Africa	7	218	27.25	132*	1	1	6	1
7	Sri Lanka	6	363	60.50	110	2	1	15	1
8	West Indies	4	168	24.00	69	0	1	13	4
Total		42	2176	40.29	148	4	16	102	18

MS Dhoni ODI Statistics

ODI career records by opposition
#	Opponent	Matches	Runs	Average	High Score	100s	50s	Catches	Stumping
1	Africa XI[64]	3	174	87.00	139*	1	0	3	3
2	Australia	23	690	43.12	124	1	3	26	9
3	Bangladesh	9	247	61.75	101*	1	1	9	6
4	Bermuda	1	29	29.00	29	0	0	1	0
5	England	18	501	33.40	96	0	3	19	7
6	Hong Kong	1	109	-	109*	1	0	1	3
7	New Zealand	9	269	67.25	84*	0	2	7	2
8	Pakistan	23	920	54.11	148	1	7	22	6
9	Scotland	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
10	South Africa	10	196	24.50	107	0	1	7	1
11	Sri Lanka	38	1514	63.08	183*	2	12	38	9
12	West Indies	18	499	49.90	95	0	3	16	4
13	Zimbabwe	2	123	123.00	67*	0	2	0	1
Total		156	5271	51.67	183*	7	34	151	51