Introduction
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is the only captain in the history of Cricket to win all ICC trophies. Msd is one of precious player that is found in India. He can also perform well and was selected for Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship team during the 1997-98 season.He build his interest in cricket and started to take cricket seriously only after completing 10th standard.
Early Life
#Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born on July 7, 1981, in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), into a Rajput family originally from Uttarakhand. He has a cute childhood and the father of msd, is retired employee of #MECON (a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Steel), where he worked in junior management positions. The mother of msd Devaki Devi is a housewife.#Msd is good student and the schooling of msd is attended #DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir located at Shyamali in Ranchi, Jharkhand. He was an athletic student, but was more interested in badminton and football initially. He was the goalkeeper of his school football team.#Mahendra Singh Dhoni has one elder brother, Narendra Singh Dhoni, and one elder sister, Jayanti Gupta. He has a one brother and Brother of msd is a politician, while his sister is an English teacher. It was chance that his football coach once sent him to fill in as the wicketkeeper of the cricket team of a local club. He is little to shy and charmed everyone with his performance and secured a permanent spot as the regular wicketkeeper in the #Commando cricket club team for three years during 1995-98.
Career
#Dhoni began his career in 1998 by playing for Bihar U-19 team. He also played for East Zone U-19 for the CK Nayudu trophy team. In 1999-2000, he made a debut for Bihar in Ranji Trophy. Dhoni’s performance in the 2002–03 season included three half-centuries in the #Ranji Trophy and a couple of half-centuries in the #Deodhar Trophy, as he started gaining recognition for his lower-order contribution as well as hard-hitting batting style. His brilliant performances in the Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy and India ‘A’ tour of Kenya, brought him to the notice of the national team selectors. Dhoni’s talent was discovered via the BCCI’s small-town talent-spotting initiative Talent Resource Development Wing. Dhoni was discovered by TRDO Prakash Poddar, who saw #Dhoni play for Jharkhand at a match in Jamshedpur in 2003, and sent a report to the National Cricket Academy. He was recognised for his efforts in best wicket-keeping in the 2003/04 season, especially in the One Day format, and was picked for the India ‘A’ squad for a tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya. He was then selected to play for the Indian Cricket team, after making a mark in the India A squad and in 2004, where he made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in Chittagong.
Since then, #Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come a long way in cricket. His sterling performances with the bat have rescued India from many a tight situation. In his illustrious career, Dhoni has played 90 Tests scoring 4876 runs with his highest being 224 against Australia at Chennai in 2013. His amazing statistics behind the stumps include 256 catches and 38 stumpings.
In the ODI scenario, #Dhoni has so far played 265 matches scoring 8620 runs, with his highest being a staggering 183 out off 145 balls not-out against Sri Lanka, in Jaipur, 2005-06. Dhoni ended the series with the highest run aggregate (346) and was awarded the Man of the Series award for his efforts. In December 2005, #Dhoni was rewarded a B-grade contract by the BCCI. His ODI wicket-keeping statistics include 246 catches and 85 stumpings. Dhoni made his ICC Cricket World Cup debut in 2007 and played only three matches due to India’s early exit. India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and 2011 #ICC Cricket World Cup, among others, under his captaincy. India reached the finals in #ICC World Cup 2011 with victories over #Australia and #Pakistan in quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively. Chasing a target of 275 in the final against Sri Lanka, #Dhoni rescued his team alongside #Gautam Gambhir, and later #Yuvraj Singh, to help India lift their second World Cup title since 1983. He scored 91 not out, finishing the game with a historic six and claiming the Man of the Match award.
He is also the captain of the #Chennai Super Kings Team in IPL (Indian Premier League). Under his captaincy, the team has won two IPL titles and also the Champions League Twenty20 in 2010.
Winning the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. #Dhoni became the first and only captain in international cricket to claim all ICC trophies. In November 2013, Dhoni became the second India batsman after #Sachin Tendulkar to aggregate 1,000 or more ODI-runs against Australia. During the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Dhoni became the first Indian captain to win all group stage matches in such a tournament. Dhoni stepped down as captain of India in the limited over formats in January 2017. In April 2019, he was named in India’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Achievements
#MS Dhoni is the only Indian captain who has led India to all three major ICC events. From winning the maiden T20 World Cup in 2007 on his captaincy debut to lead India to a World Cup victory on home soil in 2011. In 2013 he has won the Champions Trophy.
Under his captaincy, India holds the numero uno position in Test ranking for 18 months
#MS Dhoni is the only non-Australian captain who has led his team more than 100 matches. He is also the third captain to have won the 100 matches after two Australian captains after Ricky Ponting and Allan Border.
#Dhoni is the fourth fastest batsman who has completed 8000 runs in New Zealand fifth and final match.
On November 1, 2011, the Indian Territorial Army conferred with honorary rank Lieutenant Colonel to #Dhoni after which Dhoni has become the only captain after #Kapil Dev to receive this prestigious award.
2008 and 2009 #Dhoni was awarded the ICC Player of the Year trophy.
#Dhoni has won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007.
2011 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in Sports
Padma Bhushan 2018
Padma Shri 2009
ICC Award for Spirit of Cricket 2011
LG People's Choice award 2013
T20 World Cup 2007
MS Dhoni led India to the title triumph in the inaugural edition of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday shared a flashback video of India's five-run win over arch-rivals Pakistan in the summit clash in Johannesburg. in 2007 #TeamIndia were crowned World T20 Champions.
ICC Champion's Trophy 2013
India beat England by 5 runs in a rain-curtailed final of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy, have won ICC Champions Trophy
World Cup 2011
India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil
Retirement
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been retired from International cricket on 21 August 2020. He is the only captain who has won all ICC Trophies.
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