Biography of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's name is accumulated among the great cricketers all over the world and today is a successful player.

But the route of becoming a cricketer was not so easy for MS Dhoni and he had to struggle a lot in his life to become a great cricketer from an ordinary person.

So here is a brief Biography of Mahendra Singh Dhoni to know about his life for you.

The popularity and craziness of cricket in India can be gauged from the fact that most foreign cricket players also do not consider this game to be any less than any religion in India.

Every foreign player likes to play cricket in India, this is because the packed cricket stadium filled with Excited crazy spectators, And if you are the captain of the Indian cricket team, a wrong decision may warm your mind.

Win or lose equals for the former Indian cricketer we are talking about today. It is quite common for them to remain the same attitude as Sachin Tendulkar in the victory or defeat, that is why they are called Captain Cool.

we are talking about former India captain and former wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who laid the foundation of the golden days of Indian cricket.

Fan of his style and President of Pakistan Musharraf has given the name of Lord of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar. Suppose they consider themselves lucky that the game under Dhoni's captaincy and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who won the 2011 World Cup.

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Personal Biography of Mahendra Singh Dhoni:

• Full Name... Mahendra Singh Pan Singh Dhoni
• Date of birth... July 07, 1981.
• Born territory... Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand)
• Height... 5 ft 11 in (1.80m)
• Father's Name...  Pan Singh Dhoni
• Mother's Name... Devki Devi
• Brother's Name... Narendra Singh Dhoni
• Sister's Name... Jayanthi Gupta
• Wife's Name...Sakshi Joshi   
• Daughter's Name... Jeeva
• Main Role in the team...Wicketkeeper-Batsman
• Batting genre... Right Handed Bat
• Bowling genre... Right-arm medium pace
• Debut in ODI... 22/12/2004 vs Bangladesh
• His last ODI... 03/08/2020 vs England
• Debut in Test... 05/12/2005 vs Sri Lanka
• His last Test... 29/12/2014 vs Australia
• Debut in T20... 30/11/2006 vs South Africa
• His last T20... 10/03/2020 vs Bangladesh
• Debut in IPL... 19 April 2008
  

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born The was born in Ranchi city of Bihar, which is now in the state of Jharkhand.

Although his ancestral home is located in the Lwalli village of Lamgara block in the Almora district of Uttarakhand.

His mother's name is Devki Devi and his father's name is Pan Singh Dhoni who worked at MECON LIMITED, Ranchi, Jharkhand, he has a sister named Jayanthi Gupta and a brother named Narendra Singh Dhoni.

On 4th July 2010, Dhoni was married to his school friend Sakshi Singh Rawat and On 6th February 2015, a daughter named Jeeva was born in there home.

When his daughter Jeeva was born Dhoni was away from his family for playing series in Australia.

Dhoni has been a fan of Adam Gilchrist, Amitabh Bachchan and Lata Mangeshkar.

He did his studies from Jawahar Vidya Mandir Ranchi and has played club football badminton, has been a goalkeeper of the football team, he has been inspired to play his football coach.

He did his studies from Jawahar Vidya Mandir Ranchi that he has played football and badminton at the District and Club level.

He has been the goalkeeper of the football team, his football coach inspired him to play cricket.

Dhoni showed his wicket-keeping skills by impressing everyone here and after that, he became a regular wicket-keeper in a commando cricket club and that is from 1995 to 1998.

Domestic Cricket Career:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni started playing cricket from his school days but it took him many years to become a part of the Indian team but as soon as Dhoni got a chance to play for the Indian national Cricket team he used this opportunity well and Gradually established himself in the international cricket.

In 1997/98, Dhoni was selected for the Vinoo Makad Trophy Under-19 Championship where he performed very well, In 1998, Deval Sahay selected Dhoni for the Central Coalfield Limited cricket team.

Talking about the 1998/99 season, Dhoni was on the way to victory by scoring a score of 357 in the final of the Bihar Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy, selected in Bihar Under-19 team, in which Dhoni contributed 84 runs.

For Dhoni's good performance, he was selected for the CK Naidu Trophy East Zone Under-19 Squad, MS Dhoni started the Ranji Trophy season in 1999/2000 on behalf of the Bihar team, and in 2000/2001 he also made his first-class cricket century.

He has worked as a Travel Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station in Midnapore for the South Eastern Railway of  West Bengal from 2001 to 2003.

Career turning point:

The BCCI started an initiative at that time called Talent Resource Development Wing ie TRDW which used to work for finding state-level cricket talent.

By 2002/2003, he was recognized as a lower-order batsman with a hard-hitting batting style. For the final match of the Duleep Trophy, Dhoni has been given more preference than Deep Dasgupta, now you will see Deep Dasgupta doing cricket commentary on many occasions.

In 2003, while Dhoni was playing a match for Jharkhand, he came across the eyes of the officials of the National Cricket Academy, who recommended Dhoni to the National Cricket Academy which led to Dhoni being selected in the India A team.

He was selected to be part of the practice matches during this team's tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya.

In a triangular tournament in Kenya, India A, and Pakistan A, Dhoni hit a half-century to give India A a win over Pakistan A. This performance was noticed by the then Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri.

International Cricket Career Records:

He has played a total of 538 international matches in his entire cricket career including Test, ODI, and T20, in which the following are the brief statistics of his performance.

In Batting:

Bat	P	In	R	HS	Ave	S/R	200	100	50	4s	6s
Test	90	144	4876	224	38.09	59.12	1	6	33	544	78
ODI	350	297	10773	183	50.58	87.56	0	10	73	826	229
T20	98	85	1617	56	37.6	126.13	0	0	2	116	52
Total	538	526	17266	224	42.09	90.94	1	16	108	1486	359

In Bowling:

Bowl	P	In	B	R	Wk	Bbm	Bbi	Av	Ec	S/R
Test	90	7	96	67	0	0	0	0	4.19	0
ODI	350	2	36	31	1	1/14	1/14	31.0	5.17	36.0
T20	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	538	9	132	98	1	1/14	1/14	31.0	4.68	36.0

In 2004, MS Dhoni debuted Cricket International for India against Bangladesh though he was dismissed for 0 in this match.

In 2005, an eye-catching innings against Pakistan he scored brilliant 145 runs, and in the same year, he strengthened their claim for the Indian team by playing 183 runs of innings against Sri Lanka.

In 2007, he was selected as the captain for the world's first T20 World Cup held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in which India beat Pakistan in the last ball of the last over of the final match and won the World Cup in a great thrilling way,

In this match the decision to give Joginder Sharma the bowling in the final over, Nobody has understood even to date, probably because of this instruct, people are convinced of his captaincy.

In 2008, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the captain of Team India for the first time for ODI and won the CB Series by defeating Australia.

After which he was made the captain of India's full-time test match, in which India defeated Australia in the home series with great ease.

The moment of 2011 in which India won the ICC One Day International World Cup due to the contribution of Gautam Gambhir, MS Dhoni, and all the team makes everyone feel proud even today.

In 2013, Dhoni-led India won the ICC Champions Trophy, the same year Dhoni made his first Test double century, leaving behind Saurabh Ganguly to register his name as India's most successful Test captain.

The 2019 ICC One Day International World Cup semi-final match in New Zealand was the last international match for MS Dhoni.

Dhoni appointed as a mentor of 2021 T20 World Cup:

Specialties in Biography of Mahendra Singh Dhoni:

The bat with which Dhoni played in the 2011 World Cup has been the most expensive bat of the entire world so far, which was auctioned for 72 lakhs which was bought by RK Global firm.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was signed by the Chennai Super Kings team at the beginning of the IPL in India for the US $ 1.5 million in 2008, making him the most expensive player in the IPL first season auction.

MS Dhoni is one of those captains who himself comes forward to face difficult situations. these specialties have made him successful and his reputation among his fellow players has also increased considerably.

Senior players like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VV Laxman also openly praise Dhoni's ability.

Whatever be the circumstances of the match, Dhoni never loses patience. He never gets angry. He remains restrained in every situation.

Due to restraint, Dhoni is able to make the best decision in every situation and opportunity. because of this reason, no opposition team, captain, or player has been able to dominate them till now.

Dhoni is one of the fittest players to play cricket from the Indian team. Apart from being quick and agile in wicketkeeping, his running between the wickets is also fantastic.

Dhoni does not rely only on the tactics created during the team meeting in the dressing room but sometimes takes shocking decisions according to the circumstances on the field, which forces the opponent to make mistakes.

When the Indian cricket team won the first World T20 Cup under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, it is the main thing to notice that after winning the match and taking the trophy.

Dhoni handed over to the trophy to all team players of the team and separated themselves.

IPL Biography of Mahendra Singh Dhoni:

IPL	Play	NO	Run	Hs	Avg	Str	100	50	4s	6s	Stm	Cat
2023	16	08	104	32	26.00	182.45	00	00	03	10	03	07
2022	14	06	232	50	33.14	123.40	00	01	21	10	00	09
2021	16	04	114	18	16.28	106.54	00	00	12	03	00	13
2020	14	04	200	47*	25.0	116.27	00	00	16	07	01	15
2019	15	07	416	84*	83.20	134.62	00	03	22	23	05	11
2018	16	09	455	79*	75.83	150.66	00	03	24	30	03	11
2017	16	04	290	61*	26.36	116.00	00	01	15	16	03	10
2016	14	05	284	64*	40.57	135.23	00	01	18	14	04	08
2015	17	05	372	53	31.00	121.96	00	01	27	17	03	08
2014	16	10	371	57*	74.20	148.40	00	01	22	20	01	03
2013	18	05	461	67*	41.90	162.89	00	04	32	25	02	15
2012	19	05	358	51*	29.83	128.77	00	01	26	09	02	12
2011	16	04	392	70*	43.55	158.70	00	02	25	23	05	05
2010	13	02	287	66*	31.88	136.66	00	02	26	08	06	05
2009	14	05	332	58*	41.50	127.20	00	02	22	09	04	04
2008	16	04	414	65	41.40	133.54	00	02	38	15	00	06
Career	250	87	5082	84*	38.79	135.92	00	24	349	239	42	142

MS Dhoni made his IPL debut against Kings XI Punjab at IS Bindra Stadium of Punjab Cricket Association on 19 April 2008, in which he played for Chennai Super Kings XI.

He led the Chennai Super Kings XI to 2010, 2011, and 2018 in the Indian Premier League for getting titles and also won the Champions League T20 titles in 2010 and 2014.

In 2015, Chennai Super Kings XI was suspended from the IPL for two years.

After which a new team Rising Pune Supergiant came in place of Chennai Super Kings XI becomes a part of IPL in 2016, in which Dhoni was bought for USD 1.9 million and also made captain, his team finished 7th in this year.

He led Rising Pune Supergiant XI and reached the final of the IPL In 2017, where he lost to Mumbai Indians.

In the 2018 IPL season, Chennai Super Kings XI returned to the IPL, and Dhoni was again selected to play and lead to the team.

Dhoni scored 455 runs in this tournament and won the third IPL title for Chennai Super Kings XI. this time Chennai Super Kings XI made him a bid for Dhoni in the auction of Rs 15 crore and included him in his team.

In the IPL season of 2019, Dhoni made a total of 714 runs at an average of 43.20 and took Chennai Super Kings XI to the finals, In which in the final match they lost to Mumbai Indians XI by 1 run in a thrilling match.

Chennai Super Kings XI has retained Dhoni as a captain in his team for the current 2021 IPL season which is being played in India..

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the First Cricketer to Play 200 IPL Matches:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni achieved a big record playing against Rajasthan Royals, captaining the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a match of the Indian Premier League held at Abu Dhabi on October 19, 2020. He has become the first player to play 200 matches in IPL.

This is a big achievement that he has achieved because after this there will be many more players who will overcome this record in the Indian Premier League in the future, but Dhoni's name will remain at the top of the list of players who have played 200 matches in the IPL.

He is kind-hearted: