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Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of India in limited over formats. He is an attacking right handed middle over batsman and wicket keeper and he holds the record of most wins by an Indian captain in Tests as well as one day internationals (ODI) and most back to back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs. He is the first captain in the world to win all three International Cricket Council (ICC) limited overs trophies (World cup, Champions Trophy and T20 World cup). He announced his retirement from the test on 30th December 2014. Under his captaincy, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has won the Indian Premiere League (IPL) twice. Apart from cricket, Dhoni also holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd., the company is the owner of IPL team CSK. Dhoni is also the co-owner of Indian Super League (ISL) team Chennaiyin FC. Born on 7th July 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni belongs to a Rajput family. He has a sister Jayanti Gupta and a brother Narendra Singh Dhoni who is also a local politician. His parents moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi where his father Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni completed his schooling from DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir in Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand. During school times he excelled in badminton and football and was selected for district level and club level in these sports. He was also a goalkeeper of his football team and was sent to play cricket as a wicket keeper in a local cricket club by his football coach and based on his performance he was picked up for the under-16 championship of Vinoo Mankad Trophy and he performed extremely well. He was also a regular wicket keeper for a local club called Commando cricket club from 1995-1998. His focused on cricket increased after he completed his 10th exams. He was also a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) from 2001 to 2003 at Kharagpur railway station under South Eastern Railways in Midnapore district in West Bengal. In 1998, Dhoni was selected to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL) team by Deval Sahay and was included in the Bihar Under-19 squad for the 1998-99 season. Bihar U-19 team reached to the finals of the Cooch Behar Trophy in 1999-2000 and Dhoni made 84 to help Bihar put a total of 357. However, Bihars efforts were dwarfed by Punjab U-19s player and Dhonis future team mate Yuvraj Singh and Punjab team made the total of 358 runs. He made his Ranji trophy debut in 1999-2000 season representing Bihar when he was eighteen years old. In his debut match against Assam cricket team, he scored a half century scoring 68* in the second innings. He finished the season scoring 258 runs in 5 matches.

Dhoni made his maiden first class century against Bengal in the 2000-01 seasons in a losing cause. BCCIs small town talent-spotting initiative TRDW discovered Dhonis talent and he was discovered by Prakash Poddar who was the captain of Bengal in 1960s and he saw Dhoni play for Jharkhand at a match in Jamshedpur in 2003 and sent a report to the National Cricket Academy. He was then picked for the India A squad for a tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya. Dhoni had his best wicket keeping effort with 7 catches and 4 stumpings against the Zimbabwe XI in Harare Sports Club. In a tri-nation tournament between Kenya, India A and Pakistan A, Dhoni helped India A chase 223 against Pakistan A with a half century. He later also scored 120 and 119 against the same team in the series and scored 362 runs in 6 innings at an average of 72.40. Then the captain of India, Saurav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri were impressed by his performance. However, India A coach Sandeep Patil recommended Dinesh Karthik for the place of Wicket keeper-Batsman in the Indian squad. After making a mark in the India A squad, Dhoni was picked for the ODI squad for the Bangladesh tour in 2004/05 and he got run out for a duck in his debut match and he played an average game throughout the series. Despite the average performance, he was picked for the Pakistan ODI series. In the second match of the series and fifth one day of his international career, he scored 148 in Visakhapatnam only in 123 deliveries and made a record of highest score by an Indian Wicket keeper. He broke his own record before the end of the year. In the Sri Lankan bilateral ODI series in 2005, Dhoni was promoted to bat at NO. 3 in the third ODI and was promoted to accelerate the score. In the match Dhoni scored 183* off 145 balls and made the record of the highest score by any batsman in the second innings and the record still hasnt been broken. Dhoni was awarded the Man of the Series for his effort and was rewarded a B grade contract by BCCI. Due to his consistent performance in ODI, Dhoni overtook Ricky Pointing as number one batsman in the ICC ODI Rankings on 20th April 2006. However, his reign was just for a week as Adam Gilchrist performance against Bangladesh moved him to the top position.Dhoni was named as the Vice-captain for the ODI team for the South Africa series in Ireland and he was awarded A grade contract by BCCI.

He was also selected as the captain for the T20 Indian squad and led India in winning the T20 world cup ad this was the second time that India had won World Cup in any cricket format , first being Kapil Dev in 1983. In September 2007, he equaled his idol Adam Gilchrist in the most number of dismissals in a match. He topped the ICC ODI Batsman ranking in 2009 and kept the position with himself for several months. Dhoni also had a good test record and he played his first test in 2005 replacing Dinesh Karthik against Sri Lanka. He played his last test series in the 2014-15 season in Indias tour of Australia and following the third test in Melbourne he announced his retirement from test cricket. Dhoni is most popular for his 2011 Wold Cup victory where he played the inning of 91* in the world cup final and win the world cup for India. He was also declared as the Man of the Match of the World Cup Final in 2011. Under his captaincy India became the No. 1 Test team in the ICC Test Ranking of 2009. In March 2013, he became the most successful Indian Test Captain breaking record of Saurav Gangulys 21 victories from 49 tests.Dhoni married Sakshi Rawat, his schoolmate on 4th July 2010 and the couple has a baby girl named Ziva. He has been the recipient of many awards which includes ICC ODI player of the year in 2009 and 2009, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2007, Padma Shri, Indias fourth highest civilian award in 2009. Time magazine included Dhoni in its annual Time 100 list as one of the most influential people in the world. SportsPro in 2012 rated him as the sixteenth most marketable athlete in the world and in June 2015, Forbes ranked him at No. 23 of the list of highest paid athletes estimating his earnings at US$31 Million.

Hardik Pandya Plays Down Comparison With MS Dhoni, Says I'll Never be Able to Fill Former India Captain's Shoes
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Sourav Ganguly And Selectors Can Easily Resolve Issue of MS Dhoni's Future: Sanjay Jagdale
India.com Sports Desk | October 24, 2019 8:04 AM IST
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Sourav Ganguly And Selectors Can Easily Resolve Issue of MS Dhoni's Future: Sanjay Jagdale
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Sakshi Dhoni Shows Her Anger Over Unnecessary Power Cuts in Ranchi, Slams Jharkhand Government on Twitter | SEE POST
India.com Sports Desk | September 20, 2019 12:29 PM IST
World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's wife Sakshi expressed her anger over unnecessary an...
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Amidst Retirement Speculations, Chennai Super Kings Owner N Srinivasan Confirms Mahendra Singh Dhoni Will be Captain of CSK in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020
India.com Sports Desk | September 16, 2019 6:00 PM IST
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MS Dhoni Enjoys Golf With Kedar Jadhav in US on National Sports Day
IANS | August 30, 2019 2:10 PM IST
Former India captain MS Dhoni celebrated the National Sports Day playing golf with his teammate Keda...
MS Dhoni Enjoys Golf With Kedar Jadhav in US on National Sports Day
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MS Dhoni a Role Model, Should Remain in The Team: Syed Kirmani
IANS | August 27, 2019 7:39 PM IST
Legendary former wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani has backed MS Dhoni's position in the Indian team, saying...
MS Dhoni a Role Model, Should Remain in The Team: Syed Kirmani
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MS Dhoni Invests in Gurugram-based Online Used Car Marketplace Cars24
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Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has invested in Gurugram-based online used car marketplace Cars24 for...
MS Dhoni Invests in Gurugram-based Online Used Car Marketplace Cars24
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Lt. Col Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wins Hearts With His Singing Skills
IANS | August 6, 2019 2:43 PM IST
Former Indian captain MS Dhoni is busy performing his military duty in Jammu and Kashmir. And after ...
Lt. Col Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wins Hearts With His Singing Skills
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MS Dhoni Plays Charity Football Match With Arjun Kapoor in Mumbai Before Joining Indian Army Regiment | WATCH VIDEO
India.com Sports Desk | July 29, 2019 3:14 PM IST
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MS Dhoni Plays Charity Football Match With Arjun Kapoor in Mumbai Before Joining Indian Army Regiment | WATCH
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Kapil Dev, Gautam Gambhir Hail MS Dhoni's Decision to Serve Indian Army
IANS | July 26, 2019 6:06 PM IST
Former Indian cricketers Kapil Dev and Gautam Gambhir have praised MS Dhoni's decision of spending t...
Kapil Dev, Gautam Gambhir Hail MS Dhoni's Decision to Serve Indian Army
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Amrapali Home Buyers' Money Diverted Illegally to Rhiti Sports: Supreme Court
IANS | July 24, 2019 5:03 PM IST
The Supreme Court has observed that Amrapali homebuyers' money has been diverted illegally and wrong...
Amrapali Home Buyers' Money Diverted Illegally to Rhiti Sports: Supreme Court
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Former BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale Talks About MS Dhoni's Retirement, Says Team Does Not Have Better Player Than Him
India.com Sports Desk | July 19, 2019 6:10 PM IST
Amidst all the speculations regarding the retirement of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, former BCCI secretary ...
Former BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale Talks About MS Dhoni's Retirement, Says Team Does Not Have Better Player
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Childhood Coach Reveals His Retirement Plan, Says Parents Want Him to Retire After ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
India.com Sports Desk | July 17, 2019 10:47 PM IST
Veteran Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni faced a lot of criticism and condemnation due to his s...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Childhood Coach Reveals His Retirement Plan, Says Parents Want Him to Retire After ICC
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Selectors to Pick Squad For West Indies Tour on July 19, MS Dhoni Yet to Decide
PTI | July 15, 2019 6:51 PM IST
The Indian team for next month's tour of West Indies will be announced on July 19 but there is no cl...
Selectors to Pick Squad For West Indies Tour on July 19, MS Dhoni Yet to Decide
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Sporting Balidan Badge to Jumping Off 15 Thousand Feet; Four Times Birthday Boy Mahendra Singh Dhoni With His Patriotic Gesture Showed He Is The Ultimate Indian
India.com Sports Desk | July 7, 2019 12:47 PM IST
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India's Last World Cup Match Likely to be MS Dhoni's Last in National Colours
PTI | July 3, 2019 2:29 PM IST
It is the worst kept secret in Indian cricket right now but India's last match in the ongoing World ...
India's Last World Cup Match Likely to be MS Dhoni's Last in National Colours
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Jos Buttler is New Dhoni of World Cricket: Justin Langer
PTI | June 24, 2019 7:14 PM IST
Australia coach Justin Langer Monday heaped praise on Jos Buttler, terming the swashbuckling England...
Jos Buttler is New Dhoni of World Cricket: Justin Langer
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Watch: Ziva Dhoni's Cute Videos From India vs Pakistan Match
India.com Buzz Desk | June 17, 2019 5:35 PM IST
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Watch: Ziva Dhoni's Cute Videos From India vs Pakistan Match
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Viral: Saif Ali Khan Gets Clicked With Ziva Dhoni After Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Daughter Poses For a 'Biscuit' Video at India vs Pakistan World Cup 2019 Match
India.com Buzz Desk | June 17, 2019 11:05 AM IST
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Viral: Saif Ali Khan Gets Clicked With Ziva Dhoni After Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Daughter Poses For a 'Biscuit'
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Indian Army Says 'Personal Decision of Dhoni', Distances Itself From 'Balidan' Gloves Controversy
India.com News Desk | June 9, 2019 7:07 AM IST
Dehradun: The Indian Army, on Saturday, distanced itself from the controversy surrounding the dagger...
Indian Army Says 'Personal Decision of Dhoni', Distances Itself From 'Balidan' Gloves Controversy
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