MS DHONI

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A name that changed the face of indian cricket and inspiring MILLIONS over the globe

THIS IS MS DHONI FOR US…… A TRUE LEGEND IN THIS ERA OF INDIAN CRICKET.

Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) and he identifies as a HinduRajput. His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni’s parents moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi, where his father Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti Gupta and a brother Narendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar,  Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchanand singer Lata Mangeshkar.

India A team

He was recognised for his efforts 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.Against the Zimbabwe XI in Harare Sports Club, Dhoni had his best wicket-keeping effort with 7 catches and 4 stumpings in the match. In the tri-nation tournament involving Kenya, India A and Pakistan A, Dhoni helped India A chase down their target of 223 against Pakistan A with a half-century. Continuing his good performance, he scored back to back centuries – 120 and 119 – against the same team. Dhoni scored 362 runs in 6 innings at an average of 72.40 and his performance in the series received attention from the then Indian captain – Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri, amongst other.

2011 Cricket World Cup

MS Dhoni in fielding practice

Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India won the 2011 World Cup. In the final against Sri Lanka, chasing 275, Dhoni promoted himself up the batting order, coming before an in-form Yuvraj Singh. When he came to bat, India needed more than six runs per over with three top order batsmen already dismissed. He started building a good partnership with Gautam Gambhir. Due to good strokeplay and active running between wickets, they kept up with the required run rate. Dhoni was on 60 off 60 balls but later accelerated with a greater frequency of boundaries, ending with 91 not out off 79 balls. Befitting the occasion, he finished the match off in style with a huge six over long-on off bowler Nuwan Kulasekara and won the Man of the Match award. Later in the post-match presentation, he admitted that he came up the order so as to counter the Muralitharan spin threat, as he was very familiar with Murali’s bowling, who was his teammate in the Indian Premier League(IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings. He had come after the dismissal of Virat Kohli, also a right-handed batsman. By partnering the left-handed Gambhir, he ensured a right-left combination at the crease that makes it difficult for bowlers to settle into a rhythm.

GOOD INITIATIVE BY MisS DHONI

The bat used by Dhoni in the final match was sold for ₹ 72 Lac. The money goes to Sakshi Rawat Foundation, operated by Dhoni’s wife Sakshi Rawat to help orphan children.

International records

Test cricket

• Under Dhoni’s captaincy, India topped the Test cricket rankings for the first time, in 2009.^[
• Dhoni is the most successful Indian Test captain with 27 Test wins, eclipsing Sourav Ganguly‘s record of 21.
• Dhoni has the most overseas Test defeats by an Indian captain, with 15.
• Dhoni is the first Indian wicket-keeper to complete 4,000 Test runs.
• Dhoni’s 224 against Australia in Chennai is the third highest score by an Indian captain.^[136] En route to 224, Dhoni registered the highest Test score by an Indian wicket-keeper when he was on 193, beating Budhi Kunderan‘s 192. It was also the highest score by a wicket-keeper–captain beating Englishman Alec Stewart‘s 164.
• Dhoni’s maiden century against Pakistan in Faisalabad (148) is the fastest century scored by an Indian wicket-keeper, and fourth overall.
• After hitting a six in third Test against England in Southampton, Dhoni completed 50 sixes as a captain, an Indian record.
• Dhoni, with 294 dismissals in his career, ranks first in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers.
• Dhoni has the most stumpings(38) by any wicket-keeper in a Test career.
• Dhoni shares the record for most dismissals in an innings (6, with Syed Kirmani) and in a match (9) by an Indian wicket-keeper.

ODI cricket

See also: List of highest individual scores in ODIs and List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket

• Dhoni is third captain (and the first non-Australian) overall to win 100 games.
• Fourth Indian to reach 10,000 ODI runs after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid and also the second wicket-keeper to reach the milestone.
• First player to pass 10,000 runs in ODI cricket with having a career average of over 50.
• Dhoni has the fifth highest batting average (51.09), among cricketers with more than 5,000 runs and the second highest batting average among players with an aggregate of over 10,000 runs.
• Most career runs in ODI history when batting at number 6 position (4031)
• Only player to score more than one hundred in ODI cricket when batting at number 7 position or lower (Dhoni has 2 centuries at number 7).
• Most not outs (82) in ODIs.
• First Indian and fifth overall to hit 200 sixes in ODIs.
• Dhoni’s 183* against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the highest score by a wicket-keeper.
• Dhoni’s 113 against Pakistan in Chennai in 2012 is the highest by a captain batting at number 7.
• Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were involved in a partnership of 100 not out against Sri Lanka, which is India’s highest eighth wicket partnership in ODIs.
• Most unbeaten innings and highest average (among batsmen with more that 20 such innings) in successful ODI run-chases.
• Holds the record for playing the most number of matches in ODI history as captain who has also served as a wicket-keeper(200)
• Dhoni holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings (6) and career (432) by an Indian wicket-keeper.
• Dhoni has the most stumpings (120) by any wicket-keeper in an ODI career and is so far the only keeper to pass 100 stumpings^.
• First Indian wicket-keeper to take 300 ODI catches and fourth wicket-keeper in the world to achieve the feat.

T20I Cricket

• Most wins in T20Is as captain (41)
• Most matches as captain in T20Is(72)
• Most matches in T20I history as both captain and wicket-keeper (72)
• Most consecutive T20I innings without a duck (84).
• Dhoni holds the record for playing the most T20I innings (76) and scored the most runs(1,153) before scoring a fifty.
• Most dismissals as wicket-keeper in T20Is (87)
• Most catches as wicket-keeper in T20Is (54^]
• Most stumpings as wicket-keeper in T20Is (33)
• Most catches as wicketkeeper in a T20I innings (5)

International records (combined ODI, Test and T20I)

• He has played the most international matches as captain (332)
• Dhoni is the first, and so far only, wicket-keeper to effect 150 stumping dismissals across the three forms of the game. His current total of stumpings in internationals stands at 161.