Mahendra Singh Dhoni, born on 7 July 1981, is an Indian professional cricketer
who plays as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. Widely
regarded as one of the most prolific wicket-keeper-batsmen and captains,
he represented the Indian cricket team and was the captain of the
side in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket
from 2008 to 2014. Dhoni has captained the most international matches and is
the most successful Indian captain. He has led India to victory in the 2007
ICC World Twenty20, the 2011 Cricket World Cup, and the 2013 ICC Champions
Trophy, being the only captain to win three different limited overs
ICC tournaments. He also led the teams that won the Asia Cup in
2010, 2016 and was a member of the title winning squad in 2018.
Born in Ranchi, Dhoni made
his first-class debut for Bihar in 1999. He made his debut for the Indian
cricket team on 23 December 2004 in an ODI against Bangladesh and played his
first test a year later against Sri Lanka. In 2007, he became the captain of
the ODI side before taking over in all formats by 2008. Dhoni retired from test
cricket in 2014, but continued playing in limited overs cricket till 2019. He
has scored 17,266 runs in international cricket including 10,000 plus runs
at an average of more than 50 in ODIs.
In the Indian Premier League
(IPL). Dhoni plays for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), leading them to the
final on ten occasions and winning it five times (2010, 2011, 2016, 2018,
2021and 2023). He has also led CSK to two Champion League T20 titles in 2010
and 2014. Dhoni is amongst the few batsmen to have scored more than five
thousand runs in the IPL, as well as being the first wicket-keeper to do
so.
In 2008, Dhoni was awarded
India's highest sport honour Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award by Government
of India. He received the fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in 2009
and third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan in 2018. Dhoni holds an
honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Indian
Territorial Army which was presented to him by the Indian Army in
2011. He is one of the most popular cricketers in the world.
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