INDIAN CRICKETER : MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI (M.S. DHONI)

M. S. DHONI

Full Name : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nick Name : Mahi
Profession : Cricketer
Born : July 7th 1981
Birth Place : Ranchi, India
Age : 36 Yrs
Height : 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Cricketing information

Role: Captain of the Indian ODI and Twenty20 team and Vice captain of the Test team
Batting style: Right hand batsman
Bowling style: Right arm medium
Field position: Wicketkeeper
Clubs played: Jharkhand

Indian wicket-keeper also known as MS Dhoni who served as captain of India's Test team from 2008-2014. He was also limited-overs captain from 2007-2016. He led Chennai to Indian Premier League titles in 2010 and 2011 and joined the Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016.
Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali,(now the school is known as JVM , Shyamli) Ranchi, Jharkhand; where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at District and Club level in these sports. Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni excelled with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicket-keeper at the Commando Cricket Club (1995-1998). Based on his performance at Club Cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well. Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni started his first class career in the year 1999-2000. His one day international debut came after playing five years of first class cricket on the 23rd of December 2004 against Bangladesh. The venue of the match was in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Unfortunately, he was run out on the first ball he faced. It wasn’t a great debut for him where batting is concerned. Luck wasn’t on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. Not only a good wicketkeeper but Dhoni proved himself to be a first class batsman too. He is one of the few finest wicketkeeper batsman India has seen after a very long time.