Mahendra Singh Dhoni

M. S. Dhoni

Personal information
Full name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born	7 July 1981 (age 28) (1981-07-07) Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
Nickname	Mahi
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-hand medium
Role	Wicket-keeper, India captain
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 251)	2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	2 December 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 157)	23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	27 December 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	7
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00 - 2004/05	Bihar
2004/05-	Jharkhand
2008-	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	40	154	80	208
Runs scored	2,176	5,133	4,344	7,028
Batting average	40.29	50.82	37.44	49.49
100s/50s	3/16	6/34	6/30	11/45
Top score	148	183*	148	183*
Balls bowled	12	12	242	339
Wickets	0	1	12	23
Bowling average	–	14.00	53.98;	78.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	0/1	1/14	2/45	3/54
Catches/stumpings	102/18	151/51	208/36	216/66
Source: CricketArchive, 27 December 2009

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, sometimes abbreviated as MS Dhoni or sometimes called Mahi pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी) (born 7 July 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar) (now in Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian team. Initially recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007-08 and the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2-0. He also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand.Dhoni also led team India to number one position in ICC rankings in test cricket, first time in history. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. As of December 2009, Dhoni is the highest ranked ODI batsman on the ICC Rankings List. Dhoni was named as captain of Wisden's first-ever Dream Test XI Team in 2009 and has topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes.^[1]. He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009.