97 Facts About Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian former professional cricketer who was captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014.

Dhoni led the team to three ICC trophies including the 2007 ICC World Twenty20,2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.

Dhoni is considered as one of the greatest Captains and Wicket Keeper Batsman of all time.

Dhoni is the captain of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

Dhoni captained the side to championships in the 2010,2011,2018 and 2021 editions of IPL league.

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Dhoni made his ODI debut on 23 December 2004, against Bangladesh in Chittagong, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.

Dhoni played his first T20I a year later against South Africa.

Dhoni announced his retirement from Test format on 30 December 2014, and stepped down as captain of T20Is and ODIs in 2017.

On 15 August 2020, Dhoni retired from all formats of international cricket and continues to play in the IPL.

Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar and hails from a Hindu Rajput family with roots in Uttarakhand.

Dhoni is the youngest of three children of Pan Singh and Devaki Devi.

Dhoni's parents moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi, Jharkhand where his father worked as a pump operator in junior management position in MECON Colony situated in Doranda area in Ranchi.

From 2001 to 2003, Dhoni worked as a Travelling Ticket Examiner at Kharagpur railway station under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore, a district in West Bengal.

In 1998, Dhoni was selected by Deval Sahay, a former Bihar Cricket Association Vice President and Ranchi District Cricket President, to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited team.

Till 1998 Dhoni, who was in 12th grade, had never played professional cricket.

Dhoni moved to the Ranchi team, the junior Bihar cricket team and eventually the senior Bihar Ranji Team within one year.

Dhoni was not picked for the East Zone U-19 squad or Rest of India squad.

Dhoni made a half century in his debut match scoring 68* in the second innings against Assam cricket team.

Dhoni scored a fighting half-century in the second innings in a losing cause.

Dhoni's talent was discovered via the BCCI's small-town talent-spotting initiative TRDW.

Dhoni was discovered by TRDO Prakash Poddar, captain of Bengal in the 1960s, when he saw Dhoni play for Jharkhand at a match in Jamshedpur in 2003, and sent a report to the National Cricket Academy.

Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut.

Dhoni's 148 surpassed the earlier record for the highest score by an Indian wicket-keeper, a record that he would re-write before the end of the year.

Dhoni had few batting opportunities in the first two games of the Sri Lankan bilateral ODI series and was promoted to No 3 in the third ODI at Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Dhoni was promoted to accelerate the scoring and ended the game with an unbeaten 183 off 145 balls, winning the game for India.

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Dhoni ended the series with the highest run aggregate and was awarded the Man of the Series award for his efforts.

India scored 328 in 50 overs with Dhoni contributing 68 in their first match of 2006 against Pakistan.

Dhoni's reign lasted just a week as Adam Gilchrist's performance against Bangladesh moved him to the top spot.

Dhoni scored 43 runs as the team lost twice in three games and did not qualify for the finals.

Dhoni received criticism on his wicket-keeping technique from former wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani.

Dhoni was out for a duck in both these matches and scored just 29 runs in the tournament.

Dhoni put his disappointing performances in the World Cup behind him by scoring 91* against Bangladesh, after India were left in a tight spot earlier in the run-chase.

Dhoni was declared the Man of the Match for his performance, his fourth in ODI cricket.

Dhoni was later adjudged the Man of the Series after the third game of the series was washed away.

Dhoni had a good Afro-Asia Cup, scoring 174 runs in 3 matches at an average of 87.

Dhoni was named vice-captain of the ODI team for the series against South Africa in Ireland and the subsequent India-England seven-match ODI series.

Dhoni, who received a 'B' grade contract in December 2005, was awarded an 'A' grade contract in June 2007.

Dhoni was elected as the captain of the Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in September 2007.

On 2 September 2007, Dhoni equalled his idol Adam Gilchrist's international record for the most dismissals in an innings in ODI by catching five English players and stumping one.

Dhoni took his first and only wicket in international cricket on 30 September 2009.

Dhoni bowled Travis Dowlin of the West Indies during a match in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.

Dhoni topped the ICC ODI Batsman rankings for several months in 2009.

Dhoni had an excellent year in ODIs in 2009, scoring 1198 runs in just 24 innings, at considerably high average of 70.

Dhoni was the joint top-scorer in ODIs in 2009 along with Ricky Ponting, but the latter having played 30 innings.

Dhoni was named as captain and wicketkeeper of the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC.

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Dhoni had gotten injured at the start of the tournament itself and got ruled out for the whole tournament.

Dhoni scored an unbeaten 45 off 52 balls while scoring 16 runs in the final over required for the victory.

Dhoni was adjudged Man of the match for this performance.

In November 2013, Dhoni became the second India batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to aggregate 1,000 or more ODI-runs against Australia.

Dhoni had performed, as he scored a half-century in each of the series.

India's preparation going into the tournament looked poor, as India had failed to perform in the Carlton Mid Triangular Series in Australia, failing to win a single match, with Dhoni himself managing 70 runs from three innings and averaging 23.

Dhoni performed well with the bat by scoring 237 runs in 6 innings at an average of 59.

Dhoni stepped down as captain of India in the limited over formats in January 2017, just ahead of the ODI series at home against England.

Dhoni was named as a wicketkeeper of the 'Team of the Tournament' at the 2017 Champions Trophy by Cricbuzz.

Dhoni reached the milestone of effecting 400 dismissals in ODIs in February 2018, following the stumping of Aiden Markram in the third ODI of the South Africa tour.

Dhoni went past 10,000 ODI runs in the second ODI against England during his team's 2018 tour, and became the fourth Indian and twelfth overall to do so.

Dhoni had a relatively mediocre series, having scored 79 runs in two innings at a strike rate of 63.

Dhoni was given rest and thus wasn't available for the selection of the T20I squads for the series that followed and the Australia tour later that season.

Dhoni finished with 193 runs and was named player of the series.

Dhoni became the fourth Indian to score more than 1,000 ODI runs there.

Dhoni scored 30 runs in his debut match, that was marred by rain.

Dhoni made his maiden half-century in the second Test and his quick scoring rate helped India set a target of 436, where the Sri Lankans were then bowled out for 247.

India toured Pakistan in January–February 2006 and Dhoni scored his maiden century in the second Test at Faisalabad.

Dhoni played in his naturally aggressive style as he brought up his maiden Test century in 93 balls, after scoring the first fifty in 34 deliveries.

Dhoni was the top scorer in India's first innings in the third Test at Wankhede Stadium as his 64 helped India post 279 in reply to England's 400.

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Ultimately, Dhoni walked off and Dravid's declaration was effected but the game was delayed, and Lara's action was criticised by the commentators and former players.

Dhoni set a record for effecting the most dismissals in a match by an Indian wicketkeeper until it was broken by Wriddhiman Saha in 2018.

On 12 February 2012, Dhoni made an unbeaten 44 to guide India to their first win over Australia at Adelaide.

Dhoni was named as captain and wicketkeeper of the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2014 T20 World Cup by the ICC.

MS Dhoni was chosen to lead India in first-ever World T20 in 2007.

Dhoni made his captaincy debut against Scotland but the match was washed off.

Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on 15 August 2020.

In 2009, BCCI Corporate trophy Dhoni scored 106 runs playing for Air India Blue team against 'India Revenue' team.

MS Dhoni became the first player to play 200 T20 matches for Super Kings.

Dhoni is at the top of the list of most matches played in the Indian Premier League.

Dhoni is one of the three captains to have won the Indian Premier League twice, with CSK.

Dhoni was arrested with charges of spot-fixing According to Dhoni, it was darkest period of his career.

Dhoni said "The biggest crime that I can commit is not a murder, it is actually match-fixing".

Dhoni played as wicketkeeper batsman in 2017 season for RPS.

Dhoni scored 455 runs in that season and led his side to their third IPL title.

Dhoni led the franchise to 4th title in 2021 Indian Premier League season.

Dhoni got retained by CSK for ?12 Cr, before IPL 2022 player's auction.

Dhoni stepped down from captaincy on 24 March 2022, where Ravindra Jadeja became the new captain.

Dhoni is an unorthodox batsman, in the sense that much of his batting technique does not follow coaching manuals.

Dhoni prefers to hit a full ball to Long-on, Long-off or Midwicket regions rather than driving it to the Cover region.

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Dhoni holds the bat firmly at the bottom of the handle and tries to hit the ball hard and flat to clear the boundary.

Dhoni is a powerful hitter of the ball and is one of the fastest men in running between the wickets.

Dhoni made use of the helicopter shot technique, taught to him by a fellow player and childhood friend Santosh Lal.

Dhoni has a world record for the highest number of stumpings by any wicket-keeper.

Dhoni holds the post of vice-president marketing in India Cements Ltd.

Dhoni is headed by former BCCI president and IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings owner N Srinivasan.

Dhoni is a co-owner, along with Abhishek Bachchan and Vita Dani, of Chennai-based football club Chennaiyin FC, a franchise of the Indian Super League.

Dhoni owns the footwear side of the brand and is the brand ambassador of SEVEN.

In 2019, Dhoni invested in CARS24 and simultaneously became brand ambassador of the company.

Dhoni has invested in Shaka Harry, a plant-based protein company.

In 2019, Dhoni Entertainment entered into a long-term business agreement with Banijay Asia to produce content in various genres.

Dhoni holds an honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Territorial Army.