CAPTAIN COOL

Mahendra  Singh Dhoni

Ms Dhoni was born on 7^th July 1981 in Ranchi Bihar . His father Pan Singh  worked in junior management position and his mother Devaki Devi was housewife.

                            

DHONI’S CARRER :

•    Ms Dhoni is an Indian cricketer he made his debut for the      national team  in 23rd December 2004,  against Bangladesh and was chosen  as captain of India from 2007 to 2016 .  Best  remember for leading  the  Indian ODI team to it’s second world cup win in 2011 .
• He made his test debut against Sri Lanka on 2nd December  2005, and led the team in test cricket from 2008 to 2014.
• He made T20 debut against South Africa in 1^st December 2006.

DHONI'S RECORDS IN HIS  CARRIER

•       He is  one of the most successful  Indian captains and holds a number od records I his captaincy .
•      India became the  no. 1 test team  in 2009  under his captaincy .
•  Dhoni became the first captain to win all three ICC limited-overs Trophies(World Cup , Champion’s Trophy, World T20)

                          

• Ms Dhoni has received 6 man of the series award and 20 man of the match awards for his performance in ODI .
• He has also received 2 man of the match award in test matches.
• He has been named the ICC ODI player of the year and 2008 and 2009.
• He also made it to the ICC World ODI XI team for 7 consecutive years from 2008-2014..
• He was included in ICC World Test Team in 2009,2010 and 2013.
• He is  the first Indian wicket keeper to complete 4000 test runs .
• Dhoni is the fastest wicket keeper whose hands works faster then light. He dislodged the bails in just 0.09 seconds , even it takes 0.10 seconds for an eye to blink.

             

• CSK is the only IPL Team to qualify for the play-offs in all the IPL seasons under his captaincy.

                          

 

AWARDS :

National Honours :                          

• 2018: Padma Bhushan
• 2009: Padma Shri
• 2007: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

                                    

 

Other Honours and awards :

• 2006: MTV Youth Icon of the Year
• 2013 : LG’s People Choice Award

 

Ritrement:

Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket via   Instagram  post on 15^th August 2020 at 7:29 pm .

 

Performance :

Format	Total Matches played	Innings	Runs	High Score	Average	centuries	Half Centuries	catches	Stumping
Test	90	144	4876	224	38.09	6	33	256	38
ODI	350	297	10,773	183	50.57	10	73	314	120
T20	98	85	1617	56	37.60	0	2	57	34