The Journey of Cricket Legend "MS DHONI"
MS Dhoni
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| MS Dhoni |
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He
participated in domestic cricket for the Indian teams Jharkhand and Bihar. In
the Indian Premier League, he leads the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) In the
IPL league’s 2010,2011,2018, and 2021 iterations, he led
the team to victories. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the Champions
League T20 twice when he served as captain, in 2010 and 2014.
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Dhoni
played his first Test match against Sri Lanka a year after making his ODI debut
on 23rd December 2004, against Bangladesh in Chittagong. A
year later, against South Africa, he played his maiden Twentry20 International.
He succeeded Rahul Dravid as India’s ODI and Twenty20 International captains in
2007 respectively. He was chosen as the Test captain in 2008. He
had a mixed record as a test captain, although he did well. Guiding India to
series victories against New Zealand in 2008 and the Border-Gavaskar
Trophy (home series versus Australia in 2010 and 2013.), but
suffering crushing defeats to Sri Lanka, Australia, England, and South Africa
on the road.
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On 30th
December 2014, he announced his retirement from Test cricket. In 2017,
he resigned as captain of the T20I and ODI teams. Dhoni continues to play in
the IPL despite having retired from all International cricket formats on 15th
August 2020.
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For his
great accomplishments, Dhoni was given India’s highest sports honor, the major
Dhyanchand Khel Ratan Award, in 2008. He was also given India’s third
civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, in 2018, and its fourth civilian
award, the Padma Shri, in 2009. He is the first cricket captain in
history to have won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Cricket World Cup, and
ICC Champions Trophy three times each.
Backdrop
and Early Years :
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Dhoni was
raised by a Hindu Rajput family with origins in Uttarakhand. He was born in
Ranchi, Bihar, which is now in Jharkhand. He is the youngest of Pan Singh and
Devaki Devi’s three children. His ancestral village, Lwali, is located in the
Almora District in Uttarakhand’s Jainti Tehsil, Langara Block. His parents
relocated from Uttarakhand to Ranchi, Jharkhand, where his father had a junior
management post as a pump operator in MECON Colony, which is located in
Ranchi’s Doranda neighborhood. His uncle and relatives spell their last name Dhauni
instead of Dhoni.
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Prior to
becoming a cricketer, Dhoni served as the goalie for the football team at his
DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir school. However, after seeing his goalkeeping prowess,
Dhoni’s inspiration for becoming a cricketer, coach Keshav Ranjan Banerjee,
chose him to play cricket for his school team. He was able to take over as the
Commando Cricket Club’s regular wicketkeeper because to his remarkable
wicketkeeping abilities (1995-1998). He was chosen for 1997/98 Vinoo
Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship based on his club cricket performance, and
he did well there.
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Dhoni
served as a Traveling Ticket Examiner (TTE) for South Eastern Railway in
the West Bengali area of Midnapore (w) from 2001 to 2003.
Initial
Career :
Bihar’s
Junior Cricket Team :
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Deval
Sahay, a former vice president of the Bihar Cricket Association and President
of the Ranchi District Cricket, chose Dhoni to play for the Central Coal
Fields Limited (CCL) squad in 1998. Dhoni, who was in his 12th
grade, has never played cricket professionally before to 1998. He
was given the chance to bat higher in the order at CCL, where he excelled,
aiding CCL’s promotion to the A division. Deval Sahay lobbied for his inclusion
in the Bihar team after being pleased by his performance. Within a year, Dhoni
switched to the Ranchi squad, the junior Bihar cricket team, and finally the
senior Bihar Ranji Team.
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Dhoni
completed for the U-19 Bihar Squad in the 1998-1999 Coach Behar Trophy
and scored 176 runs in 5 games (7 innings). However, Bihar came
in fourth place out of a total of six teams and was unable to go past the third
round. Dhoni was not selected for either the Rest of the India team or the East
Zone U-19 team (CK Nayudu Trophy) (MA Chidambaram Trophy and Vinoo Mankad Trophy).
The Bihar U-19 cricket side advanced to the finals of the 1999-2000
Coach Behar Trophy when Dhoni’s 84 helped Bihar score a total of 357. Punjab
however, scored 839 runs, including 358 from Yuvraj Singh,
Dhoni’s future teammate, to defeat Bihar’s attempts. Dhoni contributed 488
runs (9 matches, 12 innings), 5 fifty-pluses, 17 catches, and 7 stumpings
to the tournament. Dhoni was selected for the East-Zone U-19 team to complete
for the CK Nayudu trophy in the
1999-2000
season, however, he only managed to score 97 runs in four games as East
Zone lost all four games and came in last place.
Cricket
Squad from Bihar :
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In the 1999-2000
seasons, Dhoni at age 18, made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar. In
his first game, he scored 68* in the second innings against the Assam
cricket team, giving him a half-century. Dhoni scored 283 runs in his
final five games of the season. In the 2000-01 season, Dhoni made his
debut in a first-class century against Bengal while playing for Bihar; the game
finished in a draw. With the expectation of this century, his performance in
the 2000-2001 season did not contain any other scores of fifty or above,
and in the 2001-2002 seasons in four Ranji matches.
Cricket
Squad from Jharkhand :
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Dhoni’s
performance in the 2002-03 seasons featured three half-centuries in the
Ranji Trophy and a few half-centuries in the Deodhar Trophy as he began to
garner notoriety for both his hard-hitting batting approach and contribution to
the lower order. In the opening Ranji Trophy ODI encounter against Assam in the
2003-04 season. Dhoni struck a century (128*). Dhoni provided 244
runs in 4 matches for the East Zone team that won the Deodhar Trophy
in 2003-2004; this includes a century (114) against the Central
Zone.
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Deep
Dasgupta, an International cricketer, was passed up for Dhoni to represent East
Zone in the Duleep Trophy finals. In the second innings of a game he was
losing, he managed to make a valiant fifty. Through the BCCI’s TRDW small-town
talent-spotting program, Dhoni’s skill was found Dhoni. When he witnessed
Dhoni play for Jharkhand in a match in Jamshedpur in 2003, Prakash
Poddar, the captain of Bengal in the 1960s, wrote a report to the
National Cricket Academy.
Team
A of India.
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His
achievements throughout the 2003-04 season, particularly in the One Day
format, were recognized, and he was chosen for the India A team’s tour to
Zimbabwe and Kenya. With 7 catches and 4 stumpings in the game against the
Zimbabwe XI at Harare Sports Club, Dhoni had his greatest wicketkeeping
performance. Dhoni’s half-century against Pakistan A in the tri-nation event
between Kenya, India A, and Pakistan A enabled India A to reach their target of 223
runs. He continued his strong play by defeating the same team with back-to-back
centuries of 120 and 199*. Dhoni’s performance in the series was
praised by the then-Indian captain, Sourav Ganguly, who scored 362 runs in
six innings at an average of 72.40.
World-Wide
Career :
Beginning
of ODI Career :
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Rahul
Dravid was chosen as the wicketkeeper for the Indian ODI squad in the early 2000s
so that the position would not be lacking in batting prowess. Younger
wicketkeepers/batsmen joined the team as well, Including Parthiv Patel and
Dinesh Karthik, both of whom were leaders of the India U-19 side. Dhoni was
chosen for the ODI squad for the Bangladesh trip in 2004-2005 after
creating a name for himself in the India A team. Dhoni’s ODI career did not get
off to an auspicious start as he was run out for a duck. Dhoni was chosen to
play in the Pakistan ODI series despite his lackluster performance against
Bangladesh.
Breakthrough :
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At his sixth one-day International, Dhoni hit 148
in Visakhapatnam during the second game of the series off just 123 deliveries.
The previous record for the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper was beaten
by Dhoni’s 148, but he would break it again before the year was through.
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In the
first two games of the Sri Lankan bilateral ODI series. (October-November
2005), Dhoni received few chances to bat, and in the third ODI at Sawai
Mansingh Stadium, he was moved up to No.3. After Kumar Sangakkara’s century.
Sri Lanka set India a target of 299; in response, India lost Tendulkar
early. Dhoni was given more responsibility to speed up the score, and he
finished the match with an undefeated 183 from 145 balls to give
India the victory. Wisden Almanack (2006) referred to the inning’s as “Uninhibited,
yet anything but vulgar.”
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The second innings of the game shattered the record
for the greatest individual score in ODI cricket, which Shane Watson finally
beat after seven years. Dhoni earned the Man of the Series title for his
efforts and finished the series with the highest tun total (346). Dhoni
received a B-grade contract from the BCCI in December 2005.
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In their
opening encounter of 2006 against Pakistan, India amassed 328 runs.
In 50 overs, Dhoni made 68 of those runs. The
Duckworth-Lewis system caused the side to lose the game because of poor
performance in the final eight overs when they only managed to score 43
runs. Dhoni, who entered the third game of the series with India in pencil,
hit 72 runs off only 46 balls, Including 13 boundaries, to
help India grab a 2-1 series lead. Dhoni’s brilliance in the
series final was repeated as India won 4-1 thanks to his 77 runs
off 56 balls. On 20th April 2006, Dhoni, the fastest batter
to do so, passed Ricky Ponting for the top spot in the ICC ODI Rankings for
batsmen due to his consistent ODI performances. His rule was short-lived as
Adam Gilchrist quickly replaced him following his performance against
Bangladesh.
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Two
series that were canceled in Sri Lanka one because South Africa withdrew from
the Unitech Cup over security concerns and the other because the replacement
three-match ODI bilateral series against Sri Lanka was washed out by rain were
India’s prelude to another disappointing competition, the DLF Cup 2006-07.
Dhoni scored 43 runs, but the team lost two of its final three games and
was unable to go to the championship. India is underprepared for the 2006 ICC Champions
Trophy, which was evident. Despite Dhoni scoring a half-century against the
West Indies. Dhoni and India had a similar outcome in the ODI series in South
Africa; Dhoni Scored 139 runs in 4 games, but India
went on to lose the series 4-0. Dhoni had played 16 games since
the start of the West Indies ODI Series. Scoring just two hundred and
averaging 25.83. Syed Kirmani, a former wicketkeeper, criticized Dhoni’s
style including him in the World ODI XI for his 2006 efforts.
World Cup 2007 :
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As a
result of India’s identical 3-1 victory over the West Indies and Sri
Lanka and Dhoni’s above-average performance in both of these series,
preparations for the 2007 Cricket World Cup improved.
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India
shockingly lost to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the group round, sending them
home from the World Cup. Dhoni scored just 29 runs during the tournament
and was out for a duck in each of these games. The house that Dhoni was
building in his hometown of Ranchi was vandalized and destroyed by JMM
political activists following the 2007 Cricket World Cup defeat to
Bangladesh. His family was given security by the local police when India was
eliminated from the World Cup in the first round.
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Dhoni
helped India out of a difficult hole in the run-chase by hitting 91*
against Bangladesh, putting his underwhelming World Cup efforts behind him. For
his fourth ODI effort, Dhoni was named the game’s man of the match. After the
third game of the series was lost to flooding, he was also later named the Man
of the Series. Dhoni had a successful Afro-Asia Cup, collecting 174 runs
in three matches at an average of 87.00. Including a furious 139 not
out off 97 balls that earned him Man of the Match honors in the third
ODI.
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Dhoni was
selected as the team’s vice-captain for the seven-match ODI series between
India and England and the series against South Africa in Ireland. Dhoni was
given a “B” grade contract in December 2005. Then in June
2007, he was given a “A” grade deal. In September 2007, he
was chosen to lead the India team in the World Twenty20. By one, Dhoni tied his
hero Adam Gilchrist’s record for the most dismissals in an ODI inning on 2nd
September 2007.
Ascend
the Ranks :
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Dhoni
made 124 runs in 107 balls in the second One-Day International in
the 2009 series between India and Australia, and 71 runs in 95
balls in the third. India won the third ODI by six wickets thanks in large part
to Yuvraj Singh’s 78 from 96 balls. On 30th September 2009, Dhoni took his first and
only wicket in International cricket. He bowled West Indies bowler Travis
Dowlin during an ICC Champions Trophy match in 2009.
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For many
months in 2009, Dhoni was ranked first among ODI batsmen by the ICC.
Beginning in 2010, Australia Michael Hussey took his place at the top.
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2009 was a great year for Dhoni in ODIs; he scored 1198 runs
in just 24 innings, averaging a very high 70.43. Along with
Rickey Pointing, who had played 30 innings, Dhoni was the joint-top
scorer in ODIs in 2009. He was appointed captain and wicketkeeper of the
World ODI XI by the ICC for his 2009 efforts.
2011
World Cup after :
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For the
first time in five years, Pakistan toured India foe a bilateral series in 2012.
Dhoni led India in scoring in each of the three ODI innings throughout the
three-match series, however, India fell short 1-2. He assisted India in
overcoming a score of 29/5 in the first ODI in Chennai to reach a total
of 227 in 50 overs. Despite India’s defeat, he and Ravichandran
Ashwin set a record partnership, scoring 113 runs without being out.
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Dhoni
became the first and only skipper in the history of International cricket to
win all ICC trophies after winning the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. He was
out for a duck in the rain-shortened championship game versus England and
finished the competition with 27 runs in two innings. India had defeated
the opportunities by five runs, nonetheless, with to Dhoni’s field positioning
and strategy. Additionally the ICC named him the captain and wicketkeeper of
the “Team of the Tournament”.
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India
travelled to the West Indies for tri-nation event against Sri Lanka and the
West Indies just after the Champions Trophy. Dhoni had an injury at the outset
of the competition and was declared out for the duration of it. He returned to
play in the championship match against Sri Lanka despite still not being
completely recovered, only to find himself in the spotlight after leading India
to a one-wicket victory on his own. Dhoni got the 16 runs needed for the
win in the last over, going undefeated for 45 runs off 52 balls.
For this effort, he was named the game’s Man of the Match.
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After Sachin
Tendulkar, Dhoni became his second Indian batsman to amass 1,000 or more
ODI runs against Australia in November 2013.
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In the 2013-14
season, India travelled to South Africa and New Zealand but lost both series 0-2
and 0-4, respectively. Dhoni scored 84 runs at an average of 48.0
against South Africa, Including one half-century. He scored 272 runs
against New Zealand, Including three straight 50+ scores. His fifty-run
knock in the third game of the series helped India draw the game and ultimately
prevent a series sweep. While on the tour, he amassed his 8000th runs
in ODI cricket.
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India
defeated the West Indies 2-1 at home and defeated England 3-1 in
the 2014 away ODI series. As he struck a half-century in each of the
series, Dhoni had excelled.
World
Cup 2015 :
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India's
preparation for the event appeared to be inadequate, since India had failed to
perform in the Carlton Mid Triangular Series in Australia, failing to win a
single match, with Dhoni managing 70 runs from three innings and averaging
23.34.
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During
the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Dhoni became the first Indian skipper to win all of
the group stage matches. India defeated archrival Pakistan, South Africa (whom
they had never beaten in a World Cup game), the UAE, West Indies, Ireland, and
Zimbabwe. In the match against Zimbabwe at Eden Park, he struck 85 not out
chasing 288 and had an unbroken partnership of 196 with Suresh Raina. This is
the greatest score by an Indian captain on New Zealand soil. After defeating
Bangladesh in the quarter-finals, he became the third non-Australian skipper to
win 100 ODIs. In a disappointing semi-final match against eventual champions
Australia, he scored 65 as India were unable to win.
The first non-Australian skipper to win 100 ODIs. In
the semi-finals against eventual champions Australia, he scored 65 as India
were unable to retain their championship. Dhoni, on the other hand, batted
effectively, accumulating 237 runs in 6 innings at an average of 59.25 and a
strike rate of 102.15, becoming only the second Indian captain to have an
average of over 50 and a strike rate of over 100 in a single World Cup season.
Stepping
Down as Captain, and then :
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Dhoni
stood aside as India's limited overs captain in January 2017, just before the
ODI series against England at home. [97] In the second game of the series, he
made 134 off 122 balls, including a 256-run stand with Yuvraj Singh for the
fourth wicket. His eleventh ODI century was his first in over three years. [98]
Cricbuzz named him a member of the 'Team of the Tournament' at the 2017
Champions Trophy. [99] He was also chosen to Cricbuzz's ODI XI of the Year.
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When he
stumped Akila Dananjaya off Yuzvendra Chahal in the fifth and final ODI against
Sri Lanka in Colombo that August, he became the first wicket-keeper to achieve
100 stumpings, overtaking Kumar Sangakkara. [101] Following the stumping of
Aiden Markram in the third ODI of the South Africa tour in February 2018, he
passed the 400-ODI dismissal mark.
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Dhoni
became the fourth Indian and twelfth overall to reach 10,000 ODI runs in the
second ODI against England during his team's 2018 tour. [103] He had a dismal
series, scoring 79 runs in two innings with a strike rate of 63.20. [104] [105]
This was followed by two disappointing ODI performances for him: the Asia Cup,
where he scored 77 runs in four innings at an average of 19.25[106], and the
home series against the West Indies, when he scored 50 runs in three innings. Dhoni was granted rest and
hence was unavailable for the selection of T20I squads for the next series and
the Australia tour later that season. [108] He was, nevertheless, picked to the
squad for the ODI series there. [109] Dhoni found form in the three-match
series, scoring half-centuries in all three games, with the last two concluding
in victories, enabling India record a 2-1 series victory, their first in a
bilateral series on Australian soil. Dhoni concluded with 193 runs and was
voted series MVP. He also became the fourth Indian to hit over 1,000 runs in
ODIs there.
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He was
picked to India's team for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in April 2019. [111][112]
Dhoni played his 350th ODI in India's semi-final match against New Zealand in
July 2019.
Career
in testing :
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Following
his one-day performance against Sri Lanka, Dhoni took over as India's Test wicket-keeper
in December 2005, replacing Dinesh Karthik. [114] In his debut encounter, which
was hampered by weather, Dhoni scored 30 runs. Dhoni walked to the crease with
the team on 109/5, and as wickets continued to fall in fast succession, he
played an aggressive innings in which he was the last man out. [115] In the
second Test, Dhoni scored his first half-century, and his rapid scoring rate
(50 off 51 balls) allowed India set a target of 436, which the Sri Lankans were
subsequently bowled out for 247.
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In
January-February 2006, India toured Pakistan, and Dhoni hit his first century
in the second Test in Faisalabad. India was struggling, with Dhoni and Irfan
Pathan attempting to rally the squad, with the side still needing 107 runs to
avoid a follow-on. Dhoni batted in his trademark aggressive style, reaching his
maiden Test century in 93 balls after scoring the first fifty in 34 deliveries.
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Dhoni
followed up his century with good batting efforts in the following three
matches, one against Pakistan, which India lost, and two against England, which
India led 1-0. Dhoni led India's first innings in the third Test at Wankhede
Stadium, scoring 64 to help India post 279 in response to England's 400. Dhoni
and the Indian fielders, on the other hand, lost catches and squandered many
dismissal opportunities, including a crucial stumping attempt. Mr. Andrew Flintoff (14).
[118] Dhoni was unable to cleanly catch the Harbhajan Singh delivery, and
Flintoff went on to hit 36 more runs as England set a target of 313 for the
host team, a goal that India was never in danger of exceeding. The squad was
bowled for 100 after a batting collapse, and Dhoni scored just 5 runs while
being chastised for his wicket-keeping errors and shot selection.
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Dhoni
struck a brisk and aggressive 69 in the first Test against the West Indies in
2006. The rest of the series was uneventful for Dhoni, who scored 99 runs in
the final six innings, but his wicket-keeping abilities improved, and he
finished with 13 catches and four stumpings. Later that year, Dhoni's scores of
34 and 47 were not enough to preserve the second Test against the Proteas, as
India lost the series 2-1, missing the opportunity to build on their first-ever
Test triumph in South Africa (achieved in the first Test match). Dhoni was
unable to play in the third Test due to injured hands.........
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Daren
Ganga collected Dhoni’s flick off Dave Mohammed to midwicket on the fourth day
of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John’s, Antigua, during
India’s visit to the West Indies in 2006. As the batsman began to go
back, captain Dravid declare the innings when the umpires were unsure if
the fielder had stepped on the ropes, and Dhoni waited for the umpire’s
decision. While the replays were inconclusive, West Indies captain Brian Lara
wanted Dhoni to walk off based on the fielder’s claim of the catch. The
standoff lasted more than 15 minutes, and Lara’s rage was in display. Waving
his finger at the Umpires and stealing the ball from umpire Asas Rauf. Dhoni
eventually went off and Dravid’s decision was carried out, although the game
was delayed, and Lara’s actions were criticized by analysts and former players.
The match referee called Lara to offer an explanation for his behavior, but he
was not penalized.
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Dhoni made two century during Sri Lanka’s 2009
tour to India, a set of three matches in which India won 2-0. With this
achievement, India ascended to the top spot in Test Cricket for the first time
in history. In the third match of this series, India reached 726-9,
their greatest Test total at the time.
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He played
his final series in the 2014-15 season, captaining India on their tour
of Australia, losing the second and drawing the third, trailing the series 2-0
before the a Sydney Test. Dhoni declared his departure from the format
during the third Test in Melbourne. He performed well on his last test. With
nine dismissals (Eight catches and a stumping), he surpassed Kumar Sangakkara’s
record of 134 stumpings. (In all three formats combined). He also
the mark for the most dismissals by an Indian Wicketkeeper in a match until it
was broken in 2018 by Wriddhiman Saha. He went unblemished in his last
inning scoring 24 runs.
T20I
Playing Career :
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Dhoni scored
an unbeaten 44 to lead India to their first win against Australia in Adelaide
on 12th February 2012. In the final over, he smashed a massive six that travelled 112
meters off Clint McKay’s bowling. During the post-match presentation, he
said this six was more significant than the one he hit in the 2011 ICC World
Cup final.
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The
international Cricket Council (ICC) appointed him captain and
wicketkeeper of the Team of the Tournament for the 2014 T20 World Cup.
ICC
World Twenty20 2007 :
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MS Dhoni
was selected to represent India in the inaugural World T20 in 2007. He
made his leadership debut against Scotland, but the game was called off due to
rain. Following that, he led India to the ICC World Twenty20 title in South
Africa, defeating archrivals Pakistan in a hotly contested final on 24th
September 2007, becoming the second Indian Captain to win a World Cup in
any format, following Kapil Dev.
International
Cricketing Retirement :
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Dhoni has
stated that he would retire from International Cricket on
15th August 2020.
Domestic
Career :
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In the 1999-2000
Season, he made his first-class and
List A debuts. He played for teams such as Bihar, Jharkhand, India A, Air
India Blue, Indian Board President’s XI, Rajasthan Cricket Association
President’s XI, East Zone, Rest of India, East Zone Under 19, Chennai Super
Kings, and Rising Pune Supergiant in the domestic cricket circuit. He played for
the Indian Government owned Air India Airlines, Air India Squad in the BCCI
Corporate Trophy until his resignation in 2013. In the 2009 BCCI
Corporate Trophy, Dhoni made 106 runs for Air India Blue against the India
Revenue squad. At Chandigarh, he smacked seven sixes and seven fours in the
first inning.
Indian
Premier Legue (IPL) :
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The
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) signed Dhoni for US$1.5 million. For the
inaugural season auctions, he was the most expensive player in the IPL. CSK won
the Indian Premier League in 2010,2011,2018 and 2021, as well as
the Champions League T20 in 2010 and 2014. They finished
second in 2008,2012,2013,2015, and 2019.
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MS Dhoni
became the first player in Super Kings history to appear in 200 T20 matches.
Dhoni holds are record for the most Indian Premier League matches played. Dhoni
is also one of three captains who have won the Indian Premier League twice,
both times with Chennai Super Kings.
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R.M Lodha
of the Supreme Court of India’s committee suspended the Chennai Super Kings
from the IPL for two years in 2015. They were barred because one of its
officers, Gurunath Meiyappan, engaged in illicit gambling. He was detained on suspicion
of spot-fixing. It was the worst era in Dhoni’s career, according to him. “The
worst crime I can do is not murder, but match-fixing” he stated.
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Rising
Pune Superkings (RPS), a debutant IPL franchise side, appointed him
captain in 2016, however due to the team’s dismal performance that
season, they withdrew Dhoni from the role and replaced him with Steve Smith,
the then-Australian national team captain. Dhoni was a wicketkeeper batsman for
RPS during the 2017 season.
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CSK
returned to the IPL for the 2018 season, and he was once again nominated
to run the franchise. Dhoni scored 455 runs that season to lead his team
to their third IPL title.
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Dhoni unperformed
in the IPL season of 2020 and 2021, scoring 200 runs in 14
innings in 2020 and 116 runs in 16 innings at an
average of 15.29 in 2021.
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In the 2021
Indian Premier League season, he guided the club to their fourth triumph.
Dhoni was retained by CSK for $12 million
prior to the IPL 2022 player auction. He stood down as captain on 24th
March 2022, and Ravindra Jadeja took his place. However, on 30th
April 2022, Jadeja relinquished the leadership to Dhoni.
Playing
Manner :
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Dhoni
bats right-handed and keeps wickets, Dhoni is an un-conversational batter in
that most of his batting technique deviates from coaching guides. Dhoni would
rather hit a full ball to the Long-on, Long-off, or Midwicket regions than
drive it to the Cover zone. Not only does he take advantages of full length balls,
but he also shows aptitude in hitting pull shorts and hook shorts off of short
balls, putting pressure on the bowler to bowl to him. He grips the bat tightly
at the bottom of the handle, attempting to hit the ball hard and flat in order
to clear the boundary. Nonetheless, he is capable of hitting long sixes at
times.
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Dhoni
first emerged as a lower-order aggressive batsman, but he progressively
adjusted his playing style to deal with high-pressure situations and his rising
captaincy. He is a strong striker of the ball and one of the fastest men
between the wickets. He used the helicopter shot method. Which he learned from
a fellow player boyhood buddy, Santosh Lal.
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His
wicket-keeping ability has been extensively complimented by cricket analyst,
but he has also been chastised for a lack technique.
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He holds
the Guinness record most stampings by a wicket-keeper.
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Dhoni was
approached to players as captain. Former Cricketers and opposition players have
emphasized his claim and serene demeanor on the cricket field. He used to let
bowlers chosen their own field.
Personal
Life :
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His ancestral
hamlet is Lwali, which is located in the Jaiti taluka of Uttarakhand’s Almora
district. The community comprises between 20 and 30 households.
Pan Singh Dhoni, his father, left the village for work around 1970. He
subsequently made his home in Ranchi, Dhoni’s uncle Dhanpat Singh Dhoni and
cousin Hayat Singh Dhoni continue to reside in Lwali.
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On 4th
July 2010, he married Sakshi Singh Rawat.
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The
wedding took place one day after the couple got engaged in Dehradun.
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Dhoni and
his Wife have a daughter.
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Dhoni is
a fan of the Indian Army, Dhoni stated after a day spent with the parachute
until in Ranchi. “I’ve always wanted to join the Army. I saw myself as a
soldier after seeing the troops”
·
He is the
vice president of marketing at India Cements Ltd N. Srinivasan, owner of IPL
team Chennai Super Kings and former BCCI president, leads the firm.
International
Records :
Test
Crickets :
·
Dhoni
became the first Indian wicket-keeper to reach the 4,000 run mark in Tests.
·
Dhoni
completed 50 sixes as a skipper after striking a six in the third Test
against England in Southampton.
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Dhoni
stands atop all-time among Indian wicket-keeper in dismissals with 294
in his career.
ODI
Cricket :
·
Dhoni is
the third captain in history to win 100 games. First player with a
career average of above 50 to pass 10,000 runs in ODI cricket.
·
In ODIs,
the most not outs (84) were recorded.
·
Dhoni’s 183*
against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the greatest wicket-keeper score.
·
Dhoni and
Bhuvneshwar Kumar put up a 100 run stand against Sri Lanka, which is India’s
greatest eighth-wicket partnership in ODIs.
·
Dhoni
holds the record for the most dismissals by an Indian wicket-keeper in an
innings and career.
·
Dhoni has
the most stumpings (123) of any wicket-keeper in an ODI career and is
the only keeper to reach 100 stumpings so far.
T20I
Cricket :
·
Dhoni
holds the record for most T20I innings played (76) and runs scored (1,153)
before getting a fifty.
·
Most
dismissals as a wicket-keeper in Twenty20 Internationals.
·
Most
stumpings as a T20I wicketkeeper (34).
·
Most
wicket-keeping catches in a T20I innings.
Combined
ODI, Test and T20I :
·
He has captained
the most International teams.
·
Dhoni is
the first and only wicket-keeper in history to make 150 Stumpings across
all three formats of the game. His international stumpings tally now stands at 195.
Outside
Cricket :
Ownership
of Sports teams :
·
Dhoni,
together with Sahara India Pariwar, is co-owner of Ranchi based hockey team
Ranchi Rays, a Hockey Indian League franchise.
·
Dhoni is
also a co-owner of Chennai in FC, a franchise of the Indian Super League, together
with Abhishek Bachchan and Vita Dani.
·
Dhoni’s
passion in motorcycle in frequently covered in the media.
Business
Interest :
·
Dhoni debuted
his lifestyle brand SEVAN in February 2016. Dhoni owns the
footwear division of the firm and serves as a brand ambassador for SEVAN.
Dhoni invested in CARS24 in 2019 and became the company’s brand
ambassador at the same time.
·
MS Dhoni
was presented as the newest member of a company 11th October 2022
during a ceremony in Bengaluru, He has made an instatement in Shaka Harry, plant-based protein startup.
Dhoni Entertainment :
·
Dhoni Entertainment signed a long-term commercial
relationship with Bani jay Asia in 2019 to generate content across all genres.
[200] The first show created was Roar of the Lion, a documentary web series
chronicling the Chennai Super Kings' comeback to win the 2018 Indian Premier
League, starring MS Dhoni in the lead role. [201] The web series is the largest
ever released under the Hotstar Specials platform, and it began streaming
online on March 20, 2019.
Territorial Army
:
·
Dhoni
holds the honorary title of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army's
Parachute Regiment (106 Para TA battalion). [203] The Indian Army bestowed the
honorary rank on him in 2011 in recognition of his commitment to the country as
a cricketer
·
He
qualified as a paratrooper in 2015 after completing five parachute training
jumps from Indian Army planes at the Agra training centre.
·
He
finished a two-week service with the Territorial Army in Jammu & Kashmir in
August 2019.
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