Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Personal information
Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born 7 July 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 29)
Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
Nickname Mahi
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 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 14 February 2010 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 157) 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 24 June 2010 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 43 166 83 222
Runs scored 2,428 5,593 4,580 7,595
Batting average 42.59 51.31 38.48 50.29
100s/50s 4/17 7/36 7/31 13/47
Top score 148 183* 148 183*
Balls bowled 12 12 42 39
Wickets 0 1 0 2
Bowling average – 14.00 - 18.00
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in match - - - -
Best bowling 0/1 - - 1/14
Catches/stumpings 113/20 164/53 220/36 231/69

Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Personal information
Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born 7 July 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 29)
Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
Nickname Mahi
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 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 14 February 2010 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 157) 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 24 June 2010 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 43 166 83 222
Runs scored 2,428 5,593 4,580 7,595
Batting average 42.59 51.31 38.48 50.29
100s/50s 4/17 7/36 7/31 13/47
Top score 148 183* 148 183*
Balls bowled 12 12 42 39
Wickets 0 1 0 2
Bowling average – 14.00 - 18.00
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in match - - - -
Best bowling 0/1 - - 1/14
Catches/stumpings 113/20 164/53 220/36 231/69
Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2010

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी) (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar) (now in Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket 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 captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent IPL 2010. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and 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 for the first time. 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 January 2010, 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