MS Dhoni - Captain Cool & Ingenious Keeper

 Dhoni, who was raised in Ranchi, debuted for Bihar in 1999. He played his first test match for the Indian cricket team against Sri Lanka a year after making his debut on December 23, 2004, in an ODI against Bangladesh. He took over as captain of the ODI team in 2007 and eventually assumed command of all forms by 2008. Dhoni played limited overs cricket until 2019 after retiring from test cricket in 2014. In international cricket, he has amassed 17,266 runs, with over 10,000 runs at an average of over 50 in one-day formats.

CHILDHOOD:-

On July 7, 1981, Dhoni was born into a Hindu Rajput family in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi. He was the youngest of three children born to parents who were from the village of Lwali in Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand).The surname is spelt "Dhauni" by his family.

Dhoni completed his education at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, where he began playing goalkeeping football before switching to cricket at his coach Keshav Banerjee's suggestion.Dhoni served as a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) for the Indian Railways' South Eastern Railway zone in Kharagpur from 2001 to 2003.

In the Indian Premier League, Dhoni plays for the Chennai Super Kings. He has guided his team to ten finals and won five of them (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023). Additionally, in 2010 and 2014, he guided CSK to two Champions League T20 championships. In addition to being the first wicket-keeper to reach the five thousand run mark in the IPL, he is one of the select few batsmen to do so.

Dhoni Cricket Career:-

When MS Dhoni played for India against Bangladesh in 2004, he made his debut in international cricket. He was selected for a trip of Kenya and Zimbabwe later that year. He made his debut in an ODI against the West Indies and in a Test match against Sri Lanka in 2006. That was then, and still is, a regular member. MS Dhoni rose to fame during the 2007 T20 World Cup thanks to his performance. He was chosen as the tournament's team captain, and he helped them defeat Pakistan in the championship match. He was the youngest captain in history when he was appointed skipper of the Indian ODI team in 2008.

Government Awarded:-

The Government of India presented Dhoni with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, the highest sporting honour in India, in 2008. He was awarded the third-highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2018 and the fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, in 2009. The Indian Army granted Dhoni the honorary title of Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Territorial Army in 2011. He is among the most well-liked cricket players worldwide.

 

Most Successful Captain in Indian History:-

His achievements were furthered as he guided India to the 2011 World Cup triumph. performance in the event at hand. He then went on to captain India's Twenty20 international side till 2013, the year they won the first-ever ICC World Twenty20 competition. In addition, Dhoni has participated in a number of domestic competitions, like as the Deodhar Trophy and Ranji Trophy. He was a member of the Chennai Super Kings squad that finished first in the Indian Premier League in 2010 and 2011.

He has won multiple awards for his exploits with the bat and glove, including the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2008 and 2013, the Wisden Leading Cricketer of the World award in 2009 and 2013, the Sir Garfield Wakes Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2008 and 2009, and the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009.

Dhoni Records in International Cricket:-

With 111 appearances, MS Dhoni holds the record for the most matches played by an Indian player in T20 internationals. More than any other player in this format, he has also amassed 17 half-centuries in T20 internationals. His record includes the greatest Twenty20 International score ever by an Indian batsman.

Captain Cool records :-

Test Cricket:-

1. India achieved their first-ever #1 place in the ICC Test Cricket rankings in 2009, led by captain Dhoni. 

2. With 27 Test victories, he is the most renowned Indian Test Captain. 
3. He is the Indian skipper with the most overseas Test defeats (15). 
4. He reached 4,000 test runs, making history as the first Indian wicketkeeper to do so.
5. 224 was Dhoni's score against Australia. This is the third-highest score ever by an Indian captain and the highest score by a wicket-keeper-captain. 
6. His debut century against Pakistan is the fourth-fastest century ever recorded by an Indian wicketkeeper overall and the fastest century to date. 

7- Dhoni hit 50 sixes throughout his captaincy.
8- He leads the Indian wicket-keepers' all-time dismissals chart with 294 dismissals during his career.
9-He and Syed Kirmani hold the record for the most wickets in an innings, with six. 
10- He also owns a record of nine Indian wicket-keeper dismissals in a single match.

 

ODI Cricket:-

1. The first-ever Indian captain to win 100 games, in third place. 

2. Following Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and Sachin Tendulkar, this Indian cricketer is the fourth to reach 10,000 ODI runs. In addition, he is the second wicketkeeper to accomplish this feat. 
3. He is the first player to reach 10,000 runs, with a career average of more than fifty. 
4. His batting average of 51.09 places him second among players with an overall total of over 10,000 runs and fifth among players with more than 5,000 runs. 
5. At number six, he scores the most runs in the history of ODIs with 4031 runs in his career. 
6. Only one batsman in ODI history has scored two hundreds while batting at number seven. 

7- In ODIs, he has 82 not outs. 
8- Against Sri Lanka, he scored 183*, the greatest point total for a wicketkeeper. 
9- He scored the most points of any captain batting at number seven against Pakistan, with 113. 
10. Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have the greatest eight-wicket partnership in ODI history for India. 
11- The longest unbroken inning and the highest batting average in one-day international runs. 
12- He is the only cricket player who has served as both captain and wicketkeeper in the majority of ODI matches.

13-With 6 and 432 dismissals in an innings, respectively, he holds the record for the most by an Indian wicketkeeper in his career. 
14-With 120 stumpings, he holds the record for the most wicket-keepers in ODI history.
15- The first wicketkeeper in India and the fourth globally to reach 300 ODI catches 

T20I Cricket:-

1. He has the most victories as a captain, with 41. 
2. He participated in 72 matches as both a captain and a wicketkeeper.
3. He went 84 innings in a row without a duck in T20I competition. 
4. Dhoni played 76 T20I innings, which was the most. 
5. With 87 wickets in T20Is, he is the wicket keeper with the most dismissals. 
6. He now owns the record of 54 wicket-keeper catches in Twenty20 Internationals. 
7. With 33 stumpings in T20Is, he is the wicketkeeper with the most all-time.
8- He has the most catches in a T20I inning as a wicketkeeper—five.