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Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni  pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer and the currentcaptain of the Indian national cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.

Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0 and 2011 World Cup. His Test, ODI record is best among all the Indian captains to date. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent 2011 IPL and in the Champions League. 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. Under Dhoni's captaincy India became the first team after a gap of more than 20 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. Dhoni also led the Indian team to the 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. In 2009 Dhoni topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes.^[1] He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. In the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match. The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011.^[2] According to the SportsPro magazine Dhoni is 10th most valuable brand in field of sports worldwide and number 1 among all Asian superstars.^[3]

MS Dhoni

Personal information
Full name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born	7 July 1981 (age 30) Ranchi, Bihar (now inJharkhand), 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	13 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158)	23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	19 February 2012 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 2)	1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I	3 February 2012 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00–2004/05	Bihar
2004/05-present	Jharkhand
2008–present	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	67	201	108	253
Runs scored	3,509	6,688	5,671	8,500
Batting average	37.32	51.44	36.12	50.29
100s/50s	5/24	7/45	8/38	13/54
Top score	148	183*	148	183*
Balls bowled	78	12	108	39
Wickets	0	1	0	2
Bowling average	–	14.00	–	18.00
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	–	–	–
Best bowling	–	1/14	–	1/14
Catches/stumpings	192/28	190/63	284/45	257/76
Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2012

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