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MS Dhoni Indian cricket player Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( pronunciation ; commonly known as MS Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer who captained the Indian team in limited-overs formats from 11th of September 2007 to 4th of January 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 28th of December 2014. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket.[2][3][4][5] He is also regarded to be one of the best wicket-keepers in world cricket and is known to have very fast hands.[6][7] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.

MS Dhoni

Dhoni in January 2016 Personal information Full name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni Born	 7 July 1981 (age 36) Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India Nickname	Mahi, MSD, Captain Cool[1] Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Batting	Right-handed Bowling	Right-arm medium Role	Wicket-keeper batsman, Lower Middle-order Batsman International information National side India Test debut (cap 251)	2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka Last Test	26 December 2014 v Australia ODI debut (cap 158)	23 December 2004 v Bangladesh Last ODI	24 September 2017 v Australia ODI shirt no.	7 T20I debut (cap 2)	1 December 2006 v South Africa Last T20I	6 September 2017 v Sri Lanka T20I shirt no.	7 Domestic team information Years	Team 1999/00–2003/04	Bihar 2004/05–present	Jharkhand 2008–2015	Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 7) 2016–2017	Rising Pune Supergiant (squad no. 7) Career statistics Competition	Test	ODI	FC	T20Is Matches	90	304	131	76 Runs scored	4,876	9,745	7,038	1,209 Batting average	38.09	52.11	36.84	36.84 100s/50s	6/33	10/66	9/47	0/1 Top score	224	183*	224	56 Balls bowled	96	36	126	– Wickets	0	1	0	– Bowling average	–	31.00	–	– 5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	– 10 wickets in match	0	0	0	– Best bowling	–	1/14	–	– Catches/stumpings	256/38	286/103	364/57	42/23 Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 July 2017 Dhoni holds numerous captaincy records such as most wins by an Indian captain in Tests and ODIs, and most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first-ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the CB Series of 2007–08, the 2010 Asia Cup, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. In the final of the 2011 World Cup, Dhoni scored 91 not out off 79 balls handing India the victory for which he was awarded the Man of the Match. In June 2013, when India defeated England in the final of the Champions Trophy in England, Dhoni became the first captain to win all three ICC limited-overs trophies (World Cup, Champions Trophy and the World Twenty20). After taking up the Test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and West Indies, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008, 2010 and 2013. In 2009, Dhoni also led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test rankings. In 2013, under his captaincy, India became the first team in more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. In the Indian Premier League, he captained the Chennai Super Kings to victory at the 2010 and 2011 seasons, along with wins in the 2010 and 2014 editions of Champions League Twenty20. He announced his retirement from Tests on 30 December 2014.[8]

Dhoni holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd., after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first IPL season.[9][10] Dhoni is the co-owner of Indian Super League team Chennaiyin FC.[11]

Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards, including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first player to win the award twice), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civili