Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( born 7 July 1981) is a former Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Under his captaincy, India won the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. A right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, Dhoni is one of the highest run-scorers in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with more than 10,000 runs scored and is considered an effective "finisher" in limited-overs formats. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper batsmen and captains in the game's history. He was also the first wicket-keeper to effect 100 stumpings in ODI cricket.
Dhoni made his ODI debut on 23 December 2004 against Bangladesh and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka. He 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, the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honor, in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honor, in 2018. Dhoni was named the ICC World Test XI captain in 2009, 2010, and 2013. He has also been selected a record 8 times in ICC World ODI XI teams, 5 times as captain. The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to receive this honor.
Dhoni also holds numerous captaincy records, such as the most wins by an Indian captain in ODIs and T20Is, 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 in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. 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 the 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 Dhoni's 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, 2011, and 2018 seasons and won in the 2010 and 2014 editions of Champions League Twenty20. In 2011, Time magazine included Dhoni in its annual Time 100 list as one of the "Most Influential People in the World."Dhoni holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd. after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first IPL season. He announced his retirement from Tests on 30 December 2014.
In 2012, SportsPro rated Dhoni as the sixteenth most marketable athlete in the world. He is the co-owner of the Indian Super League team Chennaiyin FC. In June 2015, Forbes ranked Dhoni at 23rd in the list of highest-paid athletes in the world, estimating his earnings at US$31 million. In 2016, a biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was made on his life and his cricket career up to the Indian team's win at the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on 15 August 2020.
Playing Style:-
Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Initially, Dhoni appeared as a lower-order attacking batsman, but he gradually changed his playing style to deal with high-pressure scenarios and his growing responsibility as a captain. He is a powerful hitter of the ball and is one of the fastest men running between the wickets. He used the helicopter shot technique, taught to him by a fellow player and childhood friend Santosh Lal.
Cricket experts widely praise his wicket-keeping skill. He has a world record for the highest number of stumpings by any wicket-keeper. He is the main wicket-keeper in the team, but he occasionally bowls as a medium-fast bowler.
World Cup:-
Dhoni has captained India in two World Cups. Under his captaincy, India won the World Cup in 2011 and reached the semifinals in 2015.
Personal Life:-
Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat, his schoolmate in DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, and a native of Dehradun, Uttarakhand 4 July 2010. At the time of their marriage, she studied hotel management and was working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal, Kolkata. After the retirement of Sakshi's father from his tea growing business, their family shifted to their native place, Dehradun.
The wedding took place one day after the couple got engaged. According to Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu, a close friend of Dhoni, the wedding was planned for months and was not a spur-of-the-moment decision. Dhoni became a father on 6 February 2015 to a baby girl named Ziva. At the time of her birth, Dhoni was in Australia as the captain of the Indian team, with the 2015 Cricket World Cup only a week away. He decided not to travel back to India and was famously quoted saying, "I am on national duty; other things can wait."
Awards and Achievements:-
National honors:
- 2018: Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award.
- 2009: Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
- 2007–08: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honor given for achievement in sports.
Sporting honors:
- ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2008, 2009
- ICC World ODI XI: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (captain in 2009, 2011–2014)
- ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010, 2013
Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year: 2011
- ICC Men's ODI team of the decade: 2011 - 2020 (captain and wicketkeeper)
- ICC Men's T20I team of the decade: 2011 -2020 (captain and wicketkeeper)
- ICC Spirit of the cricket award of the decade: 2011 - 2020
Other honors and awards :
- MTV Youth Icon of the Year: 2006
- LG People's Choice Award: 2013
- Honorary doctorate by De Montfort University in August 2011
- CNN-News18 Indian of the Year: 2011
In popular culture:-
A movie was made based on Dhoni's life, from his childhood to the 2011 Cricket World Cup, titled M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, with Sushant Singh Rajput's titular role. Another web series centered on his life and his times with the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League aired on Hotstar on 20 March 2019, titled Roar of the Lion.
Dhoni was commonly known as "Captain Cool" for his calm and patience on and off the field. ... With these two victories, Dhoni also became the first captain in international cricket to win both the T20I and ODI World Cup.
His gesture of greeting Dhoni with folded hands had won the hearts. The video that captured the moment has been rampantly spreading across social media, with many lauding Jaiswal and hailing Dhoni's level of inspiring the young players, as the moment had rightly exemplified why Dhoni is called as "Thala" (which means head or leader in Tamil).
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