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. source:- wikipedia
3. Biography
• Full Name:
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Born:
• 07-07-1981
• Batting style:
• Right hand batsman
• Bowling style:
• Right-arm medium pace
• Place of birth:
• Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India
6. Career Statistics
Major Teams India, Asian Cricket Council XI, Chennai Super Kings
ODI debut Vs at MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Test debut
Vs at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai,
India
Last Test Vs at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
T20 debut
Vs at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South
Africa
IPL Current Team Chennai Super Kings
IPL Debut Vs Kings XI Punjab (Apr 19, 2008)
7. Legends View
“I am really gifted to play under the
leadership of MSD” – Micheal Hussey
“If i am supposed to select a team sachin will
be the opener and Dhoni will be the captain”
– Steve Waugh
“I would go to war with Dhoni by my side”
– Gary Kirsten
“Dhoni is one of the greatest captain I have
ever seen” – Sourav Ganguly
“MSD should continue as captain till 2019
World Cup” – Sunil Gavaskar
8. Legends view
“Dhoni’s not the the type to play for records”
– Kapil Dev
“MSD the best captain I have played under”
– Sachin Tendulkar
“Dhoni can take India forward” – Rahul Dravid
“Dhoni is a great captain” – Anil Kumble
“Dhoni empowers his players” – Stephen
Fleming
“I am learning the ropes of captaincy from MS
Dhoni” – DJ Bravo
9. India's Trophies under MS Dhoni's captaincy
(tournaments involving three or more teams)
• 2007 World Twenty20 in South Africa
• 2008 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia (tri-
nation)
• 2009 Compaq Cup in Sri Lanka (tri-series)
• 2010 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka
• 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
• 2013 Champions Trophy in England
• 2013 Celkon Mobile Cup Tri-series in the Caribbean
Note
: Apart from the above, India won 11 bilateral ODI
series under Dhoni's leadership
10. Awards and Honours
• Honorary awards and appreciations
• ICC ODI Player of the Year : 2008, 2009
• ICC World ODI XI : 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014
• ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010, 2013
• LG People’s Choice Award : 2013
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honor
given for achievement in sports, 2007–08.
• Honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort
University in August 2011.
11. Notes
• "Dhoni only Indian in Forbes list of
world's 100 highest paid
athletes“.Hindustan Times. 2014-06-12.
Retrieved 2014-08-07.
• "MS Dhoni, Mary Kom world's 16th,
38th most marketable athletes". The
Times Of India. 26 June 2012.
• Currently Dhoni has 20 endorsements.