MahendraSingh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer, who is the captain of the Indian cricket
team. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He also holds the post of
Vice-President of India Cements Ltd. After resigning from Air India, he is the
owner of IPL team Chennai Super Kings and he has been its captain since the
first edition of IPL.
Dhoni
was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local
cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni
impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at
the Commando cricket club. He focused on cricket after his 10th standard. Dhoni
was a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to
2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore (W), a district in West Bengal.
World
Cup 2015
The
2015 Cricket World Cup is the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by
Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. 14 teams will play
49 matches in 14 venues. This is the second time for MS Dhoni is facing the
World Cup challenge as a captain of the Indian Cricket Team. Mahendra Singh
Dhoni became the third captain, after Allan Border and Ricky Ponting, to lead
his country to 100 one-day international wins. For the 2015 World Cup held in
Australia and New Zealand, Dhoni was named the captain of the 30-member squad
by the BCCI in December 2014. Under his captaincy, India was able to go through
to semi-finals with ease, beating Bangladesh in the quarter finals. However,
they lost to Australia in the semi-finals. The team won 7 consecutive matches
in this world cup and won 11 all consecutive in world cups.
Latest
News
Indian
captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been signed by broadcaster Star Sports as its
first brand ambassador to endorse the network across six channels.
Career
MS
Dhoni made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against
Bangladesh and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka. He has
emerged as one of the India's most successful captain this cricket crazy
country has seen.The
captain cool has made the team to win many matches under his captaincy. He lead
Team India to No. 1 in the ICC Test Rankings. Dhoni was contracted by the
Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 Million USD. This made him the most expensive
player in the IPL for the first season auctions. He is the present captain of
the Chennai Super Kings Team. Under his captaincy, Chennai Super Kings has won
two Indian Premier League titles and the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
In IPL
Dhoni
was contracted by the Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 Million USD. Chennai SuperKings have won two Indian Premier League titles and the 2010 Champions League
Twenty20 under his captaincy.
Mahendra
Singh and Sakshi Dhoni
MS
Dhoni is an Indian skipper while Sakshi is a girl from Dehradun but she is
truly MSD's lucky charm. She is Mahi's childhood friend and has studied Hotel
Management. As Mahendra Singh Dhoni's career took a big leap, his business
interests widened significantly. Perhaps to manage his growing empire Dhoni
entrusted his wife Sakshi to enter into joint ventures with some companies.
Marriage/Daughter
Ms
Dhoni and Sakshi Dhoni got married on 4 July 2010. She is a native of Dehradun,
Uttarakhand. They are school friends and their parents are also family friends.
At the time of their marriage, she was studying Hotel Management and was
working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal, Kolkata. After the retirement of
Sakshi's father from tea gardens, their family shifted to their native place,
Dehradun. On 6 February 2015, Sakshi and Dhoni have became parents of a baby
girl named Ziba Dhoni. Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu is a close friend of Dhoni.
Awards
2013-Peoples Choice
2012-ICC World ODI XI
2011-CNN IBN, ICC World ODI
XI
2010-Castrol ODI Cricketer
2009-Padma Shri, ICC ODI
Player of the Year
2007-Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna
2006-MTV Youth Icon, NDTV
Youth Icon
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