MS Dhoni Biography, Career, Height, Weight, Age, Affairs and More

MS Dhoni Biography, Career, Wiki, Height, Weight, Affairs and More

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni known as MS Dhoni is an Indian cricketer who captained the Indian team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 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.

He is also regarded as one of the best wicket-keepers in world cricket and is known to have very fast hands. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.

Dhoni holds numerous captaincy records such as the most wins by an Indian captain in Tests and ODIs, and most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs.

About MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni was born on July 7, 1981 at Ranchi, Bihar(now Jharkhand), India. He studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir where he was keenly interested in football and badminton. He comes from a typical family. His father Pan Singh, worked for MECON and his mother Devki Devi is a housewife.

He has an elder brother, Narendra Singh Dhoni, who is a politician, and a sister, Jayanti Gupta, who is a teacher. He was the goalkeeper of his football team and was able to play for the district and state level. But on the insistence of his football coach, he tried out to play cricket.

Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard. He was a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore(W), a district in West Bengal. His colleagues remember him as a very honest, straightforward employee of the Indian Railways.

Career

MS Dhoni was able to perform wicket keeping especially well which allowed him entry into a local cricket club called the Commando cricket club where he played from 1995-1998. In the 1997/98 season, his superb performances in the Vinoo Mankad Under-16 Championship attracted the selector’s eye.

In 1998, Dhoni was selected by Deval Sahay to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL) team.Till 1998 Dhoni, who was in class 12th in school, had played only school cricket and club cricket and no professional cricket. One of the famous episodes, when Dhoni used to play for CCL, was when Deval Sahay used to gift him Rs 50 for each six that he hit in Sheesh Mahal tournament cricket matches.

He was selected to the Bihar U-19 squad the very next season. His improved batting and keeping performances led him to be selected to the Bihar Ranji Trophy squad for the 1999/00 season. He made his debut against the Assam team by scoring an unbeaten score of 68. He scored his first century the next season but was only able to score at a average of around 40 per game by the 2003 season.

In 2003, he was selected to the India A team which went to tour Kenya to play a tri-series tournament with Pakistan A as the third team. In the series he scored 362 runs at an average of 72.40 with back to back centuries against Pakistan.

On the back of his sterling performances in domestic competitions and international tours, he was given a place in the ODI squad for the tour to Bangladesh in 2004/05. On his debut he was run out for a duck but in his 5th ODI match against Pakistan, he scored 148 off 123 balls to be called a match winning player in the Indian squad. With this performance he had now recorded the highest score by an Indian wicket keeper as well as cemented his place in the side.

He was made the captain of the ODI team in 2007 and the Test team in 2008. In 2009, he scored 1198 runs in 24 innings at an average of 70.43 to be the highest scorer of the year in ODI’s.

He has been part of the ICC World ODI XI for 6 years in a row from 2008-2013. He has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna which is the highest sports honor given by the government of India in the year 2008. 

He advertises more than 15 products as of 2013 and is one of the most marketable players in the world. In June 2013, he was reported to be the 16th highest paid sportsman in the world with yearly earnings of $31 million. He is one of the most successful Indian sportsmen that the world has ever seen. 

Dhoni is the successful captain that India ever had. He led India to 27 Test match victories in 60 Tests and 107 ODI wins in 194 ODIs as a captain. He captained 70 T20 matches and he had 40 wins in his account.

MS Dhoni Biography, Height, Weight, Age, Wiki, Affairs and More

Biography & Wiki :

Name - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nickname - MSD, MS, Mahi, Captain Cool
Profession - Indian Cricketer (Batsman & Wicket-keeper)
Date of Birth - 7 July 1981
Birthplace - Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Age - 36 Years
Nationality - Indian
Star Sign/Zodiac Sign - Cancer
Caste - Not Known
Religion - Hinduism
Hometown - Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Debut - T20 : 1 December 2006 against South Africa at Johannesburg
             ODI : 23 December 2004 against Bangladesh at Chittagong
             Test : 2 December 2005 against Sri Lanka at Chennai
Jersey No - 7

Physical Stas & More :

Height : In Centimeters - 175 cm
              In Meters - 1.75 m
              In Inches - 5’ 9”
Weight : In Kilograms - 78 kg
               In Pounds - 172 lbs
Body Measurements - 42-32-14 Inches
Chest Size - 42 Inches
Waist Size - 32 Inches
Biceps Size - 14 Inches
Shoe Size - 10 Inches
Eye Color - Dark Brown
Hair Color - Black

Family & Relatives :

Father - Pan Singh (MECON employee; worked at Junior Management position
Mother - Devki Devi
Brother - Narendra Singh Dhoni (Elder)
Sister - Jayanti Gupta (Elder)

Education Qualification, School & College :

Educational Qualification - College dropout
School - DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand
College/University - St. Xaviers College, Ranchi

Marital Status, Affairs & More :

Marital Status - Married
Girlfriends - Priyanka Jha(died in 2002); Lakshmi Rai(South Indian actress) ; Sakshi Singh Rawat(Sakshi Dhoni)
Wife/Spouse - Sakshi Dhoni(Married on 4 July 2010)
Daughter - Ziva

Favorites & Hobbies :

Favorite Cricketer : Batsman - Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist
                                Bowler - Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee
Favorite Cricket Ground - Lord's Cricket Ground , London; Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne
Favorite Actor - Amitabh Bachchan and John Abraham
Favorite Actress - Angelina Jolie and Deepika Padukone
Favorite Movie - Agneepath and Sholay
Favorite Destination - Sri Lanka and Goa
Hobbies - Biking and playing football

Money Factor :

Net Worth - $100 Million (600 Crore INR)
Salary - Not Available

Social Media :

Facebook - Facebook.com/
Twitter - Twitter.com/
Instagram - Instagram.com/
Wikipedia - Wikipedia.org/

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