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Mahendra Singh DhoniFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MS Dhoni

Dhoni at a promotional event in January 2013

Personal information

Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Born 7 July 1981 (age 32)

Ranchi, Bihar,India

Nickname Mahi, MS, MSD

Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Batting style Right-hand batsman

Bowling style Right-handmedium

Role Wicket-keeper, Indiacaptain

International information

National sideIndia

Test debut (cap251) 2 December 2005 vSri Lanka

Last Test 22 March 2013 vAustralia
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ODI debut (cap158) 23 December 2004 vBangladesh

Last ODI 02 November 2013 vAustralia

ODI shirt no. 7

T20I debut (cap2) 1 December 2006 vSouth Africa

Last T20I 28 December 2012 vPakistan

Domestic team information

Years Team

1999/002004/05 Bihar

2004/05- Jharkhand

2008present Chennai Super Kings

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI FC T20Is

Matches 77 226 118 42

Runs scored 4,209 7,358 6,371 748

Batting average 39.70 51.45 37.69 31.16

100s/50s 6/28 9/48 9/42 0/0

Top score 224[1] 183* 224 48*

Balls bowled 78 36 108

Wickets 0 1 0

Bowling average

31.00

5 wickets

ininnings

10 wickets in

match

Best bowling 1/14

Catches/stumpings 212/36 212/75 320/55 21/8

Source:ESPNCricinfo,8 October 2013

Mahendra Singh Dhoni( pronunciation (helpinfo), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is

an Indiancricketer and the currentcaptain of theIndian national cricket team.He is an attacking right-

handed middle-order batsman andwicket-keeper.He made hisOne Day International (ODI) debut in

December 2004 againstBangladesh,and played his firstTest a year later againstSri Lanka.

Dhoni is the captain of India in allthree forms of the game. His Test and ODI records are the best among

all Indian captains to date. He took over the ODI captaincy fromRahul 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

the2007 ICC World Twenty20,the CB Series of 200708, the 2010 Asia Cup, the2011 ICC Cricket World

Cup and the2013 ICC Champions Trophy.In the final of the 2011 World Cup, Dhoni scored 91 not out off

just 79 balls to take India to victory for which he was awarded the Man of the Match. After taking up the

Test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and West Indies, and theBorder-
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Gavaskar Trophy in 2008, 2010 and 2013. In 2009, Dhoni also led the Indian team to number one position

for the first time in theICC Test rankings.In 2013, under his captaincy, India became the first team in more

than 40 years towhitewashAustralia in a Test series. Dhoni became the first captain to win all the ICC

trophies, he achieved this feat when India defeated England in champions trophy in England on June 2013.

He has also captained theChennai Super Kings to victory in the2010 and2011 seasons ofIndian Premier

League along with the2010 Champions League Twenty20.

Dhoni also holds the post of Vice-President ofIndia Cements Ltd. after resigning fromAir India.India

Cements is the owner of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first

edition of IPL.[2][3]

Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including theICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008

and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), theRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and

thePadma Shri,India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009. He was named as the captain of ICC WorldTest XI and ICC World ODI XI teams for 2009. The IndianTerritorial Army conferred the honorary rank

ofLieutenant Colonel[4]to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer afterKapil Dev to

have received this honour.In 2009, Dhoni topped the list of worlds top 10 earning cricketers compiled

byForbes.[5]In June 2013, Forbes ranked Dhoni at 16th in thelist of highest paid athletes in the world,

estimating his earnings at $31.5 million.[6][7][8]TheTIME magazine has added Dhoni in its "Time 100" list of

100 most influential people of 2011.[9]SportsPro has rated Dhoni as the 16th most remarkable athlete in

the world.[10]

Contents

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1 Early life and background

2 Personal life

3 Playing style

4 Early career

o 4.1 Junior cricket in Bihar

o 4.2 Bihar cricket team

o 4.3 Jharkhand cricket team

o 4.4 India A team

5 ODI career

6 Test career

7 Captain of India

o 7.1 Match bans

o 7.2 World Cup

8 Indian Premier League
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o 8.1 Season by season at IPL

9 Statistics and records

o 9.1 ODI cricket

o 9.2 ODI records

o 9.3 Record in international cricket

o 9.4 Test cricket

o 9.5 Test records

10 Captaincy record

11 Honorary Awards and Appreciations

12 Endorsements

13 Mahi Racing Team India

14 Notes

15 External links

Early life and background

Dhoni was born inRanchi,Bihar (now inJharkhand),[11]and he identifies as being aRajput.[12]His paternal

village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of theAlmora District ofUttarakhand.Dhoni's parents, moved

fromUttarakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions inMECON.Dhoni

has a sister Jayanti Gupta and a brother Narendra Singh Dhoni .[13][14]Dhoni is a fan ofAdam Gilchrist,and

his childhood idols were cricket teammateSachin Tendulkar,Bollywood actorAmitabh Bachchan and

singerLata Mangeshkar[15][16]

Dhoni studied atDAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali,(now the school is known as JVM, Shyamli,

Ranchi) Ranchi, Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton andfootball and was selected at district

and club level in these sports. Dhoni was agoalkeeper 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 (19951998).

Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy

Under-16 Championship and he performed well.[14]Dhoni focused on cricket after his

10thstandard.[17]Dhoni was a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) atKharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003,

under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore (W), a district inWest Bengal.His colleagues remember him as

a very honest, straightforward employee of the Indian Railways. But he also had a mischievous side to his

personality. Once, while staying at the railway quarters, Dhoni and a couple of his friends covered

themselves in white bedsheets and walked around in the complex late in the night. The night guards were

fooled into believing that there were ghosts moving around in the complex. The story made big news on the

next day.[18][19][20]

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Sakshi Singh Rawat, Dhoni's wife

Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat, a native ofDehradun,Uttarakhand, on 4 July 2010. 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 Sakshis father from tea gardens, their family shifted to their native place,Dehradun.

The wedding stumped the media and the fans as it took place only a day after the couple got

engaged.[21][22]Bollywood actressBipasha Basu,a close friend of Dhoni, was quick to inform the media that

the wedding was planned for months and was not a spur of the moment decision.[23]

Playing style

Dhoni is a right-handedbatsman andwicket-keeper.Dhoni is among the wicket-keepers who have comethrough the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team. Parthiv Patel,Ajay

Ratra andDinesh Karthik also followed this route.

Dhoni tends to play mostly from the back foot with a pronounced bottom hand grip. He has a very high bat

speed through the ball which often results in the ball racing across the ground. From this initial stance his

feet do not show much movement which sometimes results in chasing balls while not coming to the pitch of

the ball or some deliveries catching the inside edge.

Early career

Junior cricket in Bihar

In 1998 Dhoni was selected by Deval Sahay to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL)

team.[24]Dhoni was included in the Bihar U-19 squad for the 1998-99 season and scored 176 runs in 5

matches (7 innings) as the team finished fourth in the group of six and did not make it to the quarter-finals.

Dhoni was not picked for the East Zone U-19 squad (CK Nayudu Trophy) or Rest of India squad (MA

Chidambaram Trophy and Vinoo Mankad Trophy).Bihar U-19 cricket team advanced to the finals of the

19992000 Cooch Behar Trophy where Dhoni made 84 to help Bihar post a total of 357. Bihar's efforts

were dwarfed byPunjab U-19s' 839 with Dhoni's future national squad teammateYuvraj Singh making358.[25]Dhoni's contribution in the tournament included 488 runs (9 matches, 12 innings), 5 fifties, 17
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catches and 7 stumpings.[26]Dhoni made it to the East Zone U-19 squad for the CK Nayudu trophy but

scored only 97 runs in four matches as East Zone lost all four matches and finished last in the tournament.

Bihar cricket team

Dhoni made hisRanji Trophy debut forBihar in the 19992000 season as an eighteen-year-old. He made a

half century in his debut match scoring 68* in the second innings againstAssam cricket team.[27]Dhoni

finished the season with 283 runs in 5 matches. Dhoni scored his maiden first-class century while playing

forBihar againstBengal in the 2000/01 season in a losing cause.[28]Apart from the century, his

performance in the 2000/01[29]did not include another score over fifty and in 2001/02 season he scored just

five fifty in each season in four Ranji matches.[30]

Jharkhand cricket team

Dhoni's performance in the 2002-03 season included three half-centuries in the Ranji Trophy and a couple

of half-centuries in the Deodhar Trophy as he started gaining recognition for his lower-order contribution as

well as hard-hitting batting style. In the 2003-04 season, Dhoni scored a century (128*) against Assam in

the first match of the Ranji ODI tournament. He was part of theEast Zone squad that won the Deodhar

Trophy that year and contributed with 244 runs in 4 matches. In the Duleep Trophy finals, Dhoni was

picked over international cricketerDeep Dasgupta to represent East Zone.[31]He scored a fighting half-

century in the second innings in a losing cause.[32]

Dhoni's talent was discovered via theBCCI's small-town talent-spotting initiativeTRDW.Dhoni was

discovered byTRDO PC Podar, captain ofBengal in the 1960s, when he saw Dhoni play forJharkhand at a

match inJamshedpur in 2003, and sent a report to theNational Cricket Academy.[33]

India A team

He was recognised for his efforts in the 2003-04 season, especially in the ODI format and was picked for

theIndia A squad for a tour ofZimbabwe andKenya.[34]Against the Zimbabwe XI inHarare Sports Club,

Dhoni had his best wicket-keeping effort with 7 catches and 4 stumpings in the match.[35]In the tri-nation

tournament involving Kenya, India A and Pakistan A, Dhoni helped India A chase down their target of 223

against Pakistan A with a half-century.[36]Continuing his good performance, he scored back to back

centuries120

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and 119*

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against the same team. Dhoni scored 362 runs in 6 innings at an averageof 72.40 and his performance in the series received attention from the then Indian captainSourav

Ganguly[39]and Ravi Shastri amongst others. However, the India A team coach Sandeep

Patil recommended Dinesh Karthik for a place in the Indian squad as wicket-keeper/batsman.[40]

ODI career
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ODI Career of Dhoni. Brown line indicates 10 match average while the orange line indicates career average

progression.

The Indian ODI team in the early 2000s sawRahul Dravid as the wicket-keeper to ensure that the wicket-

keeper spot didn't lack in batting talent.[39]The team also saw the entry of wicket-keeper/batsmen from the

junior ranks with talents likeParthiv Patel andDinesh Karthik (bothIndia U-19 captains)named in the Test

squads.[39]With Dhoni making a mark in the India A squad, he was picked in the ODI squad for

theBangladesh tour in 2004/05.[41]Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a

duck on debut.[42]In spite of an average series againstBangladesh,Dhoni was picked for the Pakistan ODI

series.[43]In the second match of theseries,Dhoni, in his fifth one-day international, scored 148

inVishakapatnam off only 123 deliveries. Dhoni's 148 surpassed the earlier record for the highest score by

an Indian wicket-keeper,[44]a record that he would re-write before the end of the year.

Dhoni had few batting opportunities in the first two games of theSri Lankan bilateral ODI series (October

November 2005) and was promoted to No. 3 in the third ODI atSawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). Sri

Lanka had set India a target of 299 after aKumar Sangakkara century and, in reply, India lost Tendulkar

early. Dhoni was promoted to accelerate the scoring and ended the game with an unbeaten 183 off 145

balls, winning the game for India.[45]The innings was described inWisden Almanack (2006) as 'Uninhibited,

yet anything but crude'.[46]The innings set variousrecords including the highest individual score in ODI

cricket in the second innings,[47]a record that still stands. Dhoni ended the series with the highest run

aggregate (346)[48]and was awarded the Man of the Series award for his efforts. In December 2005, Dhoni

was rewarded a B-grade contract by theBCCI.[49]
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Dhoni bowling in the nets. He rarely bowls at international level.

India scored 328 in 50 overs with Dhoni contributing 68 in their first match of 2006 againstPakistan.

However, the team finished poorly scoring just 43 runs in the last eight overs and lost the match due

toDuckworth-Lewis method.[50]In the third match of the series, Dhoni came in with India in a precarious

situation and scored 72 runs off just 46 balls that included 13 boundaries to help India take a 21 lead in

the series.[51][52]The final match of the series had a repeat performance as Dhoni scored 77 runs off 56

balls to enable India win the series 41.[53]Due to his consistent ODI performances, Dhoni overtookRicky

Pontingas number one in theICC ODI Rankings for batsmen on 20 April 2006.[54]His reign lasted just a

week asAdam Gilchrist's performance againstBangladeshmoved him to the top spot.[55]

Two cancelled series in Sri Lanka, one due to the withdrawal of South Africa from the Unitech Cup due to

security concerns[56]and the replacement three-match ODI bilateral series against Sri Lanka washed due to

rain,[57]was India's prelude to another disappointing tournamentDLF Cup 2006-07.Dhoni scored 43 runs

as the team lost twice in three games and did not qualify for the finals. India's lack of preparation showed in

the2006 ICC Champions Trophy as they lost toWest Indies andAustralia,though Dhoni scored a half-

century against West Indies. The story of theODI series inSouth Africa was the same for both Dhoni and

India as Dhoni scored 139 runs in 4 matches and India lost the series 40. From the start of the West

Indies ODI series, Dhoni had played 16 matches, hit just two fifties and averaged 25.93. Dhoni received

criticism on his wicket-keeping technique from former wicket-keeperSyed Kirmani.[58]

Preparations for the2007 Cricket World Cup improved as India recorded identical 31 victories overWest

Indies andSri Lanka and Dhoni had averages in excess of 100 in both these series. However, India
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unexpectedly crashed out the World Cup after losses to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the group stage.

Dhoni was out for aduck in both these matches and scored just 29 runs in the tournament. After the loss

toBangladesh in2007 Cricket World Cup,the house that Dhoni was constructing in his home-town Ranchi

was vandalised and damaged by political activists ofJMM.[59]The local police arranged for security for his

family as India exited the World Cup in the first round.[60]

Dhoni put his disappointing performances in the World Cup behind him by scoring 91*

againstBangladesh after India were left in a tight spot earlier in the run-chase. Dhoni was declared the

Man of the Match for his performance, his fourth in ODI cricket. He was also later adjudged the Man of the

Series after the third game of the series was washed away. Dhoni had a good Afro-Asia Cup, scoring 174

runs in 3 matches at an average of 87.00, with a blitzkrieg 139 not out of 97 balls, a Man of the Match

innings, in the third ODI.

Dhoni was named vice-captain of the ODI team for the series against South Africa in Ireland and thesubsequent India-England seven-match ODI series.[61]Dhoni, who received a 'B' grade contract in

December 2005, was awarded an 'A' grade contract in June 2007. And also he was elected as captain of

the Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in September 2007. On 2 September 2007, Dhoni equaled his

idol Adam Gilchrist's international record for the most dismissals in an innings in ODI by catching five

English players and stumping one.[62]He led India to the ICC World Twenty 20 trophy in South Africa with a

victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in an intensely fought final on 24 September 2007, and became the

second Indian captain to have won a World Cup in any form of cricket, afterKapil Dev.During the series

between India and Australia, Dhoni hit an aggressive 124 runs in just 107 balls, in the second ODI, and a

measured knock of 71 runs in 95 balls, along with Yuvraj Singh, saw India home by 6 wickets, in the third

ODI. Dhoni took his first wicket in international cricket on 30 September 2009. He bowledTravis Dowlin of

theWest Indies during a match of the 2009 Champions Trophy.

Dhoni batting against South Africa during the group stage match of2013 ICC Champions Trophy.

Dhoni topped the ICC ODI Batsman rankings for several months continuously in 2009.Michael

Hussey from Australia replaced him for the top spot in the beginning of 2010 .[63]

Dhoni had an excellent year in ODIs in 2009 scoring 1198 runs in just 24 innings at an astonishing average

of 70.43. Dhoni was also the joint top-scorer in ODIs in 2009 along with Ricky Ponting, but the latter having

played in 30 innings.
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On 12 February 2012, Dhoni made an unbeaten 44 to guideIndia to their first win overAustralia at

Adelaide. In the final over, he hit a monstrous six which traveled 112 metres off the bowling ofClint McKay.

During the post-match presentation, he described this six as more important than the one he hit during the

ICC World Cup final in 2011.[64]

On 2 Nivember 2013, Dhoni became the second India batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to aggregate 1000

or more ODI-runs against Australia.[65]

Test career

Test Career of Dhoni. Each bar indicates a single innings and the red line indicates the progression in his career batting

average. Analternative image showing a 10 innings moving average is available.

Following his good one-day form against Sri Lanka, Dhoni replacedDinesh Karthik in December 2005 as

the Indian Test wicket-keeper.[66]Dhoni scored 30 runs in his debut match that was marred by rain. Dhoni

came to the crease when the team was struggling at 109/5 and as wickets kept falling around him, he

played an aggressive innings and was the last man dismissed.[67]Dhoni made his maiden half-century in the

second Test and his quick scoring rate (half century came off 51 balls) aided India to set a target of 436

and the Sri Lankans were bowled out for 247.[68]

India toured Pakistan in January-February 2006 and Dhoni scored his maiden century in the second Test at

Faisalabad. India were left in a tight spot as Dhoni was joined byIrfan Pathan with the team still 107 away

from avoiding follow-on. Dhoni played his typical aggressive innings as he brought up his maiden Test

hundred in just 93 balls after scoring the first fifty in just 34 deliveries .[69]
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Dhoni at fielding practice.

Dhoni followed the century with some prosaic batting performances over the next three matches, one

against Pakistan that India lost and two against England that had India holding a 10 lead. Dhoni was the

top scorer in India's first innings in the third Test a tWankhede Stadium as his 64 aided India post a

respectable 279 in reply to England's 400. However Dhoni and the Indian fielders dropped catches and

missed many dismissal chances including a key stumping opportunity ofAndrew Flintoff (14).[70]Dhoni

failed to collect theHarbhajan Singh delivery cleanly as Flintoff went on to make 36 more runs as England

set a target of 313 for the home team, a target that India were never in the reckoning. A batting collapse

saw the team being dismissed for 100 and Dhoni scored just 5 runs and faced criticism for his wicket-

keeping lapses as well as his shot selections.

On theWest Indies tour in 2006, Dhoni scored a quick and aggressive 69 in the first Test at Antigua.The

rest of the series was unremarkable for Dhoni as he scored 99 runs in the remaining 6 innings but his

wicket-keeping skills improved and he finished the series with 13 catches and 4stumpings.In the Test

series in South Africa later that year, Dhoni's scores of 34 and 47 were not sufficient to save the second

Test against the Proteas as India lost the series 21, squandering the chance to build on their first ever

Test victory in South Africa (achieved in the first Test match). Dhoni's bruised hands ruled him out of the

third Test match.[71]

On the fourth day of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground,St John's,Antigua duringIndia's

tour of West Indies, 2006,Dhoni's flick offDave Mohammed to the midwicket region was caught byDaren

Ganga.As the batsman started to walk back, captain Dravid declared the innings when confusion started

as the umpires were not certain if the fielder stepped on the ropes and Dhoni stayed for the umpire's

verdict. While the replays were inconclusive, the captain of the West Indies side,Brian Lara,wanted Dhoni

to walk off based on the fielder's assertion of the catch. The impasse continued for more than 15 minutes

and Lara's temper was on display with finger wagging against the umpires and snatching the ball from

umpireAsad Rauf.Ultimately, Dhoni walked off and Dravid's declaration was effected but the game was

delayed, and Lara's action was criticised by the commentators and former players. Lara was summoned by

the match referee to give an explanation of his actions but he was not fined.

[72]
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Dhoni scored two centuries in Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009, a series of three matches in which he led

India to a 20 victory. With this feat, India soared up to the number one position in Test cricket for the first

time in history. India scored 7269 (decl) in the third match of this series, which is their highest Test total

ever.[73]

Captain of India

Dhoni behind the stumps

Dhoni was named the captain of Indian squad for the inauguralICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa in

September 2007.[74]India were crowned champions as Dhoni led the team to victory againstPakistan in a

thrilling contest.[75]He, then, went on to become the ODI captain of the Indian team for the seven-match

ODI series againstAustralia in September 2007.[76]He made his debut as full-time Test captain of India

during the fourth and final Test against Australia at Nagpur in November 2008 replacingAnil Kumble who

was injured in the third test and who then announced his retirement. Dhoni was vice-captain in this series

up to that point.[77]India eventually won that Test thus clinching the series 20 and retained theBorder-

Gavaskar Trophy.[78]Dhoni had previously captained India on a stand-in basis againstSouth Africa and

Australia in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

It was under his captaincy that India climbed to No. 1 in the ICC Test Rankings in December 2009. After

that he managed to lead India in a series-leveling world championship of Tests against the South Africans

in February 2010. India also managed to draw the Test series 1-1 in South Africa later that year.

After winning the2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011 with his matchwinning knock of unbeaten 91, Tendulkar heaped praises on Dhoni, claiming him to be the best captain he

has played under. Tendulkar mentioned that it was Dhoni's calm influence that was rubbing off on all his

team-mates and described Dhoni's handling of pressure was incredible.

Only nine players have captained ten or more Tests playing as a wicket-keeper. Dhoni leads the table with

33 Tests as captain, 15 ahead ofGerry Alexander in second place.[79]

In March 2013, Dhoni became the most successful Indian Test captain when he eclipsed Sourav Gangulys

record of 21 victories from 49 Tests.[80]Ganguly also said in an interview to a news channel that Dhoni is

the all-time greatest captain of India and he has a great record to support this credential.
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Match bans

Due to slow-over rate, Dhoni being the captain of Indian cricket team has seldom faced with a restrictions

to play in the matches. In December 2009, he was suspended for two ODI matches againstSri Lanka when

ICC match refereeJeff Crowe imposed the ban as India was three over beyond the specified duration.HenceVirender Sehwag was named the skipper for the two matches in Cuttack and Kolkata.[81]Further, in

January 2012 he was banned for the fourth Test match againstAustralia inAdelaide.Dhoni was two over

short during the third Test inPerth.[82]Consequently, Sehwag captained the team in theAdelaide

test andWriddhiman Saha kept the wickets. In the CB Series in February, Dhoni again faced a one match

ban for slow-over rate against Australia.

World Cup

Under Dhoni's captaincy, India won the2011 World Cup.In thefinal against Sri Lanka, chasing 275, Dhoni

promoted himself up the batting order, coming beforeYuvraj Singh.When he came to bat India needed

more than six runs per over with three top order batsmen already dismissed. He started building a good

partnership withGautam Gambhir.Due to good strokeplay and active running between wickets, they kept

up with the required run rate. Dhoni was on 60 off 60 balls, but later accelerated with a greater flow

ofboundaries,ending with 91 not out off 79 balls. Befitting the occasion, he finished the match of in style

with a huge six over long-on off bowlerNuwan Kulasekara and won Man of the Match. Later in the post

match presentation, he admitted that he came up the order so as to counter the Muralitharan spin threat as

he was very familiar with Murali's bowling, who was his team-mate in theIndian Premier League (IPL)

franchiseChennai Super Kings.He had come after the dismissal ofVirat Kohli,also a right-handedbatsman. By partnering the left-handed Gambhir, he ensured a right-left combination at the crease that

makes it difficult for bowlers to settle into a rhythm.

The bat used by Dhoni in the final match was sold for 72 Lac. The money goes to Sakshi Rawat

Foundation, operated by Dhoni's wife Sakshi Rawat to help orphan children.[83]

Indian Premier League

Dhoni was contracted by theChennai Super Kings for 1.5 Million USD. This made him the most expensive

player in theIPL for the first season auctions.

[84]

Dhoni is the present captain of theChennai Super KingsTeam.Under his captaincy, Chennai Super Kings have won twoIndian Premier League titles and the2010

Champions League Twenty20.

Season by season at IPL

IPL Batting Statistics of MS Dhoni

Year Team Inns Runs HS Ave SR 100 50

2008

Chennai Super Kings[85][86][87][88][89]

14 414 65 41.40 133.54 0 2

2009 13 332 58* 41.50 127.20 0 2

2010 11 287 66* 31.88 136.66 0 2

2011 13 392 70* 43.55 158.70 0 2
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2012 17 357 51* 29.75 128.41 0 1

2013 16 461 67* 41.90 162.89 0 4

2008-2013 Total 84 2243 70* 38.01 141.15 0 13

Statistics and records

ODI cricket

ODI Centuries

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's ODI Centuries

No. Score Balls 4s 6s Against H/A/N Venue Year Result

1 148 123 15 4 Pakistan HomeACA-VDCA

Stadium,Vishakapatnam,Hyderabad2005

India won

by 58 runs

2 183 145 15 10 Sri Lanka HomeSawai Mansingh

Stadium,Jaipur,Rajasthan2005

India won

by 6wickets

3 139 97 15 5 Africa XI HomeMA Chidambaram

Stadium,Chepauk,Chennai2007

Asia XI

won by 13

runs

4 109 96 6 6 Hong Kong NeutralNational Stadium,

Karachi,Karachi,Pakistan2008

India won

by 256 runs

5 124 107 9 3 Australia HomeVidarbha Cricket Association

Stadium,Nagpur,Maharashtra2009

India won

by 99 runs

6 107 111 8 2 Sri Lanka HomeVidarbha Cricket Association

Stadium,Nagpur,Maharashtra2009

Sri Lanka

won by 3

wickets

7 101 107 9 0 Bangladesh Away Sher-e-Bangla CricketStadium,Mirpur,Dhaka

2010 India wonby 6

wickets

8 113 125 7 3 Pakistan HomeMA Chidambaram

Stadium,Chepauk,Chennai2012

Pakistan

won by 6

wickets

9 139* 121 12 5 Australia HomePunjab Cricket Association

Stadium,Mohali2013

Australia

won by 4

wickets

ODI records

On 31 October 2005 Dhoni scored 183* runs of just 145 balls against Sri Lanka inSawai Mansingh

Stadium,Jaipur,which is the highest score made by any batsman in the second innings which was

latter bettered by Australian player Shane Watson who scored 185* of 96 balls against Bangladesh at

Dhaka on 11 April 2011.[47]

The innings featured 10 Sixesthe most by an Indian in an innings, and the fifth highest in

ODIs.[90]

He brokeAdam Gilchrist's record of 172 for the highest score made by a wicket keeper.

The innings set the record for the most number of runs scored in boundaries (120 154; 106)

breaking the record held bySaeed Anwar.However this was later broken byHerschelle

Gibbs (126 runs in boundaries214; 76) against Australia during his knock of 175.
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The score of 183* equalled Ganguly's innings during the 1999 Cricket World Cup as the highest

individual score against Sri Lanka.

Among Indian batsmen who have played more than 50 matches, Dhoni has the highest

average.[91]Dhoni's batting average is also the highest amongst wicketkeepers in ODIs.

In June 2007, Dhoni(139*) andMahela Jayawardene(107)[92]set a new world record for the sixth

wicket partnership of 218 runs against Africa XI during the Afro-Asia Cup.[93]

Dhoni passedShaun Pollock's record for the highest individual score by a number seven batsman

in one-day internationals during his unbeaten innings of 139.[94]Incidentally, Pollock record stood

for just three days as his score of 130 came in the first match of the2007 Afro-Asia Cup while

Dhoni's century came in the third and final match of the series.

Dhoni also holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings by an Indian wicketkeeper and

joint International (withAdam Gilchrist)with 6 dismissals (5 catches and one stumping) against

England at Headlingly 2 September 2007.

Dhoni holds the Indian record of most dismissals in ODIs. He went pastNayan Mongia's 154

forIndia on 14 November 2008 when he caughtIan Bell offZaheer Khan atMadhavrao Scindia

Cricket Ground,Rajkot.However including 3 ODIs against Africa XI, his 155thdismissal was TM

Dilshan caught offMunaf Patel atR. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo on 24 August 2008.

Dhoni, when he was on four during his innings of 23 against Sri Lanka at R.Premadasa

Stadium,Colombo on Saturday, completed 4,000 runs in ODIs. Having already effected 165

dismissals (125 catches + 40 stumpings), Dhoni became the sixth wicketkeeper afterAdam

Gilchrist,Andy Flower,Alec Stewart,Mark Boucher andKumar Sangakkara to complete the "double"

of 4,000 runs and 100 dismissals in the history of ODIs. Dhonis feat of completing the "double" of

4,000 runs and 100 dismissals in only 114 innings is a world record. He is the youngest wicket-keeper

batsman to do so (27 years and 208 days).

Dhoni is the only captain in the ODIs to score a century while batting at number 7. He did it against

Pakistan in December 2012.

Record in international cricket

Dhoni's results in international matches

Matches Won Lost Drawn

Test[95][96]

77 33 18 26

ODI[97]

208 116 78 -
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