MS Dhoni

Net Worth

$170,000,000

Born in (City)

Ranchi, Bihar

Born in (Country)

India

Date of Birth

07th December, 1981

Date of Death

Mother

Devaki Devi

Father

Pan Singh

Children

Ziva Singh

About

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is the only captain in the history of Cricket to win all ICC trophies. A right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, Dhoni is one of the highest run-scorers in One Day Internationals. Dhoni is a right-handed batsman. 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 in running between the wickets. In 526 International matches, he scored 17,266 runs with a decent average and strike rate. He is also termed to be the world’s best finisher. His wicket-keeping skill is widely praised by cricket experts. He is quickest when it comes to stumpings. He has a world record for the highest number of stumpings by any wicket-keeper. He is India's best wicket-keeper to date. He achieved the feat of 482 dismissals with 383 catches and 99 stumpings. He is also very elegantly known for his review decisions keeping behind the stumps. 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. 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 in the 2010, 2011, and 2018 seasons, along with wins in the 2010 and 2014 editions of Champions League Twenty20. MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on 15 August 2020. He also has a huge collection of expensive cars and bikes.

Early Life

Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports. 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 (1995–1998). 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. Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard. 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. Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in the 1999–2000 season, as an eighteen-year-oldHe 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. 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. 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 in the 2010, 2011, and 2018 seasons, along with wins in the 2010 and 2014 editions of Champions League Twenty20. MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on 15 August 2020. He made a half-century in his debut match scoring 68* in the second innings against the Assam cricket team. Dhoni finished the season with 283 runs in 5 matches. He was recognized for his efforts in the 2003/04 season, especially in the One Day format, and was picked for India A squad for a tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya. Against the Zimbabwe XI in Harare Sports Club, Dhoni had his best wicket-keeping effort with 7 catches and 4 stumpings in the match. Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat, his schoolmate in DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, a native of Dehradun, 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. Dhoni became a father on 6 February 2015 to a baby girl named Ziva.

Road to Success

The Indian ODI team in the early 2000s saw Rahul Dravid as the wicket-keeper to ensure that the wicket-keeper spot didn’t lack batting talent. The team also saw the entry of wicket-keeper/batsmen from the junior ranks, with talents like Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Karthik named in the Test squads. Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut. Despite an average series against Bangladesh, Dhoni was picked for the Pakistan ODI series. In 2007, he was appointed the captain of the T20 squad for the World Championship in South Africa. Watching his performance, the selectors decided to make him the captain for the ODI and Test squad as well. Dhoni, in his fifth one-day international, scored 148 in Visakhapatnam off only 123 deliveries. Dhoni’s 148 surpassed the earlier record for the highest score by an Indian wicket-keeper, a record that he would re-write before the end of the year. He is the only captain in the history of Cricket to win all ICC trophies. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. As a captain, he played 60 Test matches out of which the team won 27 matches. Out of 200 ODI matches, the team under Dhoni captaincy won 110 matches. And in 72 T20 Internationals, he won 41 matches. He is also popularly known as “CAPTAIN COOL” for his mind presence during the game. Dhoni was contracted by the Chennai Super Kings for US$1.5 million. This made him the most expensive player in the IPL for the first season auctions. Under his captaincy, Chennai Super Kings won the 2010 and 2011, and 2018 Indian Premier League titles and the 2010 and 2014 Champions League T20 titles. Dhoni is the third captain (and the first non-Australian) overall to win 100 games. Most career runs in ODI history when batting at number 6 position (4031). He is the first Indian and fifth overall to hit 200 sixes in ODIs. Under his captaincy, the Indian team topped the Test cricket rankings for the first time in 2009. With 27 Test wins; he is the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassed Sourav Ganguly’s record of 21 wins. M.S. Dhoni is the first Indian wicket-keeper to complete 4,000 test runs. He has a huge fan base across the world and for this, he is endorsed in more than 20 companies for instance in Aircel, Pepsi, Orient PSPO, Spartan Sports, Reebok, Boost, Amity University, Gulf Oil, Amrapali Group, Ashok Leyland, McDowell’s Soda, Big Bazaar, etc.

Challenges

His family especially his father didn’t support him initially, still, he dreamt big, He managed to practice along with his studies and jobs, he left his permanent job and took a risk for his passion which was the biggest hurdle for his growth. He faced issues in his personal life still didn’t stop following his dream. He took tough decisions for the team’s betterment and was criticized by many people. The way MS Dhoni started his international career, not many would have thought that he would go on to become an all-time great. MS Dhoni had an unorthodox technique as a batsman and a wicketkeeper. And while he did not take long to prove his batting abilities, he did struggle to impress behind the stumps early on. But with the passage of time, he went on to become one of the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the world thanks to his hard work.

Failures

The failure of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to come good with the bat in this World Cup was worrisome. That’s one of the reasons why the middle and lower-order had collapsed, he has been guilty of getting out at crucial moments in the game and hasn’t able to bat with the authority he is capable of. Dhoni boasted a career batting average of nearly 49 in One-Day Internationals, but 2010 hasn’t been very good for him as far as runs are concerned. Since March 2010, Dhoni has played 22 matches, scoring just 513 runs at a modest average of just under 31 – way below his overall career average. He faced failure in the U-19 cricket match. But, he didn’t stop and continue working hard to achieve his dream. He could not play well in the first three matches at the international level.

Achievements

Dhoni received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest honor given for achievement in sports, 2007–08|ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2008, 2009|Dhoni was awarded Padma Shri in India’s fourth-highest civilian award, in 2009.|CNN-News18 Indian of the Year: 2011|Honorary doctorate by De Montfort University in August 2011|Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, 2018.|A biopic based on him M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was released in 2016

Quotes

My goal is not to be better than anyone else, but to be better then I used to be.
Forget Fear, Do Something Different.