MS Dhoni

**Mahendra Singh Dhoni** (born July 7, 1981), commonly known as **MS Dhoni** and **Mahi**, is an Indian cricket player and was a former captain of the Indian cricket team. MS Dhoni Is the current captain of Chennai Super Kings and he is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. The Indian cricket team won the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2007 World Twenty20 and 2013 Champions Trophy under his captainship. Chennai Super Kings won the IPLs 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023 under his captainship. His victory of Champions League Twenty20s 2010, 2014 make him the best of all CSK captains to date. All of his Test cricket and One Day International records are the best of all Indian captains to date. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first ever inter-country ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni also holds the post of Vice president of India Cements Ltd. after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first edition of the Indian Premier League in 2008.

## Playing style

MS Dhoni was a right-handed batsman and also played the role of a wicket-keeper. He mostly played shots in the go's, that is, shifting his body weight on the right leg. He has his own famous cricket shot, called the "Helicopter shot".

## Awards

Dhoni was given many awards, such as the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour, in 2009. In 2018, he received Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award.

## Personal life

He married **Sakshi Singh Rawat** on 4 July 2010. On 6 February 2015, the couple gave birth to a daughter named **Ziva**. He retired from international cricket in 15 August 2020.

Dhoni likes to drive different vehicles, he has many kind of bikes and cars in his collection.

## Other websites

- MS Dhoni from Cricbuzz
- MS Dhoni from ESPNcricinfo

## Infobox (cricketer)

- **embed**: yes
- **fullname**: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- **batting**: Right-handed
- **bowling**: Right-arm medium
- **role**: Wicket-keeper-batter
- **international**: true
- **internationalspan**: 2004–2019
- **country**: India
- **testdebutdate**: 2 December
- **testdebutyear**: 2005
- **testdebutagainst**: Sri Lanka
- **testcap**: 251
- **lasttestdate**: 26 December
- **lasttestyear**: 2014
- **lasttestagainst**: Australia
- **odidebutdate**: 23 December
- **odidebutyear**: 2004
- **odidebutagainst**: Bangladesh
- **odicap**: 158
- **lastodidate**: 9 July
- **lastodiyear**: 2019
- **lastodiagainst**: New Zealand
- **odishirt**: 7
- **t20idebutdate**: 1 December
- **t20idebutyear**: 2006
- **t20idebutagainst**: South Africa
- **t20icap**: 2
- **lastt20iagainst**: Australia
- **lastt20idate**: 27 February
- **lastt20iyear**: 2019
- **t20ishirt**: 7
- **club1**: Bihar
- **year1**: 19992004
- **club2**: Jharkhand
- **year2**: 20042017
- **club3**: Chennai Super Kings
- **year3**: 20082015, 2018present
- **clubnumber3**: 7
- **club4**: Rising Pune Supergiant
- **year4**: 20162017
- **clubnumber4**: 7
- **clubnumber5**: 7
- **columns**: 4
- **column1**: Test cricket, Test
- **matches1**: 90
- **runs1**: 4,876
- **bat avg1**: 38.09
- **100s/50s1**: 6/33
- **top score1**: 224
- **deliveries1**: 96
- **wickets1**: 0
- **bowl avg1**: –
- **fivefor1**: –
- **tenfor1**: –
- **best bowling1**: –
- **catches/stumpings1**: 256/38
- **column2**: One Day International, ODI
- **matches2**: 350
- **runs2**: 10,773
- **bat avg2**: 50.57
- **100s/50s2**: 10/73
- **top score2**: 183not out, *
- **deliveries2**: 36
- **wickets2**: 1
- **bowl avg2**: 31.00
- **fivefor2**: 0
- **tenfor2**: 0
- **best bowling2**: 1/14
- **catches/stumpings2**: 321/123
- **column3**: Twenty20 International, T20I
- **matches3**: 98
- **runs3**: 1,617
- **bat avg3**: 37.60
- **100s/50s3**: 0/2
- **top score3**: 56
- **deliveries3**: –
- **wickets3**: –
- **bowl avg3**: –
- **fivefor3**: –
- **tenfor3**: –
- **best bowling3**: –
- **catches/stumpings3**: 57/34
- **column4**: First-class cricket, FC
- **matches4**: 131
- **runs4**: 7,038
- **bat avg4**: 36.84
- **100s/50s4**: 9/47
- **top score4**: 224not out, *
- **deliveries4**: 126
- **wickets4**: 0
- **bowl avg4**: –
- **fivefor4**: –
- **tenfor4**: –
- **best bowling4**: –
- **catches/stumpings4**: 364/57
- **source**: http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28081.html ESPNcricinfo
- **date**: 30 March
- **year**: 2025


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: MS Dhoni
- **image**: MS Dhoni (Prabhav '23 - RiGI 2023).jpg
- **caption**: Dhoni in 2023
- **birth place**: Ranchi, Bihar (present-day Jharkhand), India
- **height**: 5 ft 9 in
- **nickname**: Mahi, Thala, Captain Cool
- **serviceyears**: 2011–present
- **rank**:  Lieutenant colonel (Hon.)
- **unit**: Territorial Army
  Para (Special Forces), Parachute Regiment