Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi on July 7, 1981 2. Dhoni was a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) with the Indian Railways 3. Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in 1999-2000 as an 18-year-old 4. Dhonis international debut was in a ODI game against Bangladesh on December 23, 2004 5. Dhonis Test debut was against Sri Lanka on December 2, 2005 6. Dhoni was appointed asIndia captain in 2007 for the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa 7. India won World T20 in 2007 under his captaincy 8. Dhoni is the only captain in history to have won all three ICC global titles - World T20 2007, 2011 World Cup (50 overs) and 2013 Champions Trophy (50 overs) 9. Under Dhonis leadership, India became the number one Test side in ICC Rankings in December 2009 10. Dhoni holds the record in ODIs for the highest score by a wicketkeeper - 183 not out which he hit against Sri Lanka in October, 2005 11. Dhoni has won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Indias highest honour for achievement in sports. He was the winner for the season 2007-08 12. Dhoni was named the ICC ODI Player of the Year twice - 2008 and 2009 13. Dhoni was part of ICC World ODI XI for five times in a row - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 14. He was part of ICC World Test XI in 2009, 2010 and 2013 15. He won the ICC LG Peoples Choice Award in 2013 16. Dhoni loves motorbikes. He owns over a dozen of bikes. His first motorbike was Yamaha Rajdoot 17. Dhoni is the most successful Indian Test captain with 24 victories 18. Dhoni holds the record for most Tests as India skipper - 53 so far 19. Dhoni holds the Indian record for wicketkeepers in Tests with 263 dismissals (226 catches, 37 stumpings) 20. Dhoni is also Indias record-holding stumper in ODIs - 298 dismissals (224 catches, 80 stumpings) 21. Dhoni owns a motorbike racing team named Mahi Racing Team India which participates in World Supersport championships 22. Dhonis India ODI jersey number is 7, same as his birth date 23. Dhoni has his own signature brand of perfumes - 7 By MS Dhoni 24. Last month (June, 2014), Dhoni was named in the worlds top 100 highest paid athletes list by Forbes. He was ranked 22nd with a total earnings of $30 million 25. Last year, Dhoni signed a bat sponsorship deal with Spartan Sports and Amit University for a combined worth of a record $4 million (Rs 25 crores) 26. Chennai Super Kings captain Dhoni holds the joint record with Gautam Gambhir of winning two Indian Premier League titles (2010, 2011) 27. Dhoni has a habit of collecting stumps after winning matches. He has a big collection and plans to build a separate room for them after retirement 28. Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat on July 4, 2010 29. Before playing cricket, Dhoni was a goalkeeper of his schools football team 30. In 2011, Dhoni was conferred with the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel by the Territorial Army 31. In 2012, Dhoni was awared an honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort University in Britain 32. Dhoni holds the record for highest Test score by an Indian captain - 224 (Vs Australia in 2013). His 224 is also the highest by a Test wicketkeeper-captain in history 33. Dhoni is the first Indian wicketkeeper to complete 4,000 runs in Test cricket. He holds several other cricket records,
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