Mahendra Singh Dhoni D.O.B: 7th July, 1981 Place of Birth: Ranchi, Bihar Nickname: Mahi Cricketing information Role: Captain of the Indian ODI and Twenty20 team and Vice captain of the Test team Batting style: Right hand batsman Bowling style: Right arm medium Field position: Wicketkeeper Clubs played: Jharkhand Cricketing profile Mahendra Singh Dhoni started his first class career in the year 1999-2000. His one day international debut came after playing five years of first class cricket on the 23rd of December 2004 against Bangladesh. The venue of the match was in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Unfortunately, he was run out on the first ball he faced. It wasn’t a great debut for him where batting is concerned. Luck wasn’t on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. Not only a good wicketkeeper but Dhoni proved himself to be a first class batsman too. He is one of the few finest wicketkeeper batsman India has seen after a very long time. On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur. Adam Gilchrist was the former record holder with 172 runs. Before he started playing cricket, he was a football goalkeeper. Its said he drinks around four litres of milk everyday but he denied it by saying that has been exaggerated a bit. He said he loves milk and drinks around a litre on a daily basis. On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India. Personal profile Dhoni was born and brought up in the city of Ranchi. He has two siblings. A sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora. Almora is a high-lying town at the foot of the Himalaya which is his father’s home town. His father’s name is Pan Singh and mother’s name is Devki Devi. His hobbies and interests include: Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar Loves to ride bikes Enjoys playing computer games and badminton Not interested in: English songs Working out at gyms Special qualities: Thinks positive Highly confident about himself Is aggressive on the field His Idol: Adam Gilchrist Recommend Sites Free Indian Classifieds Ultimate Directory Business Forums Free Web Directory Shahrukh Khan Fansite ▪ Advertisement ▪ Subscribe to our RSS Subscribe in a reader Subscribe to Mahendra Singh Dhoni Fansite by Email ▪ Recent Comments rahul onDhoni: Just a lucky guy or the coolest captain? jayavel onDhoni: Just a lucky guy or the coolest captain? vinita onFans celebrates Dhoni’s birthday mahi onFans celebrates Dhoni’s birthday SAMIR onFemale bodyguards for Dhoni abhilash onDhoni to be sent apology letter praful on Dhoni behind Ganguly’s ouster vinu onM S Dhoni recommended for Khel Ratna Lahari M.P onDhoni to be sent apology letter jose onDhoni behind Ganguly’s ouster Kuldip kulkarni on Fans celebrates Dhoni’s birthday shiva on Inzy praises Dhoni’s captaincy shiva on Dhoni: Just a lucky guy or the coolest captain? shagun sondhi onFemale bodyguards for Dhoni Jeet Cheriyan onFans celebrates Dhoni’s birthday ▪ Recent Forum Posts Pendu Jatt - Mahinder Singh Dhoni 06/May/13 - 6:14 pm
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