Mahendra Singh Dhoni Lifestyle, Career: Turns his dream flight into reality

About MS Dhoni Biography

One of the best captains of Indian cricket is MS Dhoni. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born on 7 July 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar. MS Dhoni is considered the best finisher and best wicket-keeper in the world. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known as 'Mahi', and now MS Dhoni is the mentor of the Indian team. MS Dhoni The Indian Army honored Dhoni with the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel on 1 November 2011. MS Dhoni received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2007, the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, in 2009, and the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honor, in 2018.

 

How was the early life of MS Dhoni

Dhoni considers great batsman Sachin Tendulkar and great Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar as his idols since childhood.

MS Dhoni's native village Lavli is in the Lamgada block of Almora district of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents migrated from Uttarakhand to Ranchi in connection with the job, where his father Paan Singh worked as junior management in MECON. Dhoni has a sister and a brother. The Sister's name is Jayanti Gupta and the brother's name is Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

MS Dhoni has studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, and Jharkhand. Dhoni initially excelled in badminton and football during school and the district and club have excelled in these sports. Dhoni was the goalkeeper of his football team in school, who plays cricket even today, shows his style like football and the artistry was very useful there. For this reason, today MS Dhoni became India's best finisher and wicket-keeper.

MS Dhoni became the wicketkeeper in the Commando Cricket Club (1995–1998). In club cricket, he was selected for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship for the 1997–1998 season. MS Dhoni was a Traveling Ticket Examiner (TTE)at Kharagpur Railway Station from 2001 to 2003.

 

MS Dhoni Marriage Life

MS Dhoni tied the knot with his childhood friend Sakshi on 4 July 2010 in Dehradun. In this marriage, many stars of the world of cricket and entertainment attended the wedding. In 2015, a little angel was born to Dhoni and Sakshi, who was named Jeeva. Dhoni's daughter Jiva is more popular in news these days.

 

How was MS Dhoni's career in the cricket world

MS Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in the 1999–2000 season at the age of 18. He played a good inning against the Assam cricket team in his debut match. Dhoni made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in December 2004 and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka. Dhoni was a part of India's first T20 International match. He made his debut against South Africa in December 2006.

MS Dhoni Batting Career

FORMAT	Match	Inning	Runs	H.S.	Ave.	100s	50s
TEST	90	144	4876	224	38.09	6	33
ODI	350	297	10773	183*	50.57	10	73
T20I	98	85	1617	56	37.60	0	2
T20 League	361	319	7167	84*	38.12	0	28

 

MS Dhoni Debut And Last Match Record

Test Debut	India Vs Shri Lanka	Chennai	Dec (02-06)  2005
Test Last Match	Australia Vs India	Melbourne	Dec (26-30) 2014
ODI Debut	Bangladesh Vs India	Chattogram	Dec 23, 2014
ODI Last Match	New Zealand Vs India	Manchester	July (9-10) 2019
T20I Debut	South Africa Vs India	Johannesburg	Dec 01, 2006
T20I Last Match	India Vs Australia	Bengaluru	Feb 27, 2019
T20 Debut	South Africa Vs India	Johannesburg	Dec 01, 2006
T20 Last Match	Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals	Brabourne	May 20, 2022

MS Dhoni Personal Information

FULL NAME	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
NICKNAME	Mahi, Captain Cool
HEIGHT	5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m)
BORN	July 07, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand)
FATHER'S NAME	Pan Singh Dhoni
MOTHER'S NAME	Devaki Devi
WIFE	Sakshi Singh Dhoni
DAUGHTER	Jeeva
IDEAL FOR	Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar
BATTING STYLE	Right-hand bat
BOWLING STYLE	Right-arm Medium
FIELDING POSITION	Wicket-Keeper
PLAYING ROLE	Wicket-Keeper and Batter

Life Awards of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

National Award

Year	National Award
2007-2008	Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award, India's highest honor for sports achievement
2009	Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award
2018	Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award

 

Sporting Award

Year	Sporting Award
2008, 2009	ICC ODI Player of the Year
2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (captain in 2009, 2011–2014	ICC World ODI XI
2011	Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year
2011–2020 (captain and wicketkeeper)	ICC Men's ODI team of the decade
2011–2020 (captain and wicketkeeper)	ICC Men's T20I team of the decade
2011–2020	ICC Spirit of the cricket award of the decade

 

Other Award

Year	Other Awards
2006	MTV Youth Icon of the Year
2013	LG People's Choice Award
2011	Honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort University in August
2011	CNN-News18 Indian of the Year
2019	Jharkhand Cricket Association named their stadium's South stand after Dhoni