Cricketer mahendra singh dhoni biography pdf

Widely regarded as one of the most prolific wicket-keeper batsmen and captains , he represented the Indian cricket team and was the captain of the side in limited overs formats from to and in test cricket from to Dhoni has captained the most international matches and is the most successful Indian captain.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, popularly

He also led the teams that won the Asia Cup in , and was a member of the title winning squad in Born in Ranchi , Dhoni made his first class debut for Bihar in He made his debut for the Indian cricket team on 23 December in an ODI against Bangladesh and played his first test a year later against Sri Lanka. In , he became the captain of the ODI side before taking over in all formats by Dhoni retired from test cricket in but continued playing in limited overs cricket till He has scored 17, runs in international cricket including 10, plus runs at an average of more than 50 in ODIs.

Dhoni is amongst the few batsmen to have scored more than five thousand runs in the IPL, as well as being the first wicket-keeper to do so. He received the fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri in and third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan in Dhoni holds an honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Territorial Army which was presented to him by the Indian Army in He is one of the most popular cricketers in the world.

Dhoni did his schooling from DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, where he started playing football as a goalkeeper , but later moved to play cricket on the suggestion of his coach Keshav Banerjee. In the — Cooch Behar Trophy, the Bihar U cricket team made it to the finals, where Dhoni made 84 in a losing cause. Nayudu Trophy in the — season and scored only 97 runs in four matches, as East Zone lost all the matches and finished last in the tournament.

Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar against Assam in the — season, as an eighteen-year-old scoring 68 runs in the second innings.