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Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Personal information

Full name

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Born

7 July 1981 (age 32)
Ranchi, Bihar, India

Nickname

Mahi, MS, MSD

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Batting style

Right-hand batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

Wicket-keeper, India captain

International information

National side

India

Test debut (cap 251)

2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka

Last Test

14 February 2014 v New Zealand

ODI debut (cap 158)

23 December 2004 v Bangladesh

Last ODI

28 January 2014 v New Zealand

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 2)

1 December 2006 v South Africa

Last T20I

10 October 2013 v Australia

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1999/00–2004/05

Bihar

2004/05–present

Jharkhand

2008–present

Chennai Super Kings

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	T20Is
Matches	81	243	122	43
Runs scored	4,342	8,046	6,504	772
Batting average	38.76	53.28	37.16	32.16
100s/50s	6/28	9/54	9/42	0/0
Top score	224	183*	224	48*
Balls bowled	90	36	120	–
Wickets	0	1	0	–
Bowling average	–	31.00	–	–
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	–	–	–
Best bowling	–	1/14	–	–
Catches/stumpings	219/37	224/80	327/56	22/8

Early life and background

Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), and he identifies as being a Rajput. His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti Gupta and a brother Narendra Singh Dhoni.^[16]^[17] Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar
Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports. Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995–1998). Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well. Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard. Dhoni was a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore (W), a district in West Bengal. His colleagues remember him as a very honest, straightforward employee of the Indian Railways. But he also had a mischievous side to his personality. Once, while staying at the railway quarters, Dhoni and a couple of his friends covered themselves in white bedsheets and walked around in the complex late in the night. The night guards were fooled into believing that there were ghosts moving around in the complex. The story made big news on the next day.