Mahendra Singh Dhoni: The Legend of Cricket
Mahendra Singh Dhoni commonly known as MS Dhoni and Mahi and MSD. He is a famous an Indian professional cricketer. Dhoni is a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. He made his international debut in 2004. Dhoni made148 runs in his fifth international match against Pakistan.
MS Dhoni’s Basic Information
Born | July 7, 1981 (age 42 years), Ranchi, India |
Spouse | Sakshi Dhoni |
Parents | Pan Singh Dhoni, Devaki Devi |
Siblings | Narendra Singh Dhoni, Jayanti Gupta |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Role | WK-Batsman |
Batting Style | Right-Handed Bat |
MS Dhoni Career statistics
He has made 4876 runs in Test matches at an average of 38 and 10773 runs at an average of above 50 in ODIs. Dhoni has scored 16 centuries (100) and 106 fifties (50) in his international career. He has one of the highest averages in ODI cricket.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni IPL Profile
Dhoni IPL debut in 2008. He has also slammed 24 half-centuries, with his highest IPL score being 84* runs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hit 360 fours and 251 sixes in his IPL career.
Matches | 263 |
Runs | 5218 |
50s | 24 |
Highest Score | 84 |
Team | Chennai |
Dhoni IPL Matches History
Dhoni Social Accounts
Instagram 47.8M followers
Twitter 8.6M+ followers
MS Dhoni word records
Most international matches as captain
MS Dhoni captained India in 332 international matches (60 Tests, 200 ODIs, and 72 T20Is)
Most successive wins as captain in Tests
Dhoni led India to 6 consecutive Test victories between February 2013 and December 2014
Most successful stumpings in cricket history
Mahi has 195 stumpings to his name across all three formats, making him the leader in this category
Most notices by an Indian wicket-keeper in Tests history
Dhoni effected 294 dismissals (256 catches and 38 stumpings) in Test matches
Most dismissals by an Indian wicket-keeper in ODIs history
MS Dhoni holds the record for the most dismissals as a wicket-keeper in ODIs with 444 (321 catches and 123 stumpings)
Most sixes by an Indian batsman in cricket history
Dhoni hit 359 sixes in international matches (78 in Tests, 228 in ODIs, and 53 in T20Is)
Highest score by a wicket-keeper batsman in an ODI inning
Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored top-ranking 183 runs against Sri Lanka in 2005, which is the highest individual score by a wicket-keeper batsman in ODIs
Most wins as captain in T20I cricket history
Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to 41 victories in T20I matches, the most by any captain in the shortest format of the game
Most runs scored batting at the No. 6 position in ODIs
MS Dhoni collective 4,876 runs while batting at the No. 6 position in ODIs, which is the most by any player at that position.
Most sixes as captain in international cricket history
Mahi hit 204 sixes as captain in international matches (50 in Tests, 147 in ODIs, and 7 in T20Is), which is the most by any captain