How to write a biographical sketch of m.s. dhoni
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni (About this soundpronunciation (help·info) born 7 July 1981), commonly known as MS Dhoni, is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. A right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, Dhoni is one of the highest run scorers in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with more than 10,000 runs scored and is considered an effective "finisher" in limited-overs formats.[2][3][4][5] He is also regarded by some as one of the best wicket-keepers and captain in modern limited-overs international cricket.[6]
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Full name
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born
7 July 1981 (age 38)
Ranchi, Bihar, India (present-day Jharkhand)
Nickname
Mahi, Captain Cool, Thala[1]
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium
Role
Wicket-keeper batsman
International information
National side
India (2004–present)
Test debut (cap 251)
2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test
26 December 2014 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158)
23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI
9 July 2019 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.
7
T20I debut (cap 2)
1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I
27 February 2019 v Australia
T20I shirt no.
7
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1999–2004
Bihar cricket team
2004/05–present
Jharkhand
2008–2015;2018-Present
Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 7)
2016–2017
Rising Pune Supergiant
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 90 350 98
Runs scored 4,876 10,773 1,617
Batting average 38.09 50.53 37.60
100s/50s 6/33 10/73 0/2
Top score 224 183* 56
Balls bowled 96 36 –
Wickets 0 1 –
Bowling average – 31.00 –
5 wickets in innings – 0 –
10 wickets in match – 0 –
Best bowling – 1/14 –
Catches/stumpings 256/38 321/123 57/34
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 July 2019
He made his ODI debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka. Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards, including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first player to win the award twice), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007, the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 2018.[7] He was named as the captain of the ICC World Test XI in 2009, 2010 and 2013. He has also been selected a record 8 times in ICC World ODI XI teams, 5 times as captain. The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel[8] to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to receive this honour.
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