Captain Cool MS DHONI
The only place he calls home is a little cottage, fronted by gorgeous and lovingly-attended dahlias, zinnias and roses, where his parents -- Pan and Devki Singh live in a colony in the town's Doranda suburb.
Dhoni was born here and this was where he was schooled and where he rose to fame playing fabulous strokes at the colony's stadium.
The cricketer pops home once in two months and if he is lucky he spends a day with his parents, his sister Jayanti Gupta, who is an English teacher and lives down the road and his favourite dogs, a Labrador named Zarah and an Alsation Sam.
Dhoni's parents are a modest, simple couple. Pan Singh still roams the colony on a bicycle and Dhoni's fame has changed their lifestyle very little. It just meant getting used to the voracious, insatiable media. Even their neighbours across the fence get their fair share of media attention.
Devki Singh plies you with cups of tea, biscuits, sweets and Chuda when you visit his home.
The pride of the house is a giant television screen on which they track their son's games with pride and nervousness. A large picture of Dhoni graces one wall. And there's a cabinet of trophies belonging to Dhoni, and his elder brother Narendra, across the way.
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| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | |||||
| Born | 7 July 1981 Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India | |||||
| Nickname | Mahi | |||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||||
| Bowling style | Right-hand medium | |||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper, India captain | |||||
| International information | ||||||
| National side | India | |||||
| Test debut (cap 251) | 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka | |||||
| Last Test | 9 October 2010 v Australia | |||||
| ODI debut (cap 158) | 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh | |||||
| Last ODI | 19 February 2011 v Bangladesh | |||||
| ODI shirt no. | 7 | |||||
Personal life
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi. 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 and a brother Narendra. Dhoni had long hair which he has now shortened; he cut it because he wanted to look like his favourite film star John Abraham.He likes Bikes A Hummer to add to the four cars and 23 high-speed motorcycles already parked in his garage in Ranchi.He is endorsing 15 brands from clothes to cold Drinks. And, he is one of the highest income tax payers in last year Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata MangeshkarDhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali,(now the school is known as JVM , Shyamli,Ranchi) 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 married Sakshi (née Rawat) on July 04, 2010. Sakshi Dhoni, a Kolkata girl, is studying hotel management and was working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal when the two of them met two years ago. The wedding stumped the media and the fans as it took place only a day after the couple got engaged. Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu, a close friend of Dhoni, was quick to inform the media that the wedding was planned for months and was not a spur of the moment decision.
MS Dhoni and Sakshi Singh Rawat got engaged at Hotel Competant in Dehradun on Saturday and their marraige took place the next day at Vishranti Resort, near Dehradun. Vishranti Resort is owned by Raje and many high profile guests attended Dhoni's marriage.
Sakshi, a hotel management graduate and Dhoni had been knowing each other since their school days. Their fathers also worked together in Ranchi and both the families were quite close since then.
Dhoni's wedding was attended by high profile guests like ICC chief Sharad Pawar, BCCI President Shashank Manohar, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, Actor John Abraham, Director Farah Khan and cricketers R.P.Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra and Suresh Raina.
Playing style
Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Dhoni is one of the number of wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team — Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra and Dinesh Karthik also followed this route. Dhoni, referred to as 'Mahi' by his friends, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998/99 cricket season and was selected to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in 2004. Along with Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni made multiple centuries against the Pakistan-A team in a tri-nation series and was selected in the Indian national team later in that year.Dhoni scored 148 against Pakistan in his fifth ODI match in 2005 — then the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper. Later in the year, he broke his own record as well as set the current world record for the highest score in the second innings in ODI matches as he scored 183* against Sri Lanka. Dhoni's success in the limited overs format secured him a place in the test team. Consistent performances in ODI cricket through the end of the 2005/06 season saw Dhoni briefly ranked as the No. 1 batsman in the ICC ODI ratings.The shot that he plays are fondly called "The Helicopter Shot".
Dhoni's form dipped through 2006 as India lost matches at the ICC Champions trophy, DLF Cup, away bilateral series against West Indies and South Africa. A return to form in the home series against West Indies and Sri Lanka in early 2007 proved to be an inaccurate indicator of Dhoni's form as India crashed out of the first round in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Dhoni was out for a duck in both India's losses. After the World Cup, Dhoni won the Man of the series award in the bilateral ODI tournament against Bangladesh. For the tour of England, Dhoni was named the ODI team vice-captain.
Cricket performance
ODI Cricket
ODI Centuries:| ODI centuries | ||||||
| # | Runs | Match | Against | Stadium | City/Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 148 | 5 | Pakistan | ACA-VDCA Stadium | Vishakapatnam, India | 2005 |
| 2 | 183* | 22 | Sri Lanka | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur, India | 2005 |
| 3 | 139* | 74 | Africa XI | MA Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai, India | 2007 |
| 4 | 109* | 109 | Hong Kong | National Stadium | Karachi, Pakistan | 2008 |
| 5 | 124 | 143 | Australia | VCA Stadium | Nagpur, India | 2009 |
| 6 | 107 | 152 | Sri Lanka | VCA Stadium | Nagpur, India | 2009 |
| 7 | 101* | 156 | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 2010 |
