Mahendra Singh Dhoni Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

This great Indian Cricketer ruled the Indian team as a captain for a long period in limited overs format between 2007 and 2016 and in Test Cricket between 2008 and 2014. Dhoni is a strategic right-handed batsman and brilliant wicket keeper. He is best known for the way in which he tends to finish the limited-overs cricket match. However, his ODI debut match was against Bangladesh in the year 2004 and played his debut test match in the consecutive year.

 

The Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was exclusively responsible for achieving back to back trophies after taking over the responsibility from Rahul Dravid. Moreover, the most prominent trophies bagged by the Indian cricket team are ICC World Cup Twenty20 (2007), CB Series (2007 – 2008), Asia Cup (2010), ICC Cricket World Cup (2011), and ICC Champions Trophy (2013).

 

As a matter of fact, Dhoni is the first captain who has won 3 ICC limited-overs trophies and he ultimately tends to break the record. In his captaincy, the Indian team had reached the position number 1 in the ICC test rankings in 2009. He finally decided to hand on the captaincy baton to Virat Kohli in 2017 as he decided to play only as a player. He is as fit as ever and Indian team will be relying heavily on his experience to bring home the World Cup in 2019.

 

He resigned from Air India where he previously employed and was elected as the Vice President of India Cements Ltd. India Cements is the owner of Chennai Super Kings. Also, Dhoni is the co-owner of the Chennaiyin FC. Recently, in the year 2016, a movie called M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was released based on his biography.