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Full name   - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born      - 7 July 1981 (age 31)
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Nickname -Mahi, MS, MSD, Captain Cool
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

Test debut (cap 251) 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 22 March 2013 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158) 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 27 January 2013 v England
ODI shirt no. 7

T20I debut (cap 2) 1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I 28 December 2012 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years Team
1999/00–2004/05 Bihar
2004/05- Jharkhand
2008– Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC T20Is
Matches 77 219 118 42
Runs scored 4,209 7,259 6,371 748
Batting average 39.70 51.85 37.69 31.16
100s/50s 6/28 8/48 9/42 0/0
Top score 224 [1] 183* 224 48*
Balls bowled 78 12 108 –
Wickets 0 1 0 –
Bowling average – 14.00 – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – 1/14 – –
Catches/stumpings 212/36 206/68 320/55 21/8

Mahendra Singh Dhoni About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 July 1981), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni, is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team and the Chennai Super Kings cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.

He is captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under Dhoni's captaincy India became the first team after a gap of more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. Dhoni also led the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for the first time. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0, Asia cup 2010 and 2011 World Cup. His Test and ODI records are the best for Indian captains to date.

 He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent 2011 IPL and in the Champions League. He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. In the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match.