Mohinder Singh Dhoni
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (born 1981) is an Indian international cricket player.
Dhoni made his debut for Jharkhand in the 1999-2000 season as an eighteen year old. The national team selectors started to notice Dhoni in 2004 after his performances in first class tournaments such as the Deodhar Trophy and the Duleep Trophy.
Dhoni was selected to represent India on a tour for Kenya and his performance was averege but good enough to win him selection in the Indian national team. He made his one-day international debut against Bangladesh in Chittagong in December of that year.
On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur, beating Adam Gilchrist's former record of 172 runs. On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India. He is currently ranked number one in the official ICC cricket rankings for batsmen in Limited over internationals. Dhoni's current batting average in ODIs is just over 50 (as of April 2006), the highest by any Indian player with more than 20 innings. With a career ODI batting strike rate of more than 100 he remains the only batsman with the unique double of a 50+ average scored at more than a run a ball. Currently, Dhoni has one of the highest strike rates in the world (103.00 runs per hundred balls). With 44 sixes in 38 ODI innings, Dhoni has hit more sixes than he's played internationals. He made his maiden Test century against Pakistan in the 2nd Test at Faisalabad in January 2006, reaching the landmark in just 93 balls. Dhoni's career batting average at the end of the ODI series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi stands at 52.76, which is the fourth highest for any batsman having scored at least 1,000 runs in one-day internationals, behind Australians.
[edit] Records
On 31st October 2005 Mahendra Dhoni scored 183* runs of just 145 balls, accompanying that there are a list of records which he broke He hit 10 Sixes, the most by an Indian in an Innings, and the second highest in ODI cricket (The highest is 11 by Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi) He broke Adam Gilchrist's record of 172 for the highest score made by a wicket keeper He is the second highest in scoring maximum runs in boundaries after Herchelle Gibbs of South Africa In this match Kumar Sangakkara also made a century, making it the first match in which both wicket keepers scored a century He has an average of 48.89 giving him the 4th highest average in the world overall The highest Indian average Highest average for a wicketkeeper. 2nd Highest average among those who have made more than 1200 runs in one day international cricket Highest strike rate among the top 5 averages He has a strike rate of 100.96 giving him the sixth highest strike rate overall The highest by an Indian The 4th highest among players who have made more than 1000 runs in International Cricket In April 2006 Dhoni was briefly ranked No.1 in the ICC one day Batsmen's ratings. He is currently ranked No. 4 after a poor series in the West Indies.
[edit] Personal Life
Dhoni was born and brought up in the city of Ranchi. He has two siblings - a sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora and single. His father's name is Pan Singh and mother's name is Devki Devi.
Before he started playing cricket, he was a football goalkeeper.
