In the previous article we talked about Sourav Ganguly and his profile stats and records and now we will talk about the greatest captain in the history of Indian cricket who helped India win tournaments and stamp their authority as the best cricketing nation in the world and he was such a team player that he used to give other players a chance to shine as well. MSD is one of those cricketers that will never be forgotten by the fans of the Indian cricket team and the other teams also respect him so much because he used to play the game fair.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was one of the coolest cricketers to ever play the game as even in the most pressure of situations we could not see any emotions on his face and he just used to get on with his business like nothing is happening and this attitude helped India win a lot of matches that they shouldn’t have won. So let’s look at the Profile Stats and Records of the one and only MS Dhoni.
MS Dhoni Profile :
Personal Information :
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born on 7th July 1981 in Ranchi in Bihar at that time and in Jharkhand currently and since when he was young he wanted to become a goalkeeper in football but his coach saw him as a potential wicketkeeper and while doing his keeping he got into batting and he used to smash the Bowlers everywhere and then he was given batting training as well. He is fondly called Mahi by all his teammates, Captain cool by all his fans and Thala by all his CSK fans. His height was 5 ft 11 inches and that height helped him to counter the short ball and hit the pull shot effectively. He also very seldom used to bowl right arm medium pace.
International Career :
MS Dhoni played for India from 2004-2019 and he was the poster boy for India cricket after the great Sachin Tendulkar and he was made captain in the year 2007 and he changed the face of Indian cricket as we know it. His debut test was on 2nd December 2005 vs Sri Lanka and after 9 years at the top he suddenly decided that his last test match was going to be vs Australia on 26th December 2004. He started his ODI career on 23rd December 2004 vs Bangladesh and after 15 years he played his last ODI match on 9th July 2019 vs New Zealand. He also played T20I cricket for close to 13 years from 2006-2019.
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Career Stats :
Competition | Test | ODI | T20I |
Matches | 90 | 350 | 98 |
Runs scored | 4876 | 10,773 | 1617 |
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 | 0 |
Wickets | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling average | 0 | 31.00 | 0 |
5 Wickets in an innings | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 Wickets in a match | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best bowling | 0 | 1/14 | 0 |
Catches/ Stumpings | 256/38 | 321/133 | 57/34 |
MS Dhoni Records/Achievements :
Under Dhoni's captaincy, India topped the Test cricket rankings for the first time, in 2009.
Dhoni is the first Indian wicket-keeper to complete 4,000 Test runs.
Dhoni's maiden century against Pakistan in Faisalabad (148) is the fastest century scored by an Indian wicket-keeper.
Dhoni, with 294 dismissals in his career, ranks first in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers.
Dhoni is first Indian wicket-keeper to score 300 runs and take 15 dismissals in a series.
First player to pass 10,000 runs in ODI cricket with a career average of over 50.
Most career runs in ODI history when batting at number 6 position (4031).
Most not outs (84) in ODIs.
Dhoni's 183* against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the highest score by a wicket-keeper.
Most matches as captain in T20Is(72).
Most consecutive T20I innings without a duck (84).
He has played the most international matches as captain (332).
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