[227], In 2011, Dhoni was conferred the rank of honorary lieutenant-colonel in the Indian Territorial Army for his contribution in cricket. India made an early exit from the tournament in the Group Stage. Dhoni scored 455 runs in the tournament and led his side to their third IPL title.[165]. Dhoni has the fifth highest batting average, Most career runs in ODI history when batting at number 6 position (4031). Dhoni also holds numerous captaincy records such as the most wins by an Indian captain in ODIs and T20Is, and most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain in ODIs. 3 in the third ODI at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). Dhoni put his disappointing performances in the World Cup behind him by scoring 91* against Bangladesh, after India were left in a tight spot earlier in the run-chase. When he came to bat, India needed more than six runs per over with three top-order batsmen already dismissed. However, despite of not having fully recovered, he returned to play the final against Sri Lanka, once again only to find himself become a hero after single-handedly taking India to a victory by just one wicket. [218] In 2019, Dhoni invested in CARS24 and simultaneously became brand ambassador of the company. He was also later adjudged the Man of the Series after the third game of the series was washed away. Dhoni was promoted to accelerate the scoring and ended the game with an unbeaten 183 off 145 balls, winning the game for India. [166] He made use of the helicopter shot technique,[167] taught to him by fellow player and childhood friend Santosh Lal.[168][169]. MS Dhoni, who is currently serving the Parachute Regiment of the Territorial Army in Jammu and Kashmir, has been termed as "brand ambassador" … [106], In August that year, during the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo, he became the first wicket-keeper to effect 100 stumpings surpassing Kumar Sangakkara, when he stumped Akila Dananjaya off Yuzvendra Chahal. [87], During the series between India and Australia in 2009, Dhoni hit an aggressive 124 runs in just 107 balls, in the second ODI, and a measured knock of 71 runs in 95 balls, along with Yuvraj Singh and saw India home by 6 wickets in the third ODI. Only player to score more than one hundred in ODI cricket when batting at number 7 position or lower (Dhoni has 2 centuries at number 7). In the three-match ODI series, Dhoni top-scored for India in all three innings; however, India lost the series 1–2. In the first ODI at Chennai, he helped India recover from 29/5 to help post a total of 227 in 50 overs. In an unsuccessful effort against eventual champions Australia in the semi-finals, he made 65 as India were unable to defend their title. Taal Thok Ke Special Edition: How to fight with Coronavirus? 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MS Dhoni’s Iconic Helicopter Shot Inspires Series Of Artisan Chocolates It was when he asked for more money from the woman recently that she became suspicious and registered a complaint with Patna SSP Manu Maharaj. After winning the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011, with his match-winning knock of unbeaten 91, Tendulkar heaped praises on Dhoni, claiming him to be the best captain he has played under. In 2018, MS became the brand ambassador of Sound Logic. In 2019, Dhoni invested in CARS24 and simultaneously became brand ambassador of the company. Dhoni is the most successful Indian Test captain with 27 Test wins, eclipsing. Most consecutive T20I innings without a duck (84). Dhoni was dismissed for 0 for the second time in the tournament, off his first ball by Muttiah Muralitharan. [62] The team also saw the entry of wicket-keeper/batsmen from the junior ranks, with talents like Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Karthik (both India U-19 captains) named in the Test squads. Dhoni had few batting opportunities in the first two games of the Sri Lankan bilateral ODI series (October–November 2005) and was promoted to No. He made his captaincy debut against Scotland but the match was washed off. Fourth Indian to reach 10,000 ODI runs after. In three matches India played, they managed to win only one against Bermuda while losing the rest from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. MS Dhoni Chennaiyin FC’s Indian Super League match. [94] Dhoni got injured in the start of the tournament itself and got ruled out for the whole tournament. [64] In spite of an average series against Bangladesh, Dhoni was picked for the Pakistan ODI series.[65]. [139] He went on to become the ODI captain of the Indian team for the seven-match ODI series against Australia in September 2007. He started building a good partnership with Gautam Gambhir. Sachin Tendulkar has been a guide to the current Indian captain and batting maestro Virat Kohli. Ultimately, Dhoni walked off and Dravid's declaration was effected but the game was delayed, and Lara's action was criticised by the commentators and former players. [2][3][4] He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper batsmen and captains in the history of the game. MS Dhoni appointed as the brand ambassador of PokerStars India In a recent development, PokerStars India has appointed MS Dhoni as its new brand ambassador. First Indian wicket-keeper to take 300 ODI catches and fourth wicket-keeper in the world to achieve the feat. UttarPradesh: When will Mukhtar Ansari get Punished? In February 2014, Paytm First Games brand ambassador Sachin [110][111] This was followed by two poor outings for him in the ODI format; the Asia Cup that he finished with 77 runs in four innings at an average of 19.25[112] and the home series against West Indies where he aggregated 50 runs from three innings. In February 2016, Dhoni launched lifestyle brand SEVEN. Under his captaincy, India won the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. [72], India scored 328 in 50 overs with Dhoni contributing 68 in their first match of 2006 against Pakistan. Rahul Dravid captained the team in this World Cup. On the West Indies tour in 2006, Dhoni scored a quick and aggressive 69 in the first Test at Antigua. 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). Dhoni was contracted by the Chennai Super Kings for US$1.5 million. But Dhoni also had a mischievous side to his personality. [113] Dhoni was consequently dropped from the T20I squads for the series that followed and the Australia tour later that season. ", "Hussey replaces Dhoni as No.1 ODI batsman", "Under pressure, Dhoni scores unbeaten century | ESPNcricinfo.com", "Full Scorecard of India vs England Final 2013 – Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com", "West Indies Tri-Nation Series 2013, West Indies Tri-Nation Series 2013 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news", "Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs India Final 2013 – Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com", "Kohli fastest to 17 ODI tons | Cricket News | India v Australia", "Dhoni 4th fastest to complete 8,000 ODI runs", "MS Dhoni Player stats for WC Cricket 2015 ODI Series", "Team India's World Cup 2015 report card", "Cricket World Cup 2015: Did MS Dhoni realise that India would lose? [55] Dhoni's talent was discovered via the BCCI's small-town talent-spotting initiative TRDW. In the Test series in South Africa later that year, Dhoni's scores of 34 and 47 were not sufficient to save the second Test against the Proteas, as India lost the series 2–1, squandering the chance to build on their first ever Test victory in South Africa (achieved in the first Test match). [29][30][31], In 1998, Dhoni was selected by Deval Sahay to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL) team. Due to good strokeplay and active running between wickets, they kept up with the required run rate. However, they lost to host Australia in the semi-finals held at the Sydney Cricket Ground. [54] He scored a fighting half-century in the second innings in a losing cause. Dhoni scored his maiden first-class century while playing for Bihar against Bengal in the 2000/01 season, in a losing cause. Tamil News - Dailythanthi is the Top Tamil News Website delivers Tamil News, Latest Tamil News, Tamil Newspaper updates, Today news in Tamil and much more. He also became the fourth Indian to score more than 1,000 ODI runs there. Dhoni was the leading run-scorer for the team, which included 3 fifties – 75* and 58 against RR in winning causes and 84* against RCB in a losing cause, in which CSK lost by a run. [157] Sehwag captained the team in the Adelaide test and Wriddhiman Saha kept the wickets. Dhoni holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings (6) and career (432) by an Indian wicket-keeper. In the 2019 IPL, Dhoni again captained CSK, which emerged to be one of the strongest teams in the season. Once, while staying at the railway quarters, Dhoni and a couple of his friends covered themselves in white bedsheets and walked around in the complex late in the night. With this collaboration we hope to take online Poker to a larger audience.” said MS Dhoni when unveiled as PokerStars India’s new Brand Ambassador. Dhoni leads the table with 60 Tests as captain, 35 ahead of Mushfiqur Rahim in second place. ", "Kapil Dev names the greatest cricketer 'India has ever produced, "M.S. First Indian and fifth overall to hit 200 sixes in ODIs. [96], India toured South Africa and New Zealand in the 2013–14 season and ending up losing both series, 0–2 and 0–4, respectively. The video had been captioned as "Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout.from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired". Dhoni was named vice-captain of the ODI team for the series against South Africa in Ireland and the subsequent India-England seven-match ODI series. [223][224][225][226] The web series is the biggest ever release through the platform of Hotstar Specials and started its online streaming from 20 March 2019. Latest Brand Ambassadors 2019 LIST, State Wise Brand Ambassadors of Govt. From the start of the West Indies ODI series, Dhoni had played 16 matches, hit just two fifties and averaged 25.93. Prime News, National (New Delhi), September 1:- He claimed to be a top-shot entrepreneur and the owner of a company which had MS Dhoni as a brand ambassador. He bowled Travis Dowlin of the West Indies during a match in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Lara was summoned by the match referee to give an explanation of his actions but he was not fined. [40][41] Dhoni's contribution in the tournament included 488 runs (9 matches, 12 innings), 5 fifties, 17 catches and 7 stumpings. Dhoni made his ODI debut on 23 December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka. Jyoti, on his part, maintains he is innocent and that the allegations against him are false. [76] Due to his consistent ODI performances, Dhoni overtook Ricky Ponting as number one in the ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen on 20 April 2006 becoming the fastest batsman to do so, in 42 innings. Coronavirus Update: Dangerous second wave of Coronavirus rapidly increasing in India. Under his captaincy, India inaugurated the 200 ICC ICC World Twenty20, 2010 and … He was also elected as the captain of the Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in September 2007. India was required to win their last group match against the Lankans, but they lost by 69 runs. In December 2009, he was suspended for two ODI matches against Sri Lanka by ICC match referee Jeff Crowe as India was three overs short of the specified rate; Virender Sehwag acted as captain for the two matches in Cuttack and Kolkata. He "[9] Dhoni holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd., after resigning from Air India. Dhoni was vice-captain in this series up to that point. However, his team finished in 7th place. [153] India lost the first match on 27 August 2016, during which Dhoni surpassed former Australian captain Ricky Ponting to become the most experienced captain in international cricket. [132], MS Dhoni was chosen to lead India in first-ever World T20 in 2007. [63] Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut. [176] Dhoni became a father on 6 February 2015 to a baby girl named Ziva. [130] He finished his last innings unbeaten making 24 runs. By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Dhoni is the first, and so far only, wicket-keeper to effect 150 stumping dismissals across the three forms of the game. ms dhoni net worths an active player in India. 6 and above for India? [25] He was a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore (W), a district in West Bengal. (Photo Source: MS Dhoni) Indian limited-overs skipper MS Dhoni has been signed as the global brand ambassador of the lifestyle brand SEVEN. Dhoni is the greatest cricketer India has produced: N. Srinivasan", "Adam Gilchrist ranks MS Dhoni as the greatest wicket-keeper", "Stats: MS Dhoni, the most successful wicketkeeper-batsman to captain in ODIs", "Dhoni the best captain I have played under – Tendulkar", "M.S. Dhoni will feature in all the marketing and promotional campaigns of Indigo Paints, which has planned to spend over Rs 200 crore on advertising in three years. [220][221], In 2019, Dhoni Entertainment entered into a long-term business agreement with Banijay Asia to produce content in various genres. [125], On the fourth day of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua during India's tour of West Indies, 2006, Dhoni's flick off Dave Mohammed to the midwicket region was caught by Daren Ganga. Badhir News: Special show for hearing impaired, April 11, 2021, Bollywood Breaking: Dharmendra and Shatrughan Sinha's friendship on the sets of Dance Deewane, Maharashtra lockdown decision to be taken after April 14, state logs highest 1-day spike, Delhi records highest 1-day spike of COVID-19 cases, Kejriwal calls it 'very serious', Ready to resign only if people of Bengal ask me: Amit Shah on Cooch Behar killing, India bans export of Remdesivir drug, injection as coronavirus cases surge, CAIT urges PM to not impose lockdowns, night curfews, offers alternate solution. The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel[8] to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. In the 2018 IPL season, Chennai Super Kings returned to IPL, and Dhoni was again selected to lead the franchise. He played his last series in the 2014–15 season in India's tour of Australia captaining India in the second and third tests; losing the second and drawing the third, trailing the series 2–0 before the Sydney Test. Dhoni's maiden century against Pakistan in, After hitting a six in the third Test against England in. [228] In August 2019 he completed a two-week stint with the Territorial Army in Jammu and Kashmir. Gulf Oil is honoured to have Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MSD) as its brand ambassador. [68] The innings set various records including the highest individual score in ODI cricket in the second innings,[69] a record only broken after seven years by Shane Watson. [152], In August 2016, Dhoni was selected as captain for India's first tour to the United States, where India played two T20Is against the West Indies in Lauderhill, Florida. [114] However, he was included in the squad named for the ODI series there. BJP and Mamata government across Cooch Behar in Bengal this time? He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first-ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Against New Zealand, he managed 272 runs which included three consecutive 50-plus scores. Most matches in T20I history as both captain and wicket-keeper (72). Check out the collaboration with 'Captain Gulf' here. Dhoni's 148 surpassed the earlier record for the highest score by an Indian wicket-keeper,[66] a record that he would re-write before the end of the year. [135], In November 2020, Dhoni was nominated for the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade award.[136][137]. [163] Under his captaincy, Chennai Super Kings won the 2010 and 2011 and 2018 Indian Premier League titles and the 2010 and 2014 Champions League T20 titles.[164]. [173], The wedding took place one day after the couple got engaged. He decided not to travel back to India and was famously quoted saying that "I am on national duty, other things can wait"[177], Along with Sahara India Pariwar, Dhoni is a co-owner of Ranchi-based hockey club Ranchi Rays, a franchise of the Hockey India League. Only eleven players have captained ten or more Tests playing as a wicket-keeper. [36][37] Dhoni has credited Deval Sahay for instilling discipline in him. Dhoni played his first ODI World Cup in 2007 in the Caribbean. Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He launched the brand in February 2016 and he is also its brand ambassador. Since retiring from international cricket, Dhoni had already taken up farming in his Ranchi farmhouse. “MS Dhoni is an exceptional athlete. However, Dhoni and the Indian fielders dropped catches and missed many dismissal chances, including a key stumping opportunity of Andrew Flintoff (14). [121] Dhoni made his maiden half-century in the second Test and his quick scoring rate (half century came off 51 balls) helped India set a target of 436 and the Sri Lankans were bowled out for 247. SRMB Steel launches its new TVC with brand ambassador MS Dhoni In the campaign ‘Ghar Se Ho Jeet Ki Shuruwat’, cricketer Dhoni explains … [239], "Dhoni" redirects here. The money goes to Sakshi Rawat Foundation, operated by Dhoni's wife Sakshi Rawat to help orphan children. [58] In the tri-nation tournament involving Kenya, India A and Pakistan A, Dhoni helped India A chase down their target of 223 against Pakistan A with a half-century. [105] He was also named in the ODI XI of the year by Cricbuzz. [109] He had a relatively mediocre series, having scored 79 runs in two innings at a lowly strike rate of 63.20. [91], Winning the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, Dhoni became the first and the only captain in international cricket to claim all ICC trophies. This is the highest score by an Indian captain on New Zealand soil. India's lack of preparation showed in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy as they lost to West Indies and Australia, though Dhoni scored a half-century against West Indies. [143] After that, India had clean sweep victories against Bangladesh[144] and Australia. Dhoni finished with 193 runs and was named player of the series. He announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket on 15 August 2020. The bat used by Dhoni in the final match was sold for ₹ 72 Lac. He is the ”Baaji Rao Singham” of Indian cricket in tackling the opponent by his aggressive batting skills and true leader in leading the Indian team to …