Mahendra Singh Dhoni is celebrating his 44th birthday (photo- Getty images)
Former Indian team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is celebrating his 44th birthday on Monday, July 7. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is counted among the best captains in the world. Under his captaincy, Team India has won the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, ODI Cup 2011 and Champions Trophy 2013. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s cricketing journey was very difficult. Today we tell you about his journey. His cricketing journey also started with run out and he was dismissed in his last match in the same manner.
Made debut in 2004
When Mahendra Singh Dhoni was just 18 years old, Deval Sahay talked to him in 1998 to play for the Central Coal Field Limited team. At around the same time, he was asked by Animesh Ganguly, the then DRM of South Central Railway (SCR), to play for the railway team. Animesh Ganguly liked Dhoni’s batting and was selected as TTE through sports quota. He played several matches on behalf of the Railways. He performed very well from Railways in domestic cricket, after which the BCCI gave him a chance to play in the international match.
Dhoni’s international debut was against Bangladesh in 2004. In his first international match, Dhoni was runout without opening an account. Dhoni started in international cricket in a very poor way but he played 148 runs in the ODI series against Pakistan and played an important role in his team’s victory. Then Dhoni played a knotout of 183 runs against Sri Lanka and won the hearts of fans. From here, his identity became as an explosive wicketkeeper batsman. After batting tremendously in international cricket, he was made the captain of Team India in the T20 World Cup 2007. Under his captaincy, Team India defeated Pakistan in the final and won the cup.
India made world champion
Team India also won the 2011 ODI World Cup under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In the final, he won against Sri Lanka. He won the unbeaten innings of 91 runs against Sri Lanka to win Team India. In this way, India won this title after 28 years. He then made Team India champion with a win against England in the Champions Trophy 2013 final. Team India also won the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cup titles under Dhoni’s captaincy.
CSK won five times in IPL
Not only this, with his captaincy, Dhoni also hoisted flags in the IPL and became the most successful captain of the league. Under his leadership, Chennai Super Kings won the IPL trophy five times. His amazing and love of fans is that he is continuously playing continuously from the first season of IPL at the age of 42 till the recent 18th season,
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s international career started as it ended. He was run out against New Zealand in the semi -finals of the 2019 ODI World Cup. Dhoni scored 50 runs in this match but he failed to win his team. Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from international cricket in August 2020 and surprised the fans. His performance has always been very good in international cricket and Dhoni’s fan following is very high in the whole world. Many people come to watch the match of Chennai Super Kings team in IPL to watch Dhoni’s batting.
MS Dhoni’s figures in international cricket
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played 90 Test matches for Team India in which he has scored 4876 runs at an average of 30.09. He has scored six centuries and 33 half -centuries. Dhoni’s best score is 224 runs. In 350 ODIs, Dhoni has scored 10773 runs at an average of 50.57. In T20, he has scored 1617 runs in 98 matches and his best score is 56 runs.
