Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the most greatest player india got ever.Dhoni was the best captain of indian cricket. He played all the format of cricket and he made his name in his field no doubt. His journey inspire millions of people especially youth. Everyone know him from his cricket career, but nobody knows his journey. There many things to know about.s Today we gonna tell you shocking Facts about mahindra singh dhoni you might not know let's straight to the article.
1. Dhoni Birth Date
dhoni was born on july 7 1981 in ranchi Jharkhand after his family moved to the city from jharkhand.
2. Studying in Ranchi city
dhoni studied at the dav jawahar vidyamandir and raunchy and was into sports from a very young age.
3. Always fond of sports
before taking up full-time dhoni excelled in football in badminton he played at the district and club level in both football and badminton.
4. Dhoni Childhood passion
dhoni was an excellent goalkeeper and his skills in football caught the attention of his childhood coach keshav banerjee who urged him to try his hand at cricket and wicketkeeping.
5. Dhoni first journey
dhoni was a travelling ticket examiner at khargpur railway station from 2001 to 2003 under southeastern railway and midnapore.
6.winning Devdhar trophy
the east zone team which won the devdhar trophy in the year 2004. rejected dhoni at first saying he had an unconventional playing style.
7. Sheesh mahal tournament
while playing for the central coal fields limited in the sheesh mahal tournament dhoni used to get 50 rupees from his coach for each six that he hit in the matches.
8. First Ranji trophy played
dhoni made his debut for bihar in the ranji trophy against assam in 1999 to 2000 season he scored 68 not out in his maiden innings and finished the season with 283 runs in five matches.
9. Passion for different vehicles
Dhoni is known for his passion for motorcycles his love for two-wheelers started from a very young age and he now has an enviable list of bikes ranging from the very old to the very exclusive.
10. Most number of bikes having Dhoni
dhoni owns bikes such as the yamaha rd 350 harley-davidson fat boy ducati 1098 kawasaki ninja h2 and the sur exclusive confederate hellcat x-132 the former india captain is the only one to own this rare bike in southeast asia.
11. Learned Helicopter shot from his friend
the helicopter shot which tony is famous for was taught to him during a tennis ball tournament in ranchi by his friend.
12.Dhoni international debut
dhoni made his international debut in an odi match against bangladesh in chittagong and got run out from the first ball he faced while batting at number seven.
13. Dhoni stats in career(a)
dhoni has played 131 first class matches and scored 7038 runs at 36.84 with 947 half centuries.
14.Dhoni stats in career (b)
in 296 odi's dhoni has amassed 9496 runs at an average of 51.32 with 10 hundreds and 50s he is the second highest run scorer as a wicketkeeper in one day internationals.
15. Retirement from test cricket
dhoni retired from test cricket in december 2014 but not before he scoring 4876 in 90 matches at 38.09 with six hundreds and thirty-three fifties barack coley took over the captaincy after dhoni's retirement.
16. Most number of trophy record
dhoni is the only captain in world cricket to win all three icc trophies such as 2007 world t20 2011 world cup and 2013 champions trophy.
17. Record in test career
dhoni is the most successful indian test captain with 27 test wins eclipsing surav ganguly's record of 21. he is also the most successful odi and t20i captain for india with 110 and 41 wins respectively.
18.Record in odi cricket
dhoni is the third captain in world cricket to win more than 100 odi matches after australia's ricky ponting and allen border.
19.Smashed 148 runs in 123 balls against pakistan
In just his fifth odi dhoni was promoted off the batting order at number three and he repaid the team management's faith by smashing 148 off 123 balls against pakistan and weizog it was his maiden 100 and international cricket and is the fastest ton by an indian wicket keeper in odis.
20.Married with Sakshi Rawant
dhoni married sakshi singh rawat on 4th of july 2010 sakshi hails from dehradhun from utrrakhand at the time of their marriage she was studying hotel management and was working as a trainee at the taj bengal in kolkata.
21. Dhoni and sakshi welcomed first child
dhoni and sakshi welcomed their daughter ziva on february 6 ,2015.
22.Record of fastest stumping
dhoni is known to be the best and the fastest stumper in the game and has affected a record 155 stumpings so far in all three formats.
23.Most number of matches as captain
dhoni also holds the record for playing the most number of international matches as captain.
24.Dhoni hit most number of sixes as captain
dhoni has hit the most international sixes as captain overall he has hit 342 sixes so far and is fifth on the list led by former pakistan captain shahid afridi .
25. One of the most successful captain of world
dhoni is india's most successful captain as mentioned before but he also has the dubious distinction of an indian captain with most s defeats overseas with.
26.Records against west indies
dhoni's knock of 54 off 114 balls against west indies at antigua in 2017 was the second slowest half century scored by an indian batsman sadagapan ramesh holds the unwanted record.
27.Dhoni hits his highest individual records in Odi
the unbeaten 183 runs he scored against sri lanka and jaipur in 2005 is the highest score by a wicketkeeper in odi cricket.
28. Greatest player of all time
dhoni is known to be one of the greatest odi players in history and over the years has been the best finisher in limited overs cricket his awesome but unconventional batting skills has helped him average over 50 an odi cricket despite his batting position in the middle order he has the highest batting average among wicket keepers in odis.
29. Dhoni amazing love for Army
dhoni has always maintained that the army is his first love and was conferred the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel on november 1st 2011. i love my country i tell my wife she is only the third most important after my country and my parents in that order dhoni once said.
30. Records in IPL
dhoni is the only cricketer to feature in eight ipl finals he has won the tournament rise with chennai super kings in 2010 2011 and 2018 being the only captain to defend the title . in february 2018 dhoni broke the world record for most catches by a wicketkeeper and t20 cricket . dhoni was a huge fan of john abraham copied and had long hair just like him . 33 a day before his 37th birthday dhoni became the third indian and first wicketkeeper to appear in 500 international only sachin tendulkar and rahul dravid had reached the landmark from india before msd.
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