Mahendra Singh Dhoni

 

Full name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Born July 7, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand)

Current age 30 years 111 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings, Jharkhand

Also known as Mahi

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	61	95	10	3242	148	38.14	5433	59.67	4	23	356	55	173	25
ODIs	196	175	48	6497	183*	51.15	7339	88.52	7	43	501	133	187	61
T20Is	27	26	8	459	46	25.50	412	111.40	0	0	27	13	11	4
First-class	102	161	13	5404	148	36.51			7	37			281	44
List A	253	228	59	8500	183*	50.29			13	54			257	76
Twenty20	101	91	29	2144	73*	34.58	1633	131.29	0	9	160	78	40	27

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	61	5	78	58	0	-	-	-	4.46	-	0	0	0
ODIs	196	1	12	14	1	1/14	1/14	14.00	7.00	12.0	0	0	0
T20Is	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	102		108	78	0	-	-	-	4.33	-	0	0	0
List A	253		39	36	2	1/14	1/14	18.00	5.53	19.5	0	0	0
Twenty20	101	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Dec 2-6, 2005 scorecard
Last Test	England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Bangladesh v India at Chittagong, Dec 23, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	India v England at Kolkata, Oct 25, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	England v India at Manchester, Aug 31, 2011 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1999/00
Last First-class	England v India at The Oval, Aug 18-22, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	1999/00
Last List A	India v England at Kolkata, Oct 25, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Chennai Super Kings v New South Wales at Chennai, Oct 4, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
75*, 3c/0s	India	v England	Kolkata	25 Oct 2011	ODI # 3210
0c/0s, 15*	India	v England	Mumbai	23 Oct 2011	ODI # 3207
0c/0s, 35*	India	v England	Mohali	20 Oct 2011	ODI # 3205
2c/0s	India	v England	Delhi	17 Oct 2011	ODI # 3201
87*, 1c/1s	India	v England	Hyderabad (Deccan)	14 Oct 2011	ODI # 3199
1c/0s, 2	Super Kings	v NSW	Chennai	4 Oct 2011	Twenty20
0c/0s, 7	Super Kings	v Trinidad & T	Chennai	2 Oct 2011	Twenty20
0c/0s, 15	Super Kings	v Cape Cobras	Chennai	28 Sep 2011	Twenty20
22*, 2c/2s	Super Kings	v Mumbai	Chennai	24 Sep 2011	Twenty20
50*, 0c/0s	India	v England	Cardiff	16 Sep 2011	ODI # 3195

Profile

There was a time when the very idea of an Indian cricketer rivalling Sachin Tendulkar in the popularity stakes bordered on the preposterous. But the advent of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his meteoric rise through the ranks did just that, with a new generation transfixed by a small-town boy whose personality and background couldn't have been more different from that of Tendulkar.

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Timeline

• August 16 and 19, 2004
  An "A" tour
• December 23, Chittagong
  An uncharacteristic start
• February 8, 2005
  Missing Test selection
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Best Performances

• 148 v Pakistan, Visakhapatman, 2004-05
• 183 v Sri Lanka, Jaipur, 2005-06
• 148 v Pakistan, Faisalabad 2005-06
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Cricinfo picks - Our top articles on this player

• 'If there's commitment, that's victory for me' (Mar 24, 2008)
  India's one-day and Twenty20 captain looks back at six momentuous months in charge
• Road warrior (Mar 17, 2008)
  Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played the most internationals of anyone in the last 15 months. How long can he keep going at this rate before something gives?

Latest Articles

• Need to improve bowling - Dhoni (Oct 26, 2011)
• Back to the drawing board - Flower (Oct 25, 2011)
• You don't always want a friendly series - Dhoni (Oct 21, 2011)
• Losing-streak lasted too long - Dhoni (Oct 15, 2011)
• Dhoni and Jadeja crush England (Oct 14, 2011)

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