| Name(s) |
MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI |
| Date of
Birth |
July 07, 1981 |
|
Identity |
Indian cricketer and the
former captain of India in all three forms of the game. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- December 23, 2004: He made
his ODI debut on this day; against Bangladesh.
- October 31, 2005: He scored 183*
runs against Sri Lanka at Jaipur, which was the highest
score made by any batsman in the second innings till April
11, 2011, when it was bettered by Australian player Shane
Watson who scored 185* of 96 balls against Bangladesh at
Dhaka.
- December 02, 2005: He made
his test debut on this day; against Sri Lanka.
- December 01, 2006: He made his
T20I debut on this day; against South Africa.
- September 02, 2007: He
holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings by an
Indian wicketkeeper and joint International (with Adam
Gilchrist) with 6 dismissals (5 catches and one stumping)
against England on this day.
- 2007-2009: He received
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest
honor given for achievement in sports.
- October 21, 2008: Under Dhoni's
captaincy, India defeated Australia by 320 runs on this day,
biggest ever win in terms of runs for India.
- November 01, 2011:
On this
very day, he was conferred the
rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the
Territorial Army for his
contributions in the fields of cricket.
- February 12, 2012: He made
an unbeaten 44 with a sixer in the final over to guide India
to their first win over Australia at Adelaide.
- 2013: Under his captaincy,
India became the first team in more
than 40 years to whitewash Australia
in a Test series.
- June 2013: When India defeated
England in the final of the Champions Trophy in England,
Dhoni became the first captain to win all the three ICC
trophies.
- November 02, 2013: He became the
second India batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to aggregate
1,000 or more ODI-runs against Australia
- September 02, 2014: On this
day, M.S. Dhoni broke the record of Azharuddin for leading
the team to 90 ODI victories.
- December 26, 2014: He
played his last test match on this day; against Australia.
- June, 2016: His Test and ODI records are the
best among all Indian captains to
this date.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- An attacking right-handed
middle-order batsman and
wicket-keeper.
- Under his captaincy, India won
the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the CB
Series of 2007–08, the 2010 Asia
Cup, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup
and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
- He also led the Indian team to
number one position for the first
time in the ICC Test rankings.
- The greatest
wicketkeeper-batsman in ODIs.
- He scored 224 against Australia
in Chennai in 2013 - The highest
individual score by an Indian
wicketkeeper in Tests.
- His unbeaten 183 still remains
the highest individual score by a
wicket-keeper batsman in ODIs.
- He has finished an ODI match
with a six nine times, which is the
most by any player in history.
- He has also hit a six with the
last ball of the innings, which is
in the 50th over, four times which
is also a record.
- Dhoni has effected a total of
148 stumpings, which is the most by
any keeper.
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Awards and Accolades |
- ICC ODI Player of the Year :
2008, 2009
- ICC World ODI XI: 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010,
2013
- LG People’s Choice Award : 2013
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna,
India's highest honor given for
achievement in sports, 2007–08.
- Honorary doctorate degree by De
Montfort University in August 2011.
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