Who is Dhoni?
Less than thirty years before that enchanting Saturday night when Ravi Shastri’s voice rang through television sets all over India, when even the spunky and exuberant Indian youth showed more interest in an old-school CRT television at a local chai ki dukaan than the dance-floor at a pub, a pump-operator in Ranchi awaited the birth of his third child.
‘Dhoniiiii finishes off in style. A magnificent strike into the crowd. India lift the World Cup after 28 years. The party’s started in the dressing room. And it’s an Indian captain, who’s been absolutely magnificent, in the night of the final.’
Any cricket fan worth his
salt just read this in Ravi Shastri’s most dramatic voice, as Mahendra
Singh Dhoni enchanted the Wankhede on the night of 2nd April 2011.
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Captaincy
With a mature head on his shoulders and an astute and shrewd cricketing mind, Dhoni was recommended by senior players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid for captaincy after Rahul Dravid stepped down as skipper. On his first assignment in the inaugural World T20 in 2007, Dhoni and his young troops romped to the title… Read more
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Career Stats
There was only so much Dhoni could do… Batting Career Summary M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s Test 90 144 16 4876 224 38.09 8248 59.12 6 1 33 544 78 ODI 350 297 84 10773 183 50.58 12303 87.56 10 0 73 826 229 T20I 98 85… Read more
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