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Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Born: 7th July, 1981, Ranchi, Jharkhand Nickname: Mahi Height: 5ft 11 inch Batting Style: Right-hand Bat Bowling Style: Right-arm Medium Fielding Position: Wicket Keeper Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings, Jharkhand Test Debut: 2nd December 2005 v Sri Lanka ODI Debut: 23rd December 2004 v Bangladesh T20I Debut: 1st December 2006 v South Africa MSDhoni or Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Mahi each name relate to only one person and that Dhoni the current Indian captain. He announced his arrival in 2004-05 at the international arena with bang as he smashed a superb century 148 runs of 123 balls in his fifth ODI at Vizag which helped India to beat Pakistan easily. On 31st October 2005, MSDhoni became the first wicketkeeper batsman to score 183 runs in ODI in the game against Sri Lanka played at Jaipur. At initial phase of his career he was more aggressive in his batting approach and destroyer of bowling attacks. But after becoming the Captain of India, he has chosen his role as finisher. He and Yuvraj has won too many games on their own. Under his captaincy India have achieved so many feet in short period of time, the biggest achievement was winning the inaugural ICC World twenty20 in South Africa in 2007. The icing on the cake was the triangular series win against Australia in Australia in 2008. After that he also helped India to beat Australia in the home series by 2-0, also able to beat New Zealand on their home soil after 27 …

@ Nagpur One of his best ODI innings!

Afridi’s 124 off 60 including 17 4′s and 4 6′s

It was not Friday the 13th syndrome that short-circuited Zimbabwe’s challenge. Rather, it was the devastating effect of El Sachin that swept the Africans off their feet in the Coca Cola Trophy final at the Sharjah Stadium. The magnificent pint-sized master blaster, Sachin Tendulkar tore the Zimbabwean attack to shreds and a packed holiday crowd got its money’s worth as India romped home to a smashing 10-wicket win.