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Mohammad Amir sets up a wonderful plan to dismiss TM DIlshan in the T20 Final World Cup between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2009.

Dashing batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan today (Januaru 23) stepped down as Sri Lanka captain following his side’s dismal performance in South Africa where they lost both the Test and ODI series. Veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene is likely to replace him as captain but Sri Lanka Cricket is yet to make any formal announcement.

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 …

Yuvraj Singh has spoken exclusively to TIMES NOW for the first time post his illness. Yuvraj spoke to Cricket expert Boria Majumdar on how he is fit and raring to go for the ODI series. The man of the Series of the ICC Cricket Workd Cup 2011 Yuvraj Singh was suffering from a non-maligned tumour in his left lung.

MS Dhoni might well have been called the captain with the Midas Touch once, he’s certainly not winning fans with his captaincy anymore. For several test matches now, experts have been raising doubts over Dhoni’s tactics when the going gets tough. Indian batsman Virat Kohli has stirred a storm Down Under by gesturing in an abusive manner towards the crowd during the second day at the SCG. Kohli was fielding near the boundary in front of a group of rowdy Australian fans when he gave them the finger.Kohli has pleaded guilty to the breach and has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee for the Level 1 offense.

Captain Cool Sleeping

Virender Sehwag went past Sachin Tendulkar, becoming the second man to cross 200 in an ODI. He was batting on an incredible 219 in 149 ball. Sehwag conquers 200 Sehwag double-ton breaks record Virender Sehwag slammed the highest one-day score in history

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen at the audio launch of director YP Singh’s film ‘Kya Yahi Sach Hai’. Dhoni talks about the film’s plot, John Abraham and more.