Mahendra Singh Dhoni, popularly known as MS Dhoni or Mahi, is a cricketer and the current captain of the Indian Cricket team. Born on 7 July 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar, Dhoni rose to spectacular fame as a critical batsman & cricketer player.

Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. MS Dhoni is one of most versatile wicket-keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the national team. Dhoni, debuted in the Bihar cricket team during the 1998-99 cricket season and was thereby designated to represent India-A for a tour to Kenya in the year 2004. Along with Gautam Gambhir, Dhoni made multiple centuries against the Pakistan-A team in a tri-nation series and was selected in the Indian national team later in the same year.

Considered as one of the most nonchalant heads to captain the Indian ODI team, Dhoni led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007-08 and the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2-0, under his terrific captaincy. Dhoni’s profile was also highlights when Mahendra Singh Dhoni led team India, For the first time in history, to the number one position in the ICC rankings in test cricket.

In his Cricketing Career Dhoni has been the recipient of many national & international awards including the Prestigious ICC ODI Player of the Year award{2008-09}which also made him the first Indian player to attain this feat, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honor, in 2009. In 2009, MS Dhoni became the highest ranked ODI batsman on the ICC Rankings List. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named as captain of Wisden’s first-ever Dream Test XI Team in 2009. Mahi topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers in 2009 compiled by Forbes. Dhoni was subsequently selected as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. Dhoni also has a couple of other records to his credit.