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(born
July 7 ,
1981 in
Ranchi ,
Jharkhand ) is an
India n
Cricket er. He is an aggressive right-handed
Batsman and
Wicketkeeper . He is currently ranked number two in the official ICC cricket rankings for batsmen in Limited over internationals. He was picked to play for the
Indian Cricket Team in December 2004 and has been a regular member of the Indian
One-day International team since then.
Dhoni (affectionately known as Mahi), made his debut for
Jharkhand in the
1999 -
2000 season as an eighteen year old. He started off his career with modest performances at the local level. He was noticed by the national team selectors in
2004 after his performances in first class tournaments such as the
Deodhar Trophy and the
Duleep Trophy . Dhoni was selected to represent India 'A' on a tour of
Kenya and his performances were good enough to win him selection in the
Indian National Team , making his
One-day International debut against
Bangladesh in
Chittagong in
December of that year.
Dhoni's best performance for India thus far was an unbeaten score of 183 off 145 balls against and
Sourav Ganguly (both hit seven 6's in a match). Earlier, in 2005 he scored 148 against
Pakistan in
Vishakapatnam , in his fifth one-day international; the score came off only 123 deliveries.
Dhoni's current batting average in ODIs is just over 50 (as of April
2006 ), the highest by any Indian player with more than 20 innings. With a career ODI batting
Strike Rate of more than 100 he remains the only batsman with the unique double of a 50+ average scored at more than a run a ball. Currently, Dhoni has one of the highest strike rates in the world (103.00 runs per hundred balls). With 44 sixes in 38 ODI innings, Dhoni has hit more sixes than he's played international matches.
Following his good one-day form against Sri Lanka, he ousted
Dinesh Karthik in December 2005 as the Indian test wicketkeeper. He made his maiden Test century against Pakistan in the 2nd Test at Faisalabad in January 2006, reaching the landmark in just 93 balls. Dhoni's career batting average at the end of the ODI series against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi stands at 52.76, which is the fourth highest for any batsman having scored at least 1,000 runs in one-day internationals, behind Australians,
Mike Hussey Michael Bevan , and Englishman
Kevin Pietersen .
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However, in the third Test against England, Dhoni attracted some criticism when losing his wicket after playing an injudicious shot. India went from 75-3 to 100 all out to lose the match .
Just after the 2006 Test match Loss against
England ,which resulted in a 1-1 levelled series,
Dhoni requested for more crowd support and he was obliged with the same, the team going to win the ODI Series that followed the Tests, his fans seem to be increasing by leaps and bounds and is received to a a rousing reception whenever he comes into bat.
As of 22th April 2006, Dhoni ranks number one in the
ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen, overtaking Australian skipper
Ricky Ponting for the top ODI spot.
- On 31st October 2005 Mahendra Dhoni scored 183--- runs of just 145 balls, accompanying that there are a list of records which he broke
- --- He hit 10 Sixes, the most by an Indian in an Innings, and the second highest in ODI cricket (The highest is 11 by Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi )
- --- He broke Adam Gilchrist 's record of 172 for the highest score made by a wicket keeper
- --- He is the second highest in scoring maximum runs in boundaries after Herchelle Gibbs of South Africa
-- In this match Kumar Sangakkara also made a century, making it the first match in which both wicket keepers scored a century
- He has an average of 52.76 giving him the 4th highest average in the world overall
- --- The highest Indian average
- --- Highest average for a wicketkeeper.
- --- 2nd Highest average among those who have made more than 1200 runs in one day international cricket
- --- Highest strike rate among the top 5 averages
- He has a strike rate of 103.00 giving him the sixth highest strike rate overall
- --- The highest by an Indian
- --- The 4nd highest among players who have made more than 1000 runs in International Cricket
- In April 2006 Dhoni was briefly ranked No.1 in the ICC one day Bastsmen's ratings. He is currently ranked No. 2.
Statistics are true as of 30/4/06
- India (current)
- India - A
