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MS Dhoni Early Life

Captain Cool is what entire world calls him, he is a Fireball wrapped in cool ice, that is MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni is also known as "Thala" came from the capital city of Jharkhand, where everyone is encouraged to become a government official, Dhoni chose to find his field of interest. Born on July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Dhoni completed his primary education in DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir where he was the goalkeeper of his football team and also played for the district and state level. Dhoni tried out to play cricket, on the insistence of his football coach and this was the first step towards his career, he performed well which allowed him enter into a local cricket club called Commando cricket club. His performances in the Vinoo Mankad Under-16 Championship attracted the selector’s eye in the 1997/98 season and he was selected to the Bihar U-19 squad the very next season. His improved batting and keeping performances led him to be selected to the Bihar Ranji Trophy squad for the 1999/00 season. He made his debut against the Assam team by scoring an unbeaten score of 68. Coming from middle class family money was never a luxury for him he served as a TTE at Kharagpur railway station at the age of 20 via sports quota. he worked as a Railway employee from 2001 to 2003. He was selected in India A team in 2003 which went to tour Kenya to play a tri-series tournament with Pakistan A as the third team. In the series he scored 362 runs at an average of 72.40 with back to back centuries against Pakistan. He was given a place in the ODI squad for the tour to Bangladesh in 2004/05 after his sterling performances in domestic competitions and international tours. On his debut although he got out for a duck in the first game against Bangladesh. But the captain of the Indian team at that time Saurav Ganguly, had confidence on Dhoni's potential. Saurav Ganguly in an interview said- "if you want to check the calibre of any batsman then you have to give him chance to play up the order." And he same did with Dhoni. On April 5, 2005, Dhoni got chance to bat up the order against Pakistan. He batted number 3 in that match. Dhoni scored his first of ten one day international centuries in that match. He played shots in all corners of the ground. The flamboyant Dhoni smashed 15 fours and 4 sixes in his innings and he managed to score 148 off 123 balls. With this performance he had recorded the highest score by an Indian wicket keeper as well as cemented his name. After few months of that match Dhoni registered his best score in one-day internationals against Sri Lanka. He scored 183. His continuous good performances got him into the Indian test squad. He made his test debut in December 2005. He later also became the part of ICC World ODI XI for 6 years in a row from 2008-2013. He has been awarded the highest sports honor, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna by the government of India in the year 2008. In 2013, he was reported to be the 16th highest paid sportsman in the world with yearly earnings of $31 million. While he has taken retirement from Test cricket, and also quits from One-Day Internationals. Sadly, MS Dhoni is no longer a regular member of India’s ODI side. The former Indian captain was last seen in the 2019 World Cup’s semi-final game against New Zealand. On 15th Aug, Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit from international cricket as India celebrated its 74th Independence Day. Meanwhile, Dhoni will continue to play for Chennai Supers Kings in IPL 2020 starting September 19 in the UAE.

MS Dhoni Contribution to Cricket and impact of his Retirement

Mahendra Singh Dhoni contribution to Indian cricket has been immense. He is one of the most successful Indian sportsmen that the world has ever seen. He led India to 107 ODI wins in 194 ODIs and 27 Test match victories in 60 Tests as a captain. He captained 70 T20 matches and he had 40 wins in his hand. India lift the world cup after 28 years under his captaincy. And even won the ICC Cricket World Cup and became the only captain to have taken home both the ICC world cups ( T20 and ODI). In 2013 Mahendra Singh Dhoni led India to hold ICC champions trophy which was held in England. After this Dhoni became the only and first Indian captain to won all the ICC trophies. Then the next year in 2014 India won the test match against England in Lords. It is also considered as one of the most significant achievements of Dhoni. Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards, including the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007, the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009, the Padma Shri in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan, in 2018. He was named as the captain of the ICC World Test XI in 2009, 2010 and 2013. He has also been selected a record 8 times in ICC World ODI XI teams, 5 times as captain. The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. Unfortunately, the 2019 world cup turned out to be the end of the Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s international Carrer. Dhoni wanted to end his Carrer by carrying world cup trophy but that doesn't happen. On August 15, 2020, Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket. He will surely be remembered as one of the most successful Indian captains in the history of sports. His retirement left the cricket world overwhelmed with emotions. On the same day his teammate Suresh Raina also chose to retire from international cricket. Taking to Twitter, Dhoni shared the letter of appreciation written to him by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tweeted, “An Artist, Soldier and Sportsperson what they crave for is appreciation, that their hard work and sacrifice is getting noticed and appreciated by everyone. thanks PM @narendramodi for your appreciation and good wishes.” In a two-page letter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged Dhoni’s contributions to cricket and highlighted how big an impact he left on the national discourse. “What you’ve done for the country will always remain in everyone’s heart, but the mutual respect and warmth I’ve received from you will always stay in mine. The world has seen achievements, I’ve seen the person. Thanks for everything skip. I tip my hat to you,” virat Kohli wrote on Twitter. “You were one of the best captains ever to step onto a cricket field & I m blessed to have shared some special moments with you! I wish you and your family the same success in your next innings!” said Kris Srikkanth.

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