MS Dhoni: Captain Cool who led India to all ICC trophies

Current Team (IPL)

• Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Dhoni is a veteran player and former captain, having played for them since the IPL's inception in 2008 (with a brief hiatus during CSK's suspension) and continues to be a key part of the squad. 

Past Teams (Domestic & International)

• India (International): Captained India to victories in the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 ODI World Cup, and 2013 Champions Trophy before retiring from international cricket in 2020.
• Rising Pune Supergiant (IPL): Played for this team during the 2016-2017 seasons when CSK was suspended.
• Jharkhand: Represented his home state in domestic cricket.
• Regional/Composite Sides: Also played for Asia XI, East Zone, India A, India Blue, Indian Board Presidents XI, and Rest of India. 

Debut Matches:

• ODI: December 23, 2004, vs Bangladesh in Chattogram (Chittagong).
• Test: December 2, 2005, vs Sri Lanka in Chennai.
• T20I: December 1, 2006, vs South Africa in Johannesburg. 

Last International Matches:

• ODI: July 9, 2019, vs New Zealand (Semi-final, ICC World Cup) in Manchester.
• Test: December 26-30, 2014, vs Australia in Melbourne (announced retirement after this match).
• T20I: February 27, 2019, vs Australia in Bengaluru (This was his actual last T20I, though he retired from all international cricket in August 2020). 

• One of the top wicket-keepers in IPL history for dismissals (catches + stumpings).
• Holds records for most stumpings in the IPL. 
• 2008: 414 runs in 16 matches
• 2024: 161 runs in 14 matches at a strike rate of 220.54 (his highest ever). 

• Led CSK to 5 IPL titles (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023).
• Played for Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in 2016-2017. 

• Debut Season: 2008
• Matches Played: 278
• Runs Scored: 5,439
• Batting Average: ~38.30
• Strike Rate: ~137.45
• Highest Score: 84* (not out)
• Fifties: 24
• Sixes: 264
• Fours: 375
• Not Outs: 100 

• IPL 2025 – INR 4.0 crore

• Income – INR 50 crore per annum as of 2018

• Net Worth (Approx) – INR 1030 crore

He married Sakshi Singh Rawat on 4 July 2010.

• In 2007, 40 residents of his locality filed a plea against the Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA) for wasting 15,000 liters of water in M.S. Dhoni’s home in the daily maintenance of the swimming pool. At that time, his locality was going through a severe water crisis.
• He was involved in a tax evasion controversy over his Hummer H2, as the vehicle needed a registration charge of ₹4 lakhs in India, but it was mistakenly registered as a Mahindra Scorpio, the charge of registering which is ₹53,000.
• During the 2013 IPL spot-fixing, Dhoni was on the radar of the Supreme Court. He was in the contact with Gurunath Meiyappan, who was named in the betting charge sheet. Later, Dhoni called Gurunath Meiyappan, a “mere cricket enthusiast.” However, Meiyappan was a full-fledged team owner.
• In 2016, he resigned as the brand ambassador of Amrapali real estate group after the residents from one of the Amrapali units carried out a social media campaign after facing logistical issues in society.
• In November 2022, he moved a contempt petition at the Madras High Court against IPS officer G Sampath Kumar for Kumar’s remarks while he was investigating the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing and betting scandal of 2013.

National honours

• 2018: Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award.
• 2009: Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award.
• 2007–08: Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna award, India’s highest honor given for achievement in sports.

Sporting honours

• ICC ODI Player of the Year: 2008, 2009
• ICC World ODI XI: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (captain in 2009, 2011–2014)
• Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year: 2011
• ICC Men’s ODI team of the decade: 2011–2020 (captain and wicketkeeper)
• ICC Men’s T20I team of the decade: 2011–2020 (captain and wicketkeeper)
• ICC Spirit of the cricket award of the decade: 2011–2020

Other honours and awards

• MTV Youth Icon of the Year: 2006
• LG People’s Choice Award: 2013
• Honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort University in August 2011
• CNN-News18 Indian of the Year: 2011
• In 2019 Jharkhand Cricket association named their stadium’s South stand after Dhoni
• In 2023, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to honour him by dedicating a seat at the Wankhede Stadium where he hit the winning shot in 2011 World Cup Final.

• Under his captaincy, the Indian team won major tournaments in all 3 formats: the No.1 Test ranking for 18 months (2009-
  2011), the ODI World Cup in 2011, the Champions Trophy in 2013, and the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007.
• For most centuries at the position of No.7 in ODIs.
• Most 6s in International Cricket as a captain.
• Most number of stumpings in International Cricket.
• Highest score by a wicket-keeper batsman in ODIs (183 runs).
• Won most T20 International matches as a captain.
• Most times bowled in International Cricket while playing a match as a wicket-keeper
• Dhoni is the first Indian wicket-keeper to score 4,000 Test runs.
• After hitting a six in the third Test against England in Southampton, Dhoni completed 50 sixes as a captain, an Indian record.
• Dhoni, with 294 dismissals in his career, ranks first in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers.
• Dhoni is the third captain (and the first non-Australian) overall to win 100 games.
• First player to pass 10,000 runs in ODI cricket with having a career average of over 50.
• Most not outs (84) in ODIs.
• Dhoni’s 183* against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the highest score by a wicket-keeper.
• Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were involved in a partnership of 100 not out against Sri Lanka, which is India’s highest eighth wicket partnership in ODIs.
• Dhoni holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings (6) and career (432) by an Indian wicket-keeper.
• Dhoni has the most stumpings (123) by any wicket-keeper in an ODI career, and is so far the only keeper to pass 100 stumpings.
• Dhoni holds the record for playing the most T20I innings (76) and scored the most runs (1,153) before scoring a fifty
• Most stumpings as wicket-keeper in T20Is (34)
• Most catches as wicket keeper in a T20I innings (5)
• Combined Test, ODI and T20I records
• He has played the most international matches as captain (332)
• Dhoni is the first, and so far only, wicket-keeper to make 150 stumpings across the three forms of the game. His current total of stumpings in internationals stands at 195