Introduction
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian Former Cricketer, Who is one the best Cricketers in the world. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known for his batting, Wicketkeeper, and Captain Role in Team India. MS Dhoni is one of the most successful captains, Batsmen, and wicketkeepers of all time. MS Dhoni is the only captain who has won in three different formats. MS Dhoni led Team India to wins in the 2007 ICC World T20, 2011 Cricket World Cup, and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, and he led the Indian team in 2010, and 2016 to Asian Cup wins. MS Dhoni’s Life is full of action, romance, and struggle. In 2016, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Movie was released based on MS Dhoni’s life, success, and struggle, this movie was the 6th hit of 2016 with a collection of Rs. 220 crore Worldwide.
MS Dhoni’s Early Life
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi on 7 July 1981 in the house of Pan Singh and Devaki Devi, who belonged to the Rajput Hindu Family. MS Dhoni did his schooling from DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir School, where Dhoni Started playing Football as a goalkeeper and then Started his career as a Cricketer on Coach Keshav Banarjee’s suggestion. In the year 2001, MS Dhoni got a government job at TTE in Indian Railways and he served there from 2001 to 2003 at Kharagpur South Eastern Railways but didn’t leave playing cricket.
MS Dhoni finally made his Ranji Trophy Debut for Bihar against Assam in the 1999-2000 season after so many matches played for clubs, CCL, Vinoo Mankad Trophy, Played for Under-19 Bihar team for Cooch Behar Trophy, C.K Nayudu Trophy. In the 1999-2000 season, He didn’t play well but in the next season, he made 5 fifty. In 2002-2003, He played Ranji Trophy Under Jharkhand, This was the time Dhoni got recognition in the eyes of selectors and fans. In the 2003-2004 season Ranji Trophy, Dhoni Made a Century of 128* runs against Assam. Finally, BCCI identified him as a young talented player, and In, 2004, He was selected for Team India A Squad, Played for India A against Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Pakistan A, and chased a game against Pakistan A. Seeing MS Dhoni’s performances in the game, BCCI selected him for Team India and MS Dhoni finally made his ODI Debut in 2004 against Bangladesh tour. Dhoni played the first match of the series and was run out on 0 run duck. In another series against Pakistan, Dhoni hit a century of 148 runs off 123 balls.
MS Dhoni’s Career
MS Dhoni debuted for India in 2004 and in the coming years’s dhoni started emerging in his game in 2005, Dhoni became a permanent player in Team India. Dhoni’s Test debut was also in 2005’s last. In 2006, MS Dhoni faced criticism from people for not performing well against the England home series where he scored 177 runs in 5 matches, dropped multiple catches, and missed the chance to out Andrew Flintoff through stumping. Dhoni made his debut for T20 internationals in 2006 December.against South Africa. As ICC released the ODI Team of the Year every year and the same in 2006, the ODI Team of the Year list includes Dhoni’s Name. Ms. Dhoni led Team India in 2007 twenty20, India won by 5 runs against Pakistan in the final.
In 2007, MS Dhoni was leading the team India and was not successful in winning the title of World Cup and its result was not good at all as some of the activists and people attacked his home in Ranchi. After this World Cup, Dhoni improved his batting, and wicket-keeping skills. Its Result was fantastic as in year 2009 he scored 1198 runs from 24 innings and he was on the top of the list of ODI Batsmen ranking for several months. Then 2010 was the year when the team India squad was getting ready for next year’s World Cup, 2011. Finally, in 2011, the World Cup took place and Ms. Dhoni led the team India, he played one fantastic inning of 91 runs and they got the title in the 2011 World Cup after many years since 1983. In 2013, the ICC Champions Trophy Title was won by Team India under the captaincy of Ms Dhoni, Ms Dhoni was the first ever and only Captain to win all three different limited-overs format trophies.In 2014, Team India was the runner-up as they lost the final against Sri Lanka.
In December 2014, Ms Dhoni was playing his last test series against Australia where his performance was fabulous and fantastic, and in his last series, Dhoni dismissed 9 players out of which 8 catch out and 1 stumping. In 2015, Ms Dhoni was the first Indian captain to win all group-level matches of Cricket World Cup. There he performed well but couldn’t win.
In the 2016 Asia Cup, Ms Dhoni led India and made it to victory. Then in 2017, Ms Dhoni discontinued the captaincy after finishing as runner-up in the champions trophy. After this, he started playing normally, and In the 2019 World Cup, Ms dhoni was in the squad as a player , not as a captain but this title race was finished in the semi-finals against New Zealand and this was the last time Ms Dhoni Played international Cricket. On 15 August 2020, Ms Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket .
Ms Dhoni’s IPL Career – Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni is one the biggest players in the Indian Premier League, dhoni has been playing IPL under Chennai Super Kings since 2008. In the first year of IPL, Chennai Super Kings was the runner-up in the captaincy of Ms Dhoni, 2009 they were in fourth place and couldn’t reach the final. In 2010, CSK won their first-ever IPL trophy under the captaincy of Ms Dhoni and continuously won the second IPL trophy in a row in 2011 when Ms Dhoni scored 392 runs in this season. Chennai Super Kings is one the franchises having the largest fanbase in the IPL and this fanbase is huge. Due to some match-fixing by CSK and Rajasthan Royals, they were banned by Bcci for 2 years continuous 2016 and 2017 and during that time Ms Dhoni was played with Rising Pune Supergiants for a deal of Rs. 125 million. During these two years, Ms Dhoni scored 574 runs in 2 seasons. In 2018, Ms Dhoni came back to Csk again and scored 455 runs leading Csk and make third title of IPL. Ms Dhoni led Csk and made the 4th title of Ipl for Csk in 2021 and the year 2023 Ipl Trophy was also won by the Csk led by Ms. Dhoni. In 2024, Ms Dhoni Played for Csk in Middle Order and he is no more Captain of Csk, Rituraj Gaikwad is the new captain of Csk and of course, Ms Dhoni helps him with Tough decision-making.
MS Dhoni’s personal life – Wife , Children, Parents
MS Dhoni is Known for his Batting, Wicketkeeper, and Captain of Team India. He is Very protective towards his family and he lives in Ranchi in his house with his Family. MS Dhoni Married Sakshi Singh Rawat on 4 July 2010 and Couple had a daughter on 6 February 2016 named Ziva Singh Dhoni. In the year 2002, Dhoni was in a relationship with Priyanka Jha, who passed away in an accident. He is living a happy life with his family whenever he gets free from work and mainly enjoys being with his family at their Ranchi house.
MS Dhoni’s Bikes and Cars Collection
MS Dhoni is a very enthusiastic bike lover, he owns around more than 70 bikes in his collection which includes Ducati, Ninja, Harley Davidson, Hayabusa, and many beast bikes in the collection, he also has a collection of vintage bikes including Royal Enfield, Rx100, Rajdoot, and many other. Ms Dhoni is very protective and takes care of his bikes. He has made a luxury garage where he stores every bike and Dhoni is seen many times in Ranchi riding a bike. Ms Dhoni invested money in storing these bikes in a care and safe place. Ms Dhoni also has a large garage which includes many cars. He loves different variety of cars for different occasions. Ms dhoni has a car like the Hummer h2 which is one of his favorite cars, he drives in Ranchi, Audi Q7, Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, Mahindra Scorpio, Land Rover Freelander2, and G – wagon. He is also known for his interest in farming and during lockdown he was seen enjoying farming in Ranchi on his Farm House. He owns a Swaraj Tractor and many other Tractors for farming.
MS Dhoni’s Net Worth
Ms Dhoni is the world-famous Cricketer of India. He is one of the highest-paid athletes in the world. Ms Dhoni’s Net Worth in 2024 is around $ 180 million. Dhoni’s main source of income is coming from his endorsement deals, IPL, Brand deals, and Businesses. Dhoni endorses brands like Oreo, Dream11, Lava, inzo, Mastercard India, Spartan Sports, Gulf Oil India, Reebok, Unacademy, Cello, Siyaram, Indigo Paints, TVS Motors, and many more. Ms dhoni is charging around 6 to 7 crore rupees for a single product for a limited period and he charges loyalty from some brands. Ms Dhoni had invested in Real Estate Property around 150 crore rupees. Ms Dhoni is living with his family in a house costing around 10 Crore rupees. He has a Farmhouse of Cows, animals. He owns farming land, cars, and bikes cost crores.
