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Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the former Indian international cricketer. He has been among one of the successful Indian captains and bagged many records throughout his career. During his cricket career, with his performance and wonder shots, he has entertained us a lot and made our country proud. After serving long for the nation, Dhoni called his retirement from international cricket on 15th August 2020. Here is a glimpse at the achievements of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s cricket career journey

 

December 2004

Dhoni made his debut match against Bangladesh in Chittagong. It was not a memorable introduction as he run-out for a first-ball duck.

 

October 2005

In the second innings, Dhoni scored 183 runs in 145 balls against Pakistan. India won the five-match series by 3-0 and Dhoni was called ‘Man of the Series for the year.

 

December 2005

Dhoni played his debut match against Sri Lanka in Chennai and scored only 30 runs.

 

September 2007

Dhoni took over ODI cricket captaincy from Rahul Dravid.

He also became the captain of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa. He took 99 stumpings in the second match against Sri Lanka in just 298 matches and broke the international record. In the finals, he led the young Indian side and led them to victory against Pakistan.

 

August 2008

Dhoni led victory to India in its first-ever bilateral series in Sri Lanka.

 

August 2008

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was awarded the most prestigious sports award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. He was the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to get this award.

 

November 2008

Dhoni became Test Captain of India in the last and fourth test match against Australia in Nagpur. He took over the captaincy from Anil Kumble who was injured during the time.

 

December 2008

Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the best ODI cricketer for ICC matches for the year.

 

March 2009

India won the bilateral series in New Zealand under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.

 

April 2009

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was honoured with Padma Shri Award, India’s fourth-highest civilian award.

 

December 2009

India topped ICC Test Cricket matches for the first-ever under his captaincy and he was the best ODI cricketer of the year for the second time in a row.

 

May 2010

Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads Chennai Super Kings and won the Indian Premier League.

 

April 2011

Dhoni played 91 runs for 79 balls and made India win the match in the finals against Sri Lanka. India won the World Cup match after 28 years, and Dhoni was made man of the match.

 

May 2011

Chennai Super Kings won the IPL match series for the second time in a row.

 

November 2011

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was made honorary Lieutenant Colonel by Indian Territorial Army.    

 

March 2013

Dhoni became the most successful Indian test captain. With India’s massive win over Australia in test matches, he broke the record of Saurav Ganguly for recording 21 victories in 49 test matches.

 

March 2013

India clinched a historic victory over Australia in the test series by sweeping Australia by 4-0 series.

 

June 2013

India wins ICC Champions Trophy under Dhoni’s captaincy by beating England by 5 runs in the final match.

 

April 2018

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was honoured with Padma Bhushan India’s third-highest civilian award.

 

May 2018

Chennai Super Kings defeated SunRisers Hyderabad in the finals by winning by 8 wickets. It was the third victory of the CSK Team in the IPL match, third in a row.

 

Dhoni has played the most international matches as a captain and he is so far the only wicket keeper to effect 150 stumpings in all three forms of cricket. He is on the top to dismiss most stumps in the international record. 







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