MS Dhoni Best Captain In The World Mahendra Singh Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni (About this sound pronunciation (help·info); commonly known as M. S. Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket.[1][2][3][4] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka. Junior cricket in Bihar In 1998 Dhoni was selected by Deval Sahay to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL) team.[24] Dhoni was included in the Bihar U-19 squad for the 1998–99 season and scored 176 runs in 5 matches (7 innings) as the team finished fourth in the group of six and did not make it to the quarter-finals. Dhoni was not picked for the East Zone U-19 squad (CK Nayudu Trophy) or Rest of India squad (MA Chidambaram Trophy and Vinoo Mankad Trophy). Bihar U-19 cricket team advanced to the finals of the 1999–2000 Cooch Behar Trophy where Dhoni made 84 to help Bihar post a total of 357. Bihar's efforts were dwarfed by Punjab U-19s' 839 with Dhoni's future national squad teammate Yuvraj Singh making 358.[25] Dhoni's contribution in the tournament included 488 runs (9 matches, 12 innings), 5 fifties, 17 catches and 7 stumpings.[26] Dhoni made it to the East Zone U-19 squad for the CK Nayudu trophy but scored only 97 runs in four matches as East Zone lost all four matches and finished last in the tournament. Bihar cricket team Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in the 1999–2000 season as an eighteen-year-old. He made a half century in his debut match scoring 68* in the second innings against Assam cricket team.[27] Dhoni finished the season with 283 runs in 5 matches. Dhoni scored his maiden first-class century while playing for Bihar against Bengal in the 2000/01 season in a losing cause.[28] Apart from this century, his performance in the 2000/01 season[29] did not include another score over fifty and in the 2001/02 season he scored just five fifties in four Ranji matches.[30] Jharkhand cricket team Dhoni's performance in the 2002–03 season included three half-centuries in the Ranji Trophy and a couple of half-centuries in the Deodhar Trophy as he started gaining recognition for his lower-order contribution as well as hard-hitting batting style. In the 2003/04 season, Dhoni scored a century (128*) against Assam in the first match of the Ranji ODI tournament. He was part of the East Zone squad that won the Deodhar Trophy that year and contributed with 244 runs in 4 matches. In the Duleep Trophy finals, Dhoni was picked over international cricketer Deep Dasgupta to represent East Zone.[31] He scored a fighting half-century in the second innings in a losing cause.[32] Dhoni's talent was discovered via the BCCI's small-town talent-spotting initiative TRDW. Dhoni was discovered by TRDO Prakash Poddar, captain of Bengal in the 1960s, when he saw Dhoni play for Jharkhand at a match in Jamshedpur in 2003, and sent a report to the National Cricket Academy Captaincy record Captaincy Record in Test Matches Venue Span Matches Won Lost Tied Draw At Home Venues 2008–2013 30 21 3 0 6[122] At Away Venues 2009–2014 30 6 15 0 9[123] TOTAL 2008–2014 60 27 18 0 15[124] Captaincy Record in One Day Internationals Venue Span Matches Won Lost Tied N/R In India (At Home Venues) 2007–2015 68 40 24 1 3[125] At Away and Neutral Venues 2008–2016 123 64 48 3 8[126] TOTAL 2007–2016 191 104 72 4 11[127] Captaincy Record in Twenty20 Internationals Venue Span Matches Won Lost Tied N/R In India (At Home Venues) 2007–2016 15 7 8 0 0[128] At Away Venues 2007–2016 20 11 9 0 0[129] At Neutral Venues 2007–2014 27 18 7 1 1[130] TOTAL 2007–2016 62 36 24 1 1[131] Note – In the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, India played a Super 8 Match against West Indies. This match comes under the List of Matches played in Away Venues as the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was being hosted in West Indies

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