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MS Dhoni Birthday: Captain Cool wanted to become a soldier, not a cricketer, became a part of Team India after a long struggle
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s name is counted among the best cricketers in the world. Dhoni is known as a successful player. But his path to becoming a cricketer was not that easy. Mahendra Singh Dhoni had to face a lot of struggles to become a great cricketer. Let us inform that today i.e. on July 7, former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is celebrating his 42nd birthday.
Dhoni started playing football from his school days. But it took him many years to become a part of the Indian team. After joining the Indian cricket team, Dhoni swung his bat in such a way that whenever he used to come on the field, the eyes of the whole country would be fixed on him. Let us know about some interesting things related to the life of Mahendra Singh Dhoni on the occasion of his birthday…
birth and education
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born on 7 July 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand. He completed his early education from DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir School and after that Dhoni joined St.Xavier’s College for his 12th standard. Due to his attachment to cricket, Dhoni left his studies in the middle. Although in his childhood, Dhoni used to dream of joining the army. but in luck
career
In the year 1999, Mahendra Singh Dhoni got a chance to play in Ranji Trophy for the first time. Dhoni scored an unbeaten 86 in the second innings of this match. After this trophy, he also played other and many domestic matches. During the year 2001-2003, Dhoni started working as a traveling ticket examiner at Kharagpur railway station under South Eastern Railway in West Bengal. After which Mahendra Singh Dhoni was selected in the ‘India A’ team in the year 2004. In this match, Dhoni was seen playing as a wicket-keeper for the first time. In this match, he did well against Zimbabwe.
Along with this journey, he was made the captain of the Indian team in view of Dhoni’s excellent performance in ODIs, T20 matches, Test matches etc. He fulfilled this responsibility very well. India was able to achieve the first position in the ICC Test rankings in the year 2009 only under the captaincy of Dhoni. Dhoni has made many records as a captain. Dhoni puts many big players in trouble with his fielding and wicket keeping. Please tell that Dhoni is also known as ‘Captain Cool’. He appears very calm in every difficult situation.
Please tell that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has led 2 World Cups. Along with this, India got the World Cup in the year 2011. Whereas in the 2015 World Cup, the Indian team reached the semi-finals. After this, Dhoni was bought by Chennai Super Kings for USD 5 million. At present, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is leading the Chennai Super Kings. While being the captain of the Indian team, Dhoni has played a total of 331 international matches and he is the first captain to have played the maximum number of international matches.
award
In the year 2007, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was given the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by the Government of India.
Dhoni was awarded the Padma Shri in the year 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in the year 2018.
In 2011, Dhoni was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort University.
Apart from this, he has also won Man of the Match, Man of the Series, ICC ODI Player of the Year Award.
