Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Explosive batsman who struck 148 in his fifth ODI in a home series against Pakistan in April 2005 and a match-winning 183 not out against Sri Lanka at home later that year to record the highest one-day score by a wicketkeeper. Hugely popular with fans for long hair and model looks and has a fleet of motorbikes. Has good temperament and can curb natural aggression when needed. The selectors, headed by chairman Dillip Vangsarkar, have named this Jharkhand lad, the current Twenty20 skipper, as captain of the Indian ODI team. He is also the vice-captain of the Test team.
Exclusive Dhoni chat transcriptI am very happy, says Dhoni It seems like a fairy-tale, says DhoniI am not under any pressure: Dhoni
Dhoni in the News
Dhoni unpluggedDhoni on his life, his loves and his cricket. Read
CommentDhoni is the future of Indian cricket. Read
The fighterDhoni says he is a fighter. Read
Right choiceDhoni, the right choice for captaincy, writes Partab Ramchand. Read
Stories
Dhoni has all the qualitiesVengsarkar on why Dhoni was made skipper.
Dhoni named Twenty20 squad captain The Jharkhand lad gets rewarded.
Dhoni earns praise for his restraint Dravid hails Dhoni's patient knock at Lord's.
'Dhoni, Yuvraj must take up responsibility' Kapil asks the duo to stand up and be counted.
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
No
Runs
Hs
Avg
Bf
Sr
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
27
44
5
1320
148
33.84
2042
64.64
1
8
164
26
67
13
Odis
106
95
25
3185
183*
45.50
3465
91.91
3
19
256
80
106
31
Twenty20 Int.
10
9
2
172
45
24.57
154
111.68
0
0
13
4
2
0
First Class
65
107
8
3383
148
34.17
-
-
4
21
-
-
171
29
List A
158
143
33
5073
183*
46.11
-
-
9
30
-
-
170
46
Twenty20
14
13
4
295
73*
32.77
220
134.09
0
