MS Dhoni Wiki | Bio | Age | DOB | Net worth

MS Dhoni Wiki | Bio | Age | DOB | Net worth

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer, who is the captain of the Indian cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He also holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd. He is the fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar. Recently, his biopic titled M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was released which starred Sushant Singh Rajput, Kiara Advani and Disha Patani.

MS Dhoni Bio

Real Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Nickname: MSD, MS, Mahi, Captain Cool

Profession: Indian Cricketer (Batsman & Wicket-keeper) 

MS Dhoni Physical Stats & More

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 78 kg

Body Measurements: - Chest: 42 Inches

                                        - Waist: 32 Inches

                                        - Biceps: 14 Inches

Eye Colour: Dark Brown

Hair Colour: Black

Personal Life

Date of Birth: 7 July 1981

Birth Place: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Zodiac sign/Sun sign: Cancer

Nationality: Indian

Hometown: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

School: DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand

College: St. Xaviers College, Ranchi

Educational Qualifications: College dropout

Family: Father- Pan Singh (MECON employee; worked at Junior Management position)

Mother: Devki Devi 

Brother: Narendra Singh Dhoni (Elder)

Sister: Jayanti Gupta (Elder)

Coach/Mentor: Keshav Banerjee and Chanchal Bhattacharya

Religion: Hindu

Address: Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Likes & Dislikes: 

Likes- Collecting bikes, playing with his pets, watching English Premiership League (EPL) and Formula 1

Dislikes- English songs and workout

Hobbies: Biking and playing football

Controversies:

• In 2007, 40 residents of his locality filed a plea against Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA) for wasting 15,000 litres of water in daily maintenance and swimming pool at the time when his locality was going through severe water crisis.
• He was involved in a tax evasion controversy over his Hummer H2, as the vehicle needed a registration charge of 4 lakhs (INR) in India, but it was mistakenly registered as a Mahindra Scorpio, the charge of registering which is 53,000 (INR).
• After the IPL betting scandal, his name was dragged over the issue of conflict of interest for acting as the Vice-President of India Cements, whose owner was N Srinivasan. Though he got a clean chit later.
• In 2016, he resigned as the brand ambassador of Amrapali real estate group after the residents from one of the Amrapali units carried a social media campaign after facing logistical issues in the society.

Cricket

International Debut:

ODI- 23 December 2004 against Bangladesh at Chittagong 

Test- 2 December 2005 against Sri Lanka at Chennai

T20 - 1 December 2006 against South Africa at Johannesburg

Jersey Number:

#7(India)

#7(IPL)

Domestic/State Team: Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings, Jharkhand, Rising Pune Supergiants

Nature on field: Calm

Likes to play against: Pakistan and Australia

Favourite Shot: Helicopter shot and Paddlesweep

Records:

• Under his captaincy, Indian team won major tournaments in all 3 formats: the No.1 Test ranking for 18 months (2009-2011), the ODI World Cup in 2011, Champions Trophy in 2013 and the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007.
• Most centuries at the position of No.7 in ODIs.
• Most 6s in International Cricket as a captain.
• Most number of stumpings in International Cricket.
• Highest score by a wicket-keeper batsman in ODIs (183 runs).
• Won most T20 International matches as a captain.
• Most times bowled in International Cricket while playing a match as a wicket-keeper.
• Only skipper to score an ODIs century while batting at No.7
• First Indian wicket-keeper batsman to score 4,000 Test runs.
• Highlight score by an Indian captain in Tests (224 runs).
• 3rd skipper ever to have captained in 300+ international matches, after Ricky Ponting (324) and Stephen Fleming (303).
• Only skipper to to have captained 50+ matches in all 3 formats.
• First Indian captain to win a Test series in New Zealand.

Career Turning Point: Performance in the 2003/04 tri-nation tournament against Kenya and Pakistan A, where he scored 362 runs in 6 matches at an average of 72.40.

Favourite Things

Favourite Cricketer Batsman : Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist

Bowler: Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee

Favourite Cricket Ground: 

• Lord's Cricket Ground , London
• Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne

Favourite Food: Chicken Butter Masala, Chicken Tikka Pizza, Kebabs, Yellow Dal, Sonpapdi, Gulab Jamun and Rasgullas

Favourite Actor: Amitabh Bachchan and John Abraham

Favourite Actress: Angelina Jolie and Deepika Padukone

Favourite Film: Agneepath and Sholay

Favourite Musician: Kishore Kumar

Favourite Color: Blue and Black

Favourite Destination: Sri Lanka and Goa

Girls, Family & More

Marital Status: Married

Affairs/Girlfriends: 

• Priyanka Jha (died in 2002)
• Lakshmi Rai (South Indian actress)
• Sakshi Singh Rawat (Sakshi Dhoni)

Wife/Spouse: Sakshi Dhoni

Marriage Date: 4 July 2010

Children Daughter: Ziva 

Cars Collection

Open Mahindra Scorpio, Maruti SX4, Hummer H2, Toyota Corolla, Land Rover Freelander, GMC Sierra, Mitsubishi Pajero Sfx, Mitsubishi Out Lander, Porsche 911, Audi Q7 SUV, Ferrari 599 

Bikes Collection

Hero Karizma ZMR, Yamaha Rxz, Yamaha Thundercat, Yamaha Rx, Ducati 1098, Yamaha Rd 350, Tvs Apache, Kawasaki zx14r Ninja, Confederate Hellcat X 132, Harley Davidson Fat boy, Enfield Machismo, Customized Tvs Dirt bike

Net Worth

$100 Million (600 Crore INR)

Some unknown facts about Mahendra Singh Dhoni

• He uses to be a goalkeeper in his school football team.
• He started focusing on cricket after class 10th.
• He was very good at studies in his school days.
• He is one of the highest tax payers in India in the years 2012, 2013 & 2014.
• He worked as a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) for 3 years (2001-2003) at Kharagpur (West Bengal) railway station.
• In his debut international match against Bangladesh, he got run out on duck.
• Dhoni met Sakshi (his wife) at Taj Bengal, Kolkata where she was working as a trainee in the hotel. Indian team stayed at the hotel for playing the match at Edens Garden, Kolkata.
• He is good friends with Bollywood stars Biapsha Basu, John Abraham & Deepika Padukone.
• He was ranked 22nd in the list of “Forbes world’s 100 highest paid athletes”.
• He announced his test retirement in late 2014 during the Australia tour, he was only 1 test match defeat away for equaling the record of being captain of most defeated test matches.
• It was rumoured that he took 40 crores (INR) from the makers of his biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016), which was played by Sushant Singh Rajput.