Today i.e. on July 07, former captain of the Indian team Mahendra Singh Dhoni is celebrating his 44th birthday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is counted among the best captains in the world. In Dhoni’s Captaincy, the Indian team has won the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, ODI Cup 2011 and Champions Trophy 2013. At the same time, this journey of his cricket world was full of difficulties. So let’s know about some interesting things related to Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s life on the occasion of his birthday …
Dhoni wanted to go to the army
Mahendra Singh Dhoni dreamed of becoming a young man in the army. Actually, he was very scared of height. But even after this, Dhoni jumped a fan with the soldiers during that time. When he came down from top, he said that there is something special in this uniform. Perhaps it is a wonder of that uniform that he was not afraid. Dhoni had told that he often used to move to the army area in Ranchi. After winning the World Cup in 2011, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was given the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army Territorial Army.
Beginning of career
Dhoni’s career started from the ground in Ranchi. When Dhoni landed on the ground, he used to put long shots. For this reason, he was selected from the Jharkhand team to play Ranji. After which he played the first Ranji match at Kinan Stadium in Jamshedpur. Mahendra Singh Dhoni performed very well in this match. There was a bounce in his career from here. After this, Dhoni’s bat continued and made its place in Team India.
Left railway job
After playing Ranji, Dhoni was given a job in the railway. During this time he was working as TT in Kharakpur. But Mahi had to do something else, so she quit TT’s job. Which was also opposed by his father. However, today his family is proud of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Because at that time, if Mahi does not leave that job, then the Indian team could not get such a big player.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni got a chance to play the first Test match in the year 2005. He played his first match against the Sri Lanka team. In the first inning of this match, Dhoni scored a total of 30 runs. At the same time, in the year 2006, he scored his first Test century while playing against Pakistan. For this reason, in this Test match, India was helped to avoid follow-on.
In 2014, Dhoni played the last Test match of his career against the Australia team. He scored a total of 35 runs in his last Test match. After the match was over, Dhoni retired from the Test match.
Records
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the first Indian wicketkeeper to have scored a total of 4,000 runs in Test matches. No Indian wicketkeeper had scored so many runs before Dhoni.
The Indian team has won a total of 27 Test matches under Dhoni’s captaincy. At the same time, Dhoni has a record of being the most successful Indian Test captain.