Dhoni-Team India's Captain

APART FROM STUDIES DHONI IS DOING A FILM WITH HIS FRIEND JOHN ABRAHAM.

Seems to be funny. Isn't it? But this is true. Indian Cricket Team Caption Mahendra Singh Dhoni is now making news sensational with regard to his academic arena. Building on his reputation as a ‘finisher’ in ODIs, India’s cricket captain is attending to some unfinished business—a Graduation Degree.


Normally so many rumors and gossips used to arouse in the life of celebrities. But Dhoni’s move to urge Graduation is already confirmed by St Xavier’s College Principal Nicholas Tete. He said that Dhoni is seeking admission in the institute through the sports quota.It is in this connection that he met Ranchi University Sports Director Jai Kumar Sinha.

Dhoni has expressed a wish to pursue B Com from the college. But he’ll have problems attending classes both owing to his cricket engagements as well as his star status. We’ll need to complete other formalities including the University’s permission,

The principal’s fears don’t appear unfounded as the local hero, chief guest at the finals of the Inter-Class Canvass Ball Cricket Tournament in the college, created a mini-stampede when hundreds of students surrounded him in the Campus

A Commerce Degree may help him manage the millions he will make from the IPL. And, perhaps, decipher the number of zeroes in the next cheque which comes his way, till the euphoria of India’s victory over Australia lasts. A bachelor’s degree may also make the heartthrob of millions the most eligible bachelor among the Men in Blue. He has enrolled for Office Management and Secretarial Practices on 6^th September. 

The news is that John Abraham and Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni are going to act in a film titled ‘Hook Ya Crook’. The film is inspired from the 1981 Hollywood film, ‘Escape to Victory’, which featured football star Pele. UTV, who had earlier made Goal, a football-based film, want Hook Ya Crook to be an authentic cricket film. The climax will be a huge cricket match like Ashutosh Gowariker’s Lagaan. Indian cricket captain Dhoni is being brought on board to share the field and cinema space with the rest of the cast and also to help his teammates give a believable spin to the game.

Indian wicketkeeper/ batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has already walked the ramp and appeared in big brand advertisements with big stars like shahrukh khan. Now Dhoni is all set to act in a music video. He is in fact playing himself in the album cut by model and singer Rani, who also happens to be Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari's wife.Rani calls Dhoni's appearance in the album a brotherly favour."He is like my brother. Actually my brother Arun Pandey and Dhoni are friends," Rani says about Dhoni's appearance in the album. Taking a break from net practice before the South Africa tour, Dhoni's in Mumbai only for a day to shoot for the music video. Yet, for a cricketing superstar, the choice to make a debut in a music album is a little strange to say the least.

MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI:-
He hails from a middle class family.  Born July 7, 1981 in Lavali Village Almora, Uttrakhand is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian team. Initially recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World T20, CB Series of 2007-08 and IDEA Cup India-Sri Lanka ODI Series of 2008, the first ever bilateral ODI series win of India in Sri Lanka and The Border-Gavaskar trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2-0 thus letting India regain its spot at No.2 in world test rankings fallen to No.3 after Sri lanka tour). Dhoni also recently captained the ODI team that beat England in the series 5-0.Dhoni is currently ranked the best ODI batsman in the world by the ICC. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was awarded the ODI Player of the Year award in 2008, the first Indian player to achieve this feat

PERSONAL LIFE:-

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born to Pan Singh and Devaki Dev.His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti and a brother Narendra. Dhoni had long hair which he has now shortened; he cut it because he wanted to have a new look for advertiment purpose. Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar.

Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkahand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports. Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995 - 1998). Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well. Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard.

ODI CARRER:-

Dhoni making a mark in the India-A squad, he was picked in the ODI squad for the Bangladesh tour in 2004/05. Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut. In spite of an average series against Bangladesh, Dhoni was picked for the Pakistan ODI series. In the second match of the sereis, Dhoni in his fifth one-day international scored 148 in Vishakapatnam off only 123 deliveries. Dhoni's 148 erased the earlier record for the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper a record that he would re-write before the end of the year.

Dhoni was nominated as the vice-captain of the ODI team for the series against South Africa in Ireland and the subsequent India-England 7-match ODI series.  Dhoni, who received a 'B' grade contract in December 2005, was awarded an 'A' grade contract in June 2007. And also he was elected as captain of Indian Twenty-20 Cricket Team for the World Twenty20 in September 2007. On 2 September 2007 Mahendra Singh Dhoni equalled his idol Adam Gilchrist's international record for the most dismissals in an innings in ODI by catching 5 English players and stumping one.   He led India to the ICC World Twenty 20 trophy in South Africa with a victory over arch rivals Pakistan in an intensely fought final on 24 September 2007, and became the second Indian captain to have won a World cup in any form of cricket, after Kapil Dev.       

TEST CARRER:-

Following his good one-day form against Sri Lanka, Dhoni replaced Dinesh Karthik in December 2005 as the Indian Test wicket-keeper.DhFollowing his good one-day form against Sri Lanka, Dhoni replaced Dinesh Karthik in December 2005 as the Indian Test wicket-keeper Dhoni scored 30 runs in his debut match that was marred by rain. Dhoni came to the crease when the team was struggling at 109/5 and as wickets kept falling around him, he played an aggressive innings and was the last man dismissed Dhoni made his maiden half-century in the second Test and his quick scoring rate (half century came off 51 balls) aided India to set a target of 436 and the Sri Lankans were bowled out for 247dhoni scored 30 runs in his debut match that was marred by rain. Dhoni came to the crease when the team was struggling at 109/5 and as wickets kept falling around him, he played an aggressive innings and was the last man dismissed. Dhoni made his maiden half-century in the second Test and his quick scoring rate (half century came off 51 balls) aided India to set a target of 436 and the Sri Lankans were bowled out for 247. India toured Pakistan in January/February 2006 and Dhoni scored his maiden century in the second Test at Faisalabad. India was left in a tight spot as Dhoni was joined by Irfan Pathan with the team still 107 away from avoiding follow-on. Dhoni played his typical aggressive innings as he scored his maiden test century in just 93 balls after scoring his first fifty in just 34 deliveries. He has been a standing captain of the 3 test series. But he has been a regular test captain from the test series against England from 11^th December, 2008. And he won the entire 3 test in which he has been a standing captain.

IPL:-

M.S.Dhoni was contracted by the Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 Million USD. This made him the most expensive player in the IPL Auctions which was closely followed by Andrew Symonds. Dhoni is the present captain of the Chennai Super Kings team. Under his captaincy Chennai super kings cleared semifinal and went till the finals of the “Billion Dollar Baby” IPL.

HE REMAINS IN THE NEWS:-

He always remains in the news following the affairs with some or the other heroines. Koena mitra, deepika padukone, and recently with laxmi rai south Indian heroine from Chennai.

CRAZY FOR BIKES:-

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is passionate about bikes. He bought the Harley-Davidson soon after the World Twenty20 triumph. He has 10 bikes with him. He likes to ride bikes whenever he is free; it doesn’t matter to him whether he is in Ranchi or any where else in the country. He also has the hayabusa bike gifted to him by his good friend John Abraham. He also rides the bike in the ground itself after any one from his team wins the bike after the match.

HE IS ICON:-

He celebrates his winning against Australia by ordering his first designer watch. It was a diamond studded Rolex that cost as much as some cricketers did at the Indian Premier League. And when he bought it, it made him think, “I made it!”

What catches Dhoni’s fancy are audacity, unorthodoxy, and character. The flamboyance comes from the accessories: funky belts, ankle high suede boots, and leather jackets. Even his self-designed wicket keeping gloves make a statement.

His greatest indulgence: His boots. It is reported that he recently splurged on nine pairs of boots, especially handcrafted for him from RM Williams, a premium footwear brand. The two rather unusual accessories that seem to have caught the public’s fancy: his hair and his motorcycles. “I love speed, but I am not rash!” declares the 27-year-old captain.

And in his list of must have is a private jet. “I still don’t think I can afford that!” I may have raced my Ducati against a fighter plane, Building a mansion in Ranchi, but I have yet many milestones to cover like winning a 50 over World Cup and flying a plane. He is always experimenting with his hairdos.  During his early days, when he was playing first class cricket, Dhoni sported shoulder-length hair. Whenever he walked out to bat a few in the fielding side would scream ‘LO TARZEN AA GAYA’. There is a misconception that Dhoni drinks a lot of milk. In fact he likes flavored milk.

LUCKY 7:-He considers 7 as his lucky number. He was born on 7/7/1981. He has no.7 on his t-shirt, when he made debut his sister gifted him a diamond locket with no.7, his house no. is 25 i.e., 7, his new house is also having no.7, whereas his cars and bikes too have no.7.

ANIMAL LOVER: - Dhoni loves dog very much. He is always in company with his dogs whenever he is in Ranchi. He h as more than 3 dogs with him.

PAST TIME: - He loves the hind songs very much especially of Kishore kumar and lata mangeshkar. On his tour he usually hooked on his lap top playing games on it.During his free time. Play station 1, 2, 3 are his favorites.

ICE-COOL PERSONALITY: - He was relaxed the morning after India won the T-20 World cup.”Sab kuch normal rakhne ka.” He told this scribe as the breakfast table.

DEMANDED SECURITY:-

He demanded ‘Z’ category security from the Jharkhand Government after the Mumbai bomb blast. Before that he has a security with him. Once an over-enthusiastic woman caused a flutter by managing to hug Mahendra Singh Dhoni while the Indian cricket team was boarding a bus back to the hotel after the conclusion of a conditioning camp for Bangladesh tour. Seen all this Jharkhand govt. has provided him the security. He has security all over with him. He also got lady guards with him to keep away the lady fans of him.

He has also asked for the 9mm pistol for his own security. He loves shooting and it was proved when he was seen shooting during the Pakistan tour last year. He also believes in god and we can see that from the pooja he does whenever he is in Ranchi.

HIS ACHIEVEMENTS:-

 He awarded with “KHEL RATNA” in the present year and ODI player of the year.

The other awards:-

·       Player of the match vs. Pakistan, 2005

·       Player of the match vs. Sri Lanka, 2005

·       Player of the series vs. Sri Lanka, 2005

·       Player of the match vs. Pakistan, 2006

·       Chosen for ICC ODI TEAM OF THE YEAR, 2006

·       Player of the match vs. Bangladesh, 2007

·       Player of the match vs. Africa xi, 2007

·       Player of the match vs. Australia, 2007

·       Player of the match vs. Pakistan, 2007

 

Dhoni a big name today. He always keeps his mind cool while playing and tells the same to the players of his team. “We may not win every game, but as long as the efforts is there, and as long as the dressing room atmosphere is good, it makes your job easy and worthwhile” he says.