MS Dhoni birthday: 43 stats and facts about the Indian cricketing legend

MS Dhoni played for India from 2004 to 2019.

On July 7, 2024, MS Dhoni is celebrating his 43rd birthday. The legendary India and Chennai Super Kings captain has been an inspiration and model for a lot of people, given that he rose from a small-town Ranchi to become one of the most popular cricketers in the world.

MS Dhoni was born on July 7, 1981, in Ranchi, then Bihar, now Jharkhand. MS Dhoni played for India in international from 2004 to 2019, announcing his retirement from international cricket in 2020. Overall, he played 90 tests, 350 ODIs and 98 T20Is for India.

He made 4876, 10773, and 1617 runs respectively across formats with a total of 16 centuries to his name. His highest ODI score was 183* and his highest test score was 224.  

He has been a force in IPL as the captain of the Chennai Super Kings for over a decade and was the most expensive player sold in the first-ever auction in 2008.

Today as he celebrates his 43rd birthday, here are 43 facts and stats about MS Dhoni every fan should know.

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1. MS Dhoni was born on July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand).

2. MS Dhoni made his India debut on December 23, 2004, against Bangladesh and got out on a duck. His test debut came against Sri Lanka in December 2005 and his T20I debut was in December 2006.

3. MS holds the joint record for highest individual score in successful run chases for India – 183* against Sri Lanka in 2005.

4. He holds the record for keeping wickets as captain in most tests – 60.

5. MS Dhoni holds the record for keeping wickets as captain in most T20Is -72.

6. MS Dhoni also kept wickets as captain in most ODIs – 200.

7. He has the most dismissals in an innings as a keeper in T20Is – 5.

8. Dhoni has affected most stumpings in T20Is – 34.

9. MS Dhoni has the third-most dismissals as keeper in international cricket – 829

10. MS Dhoni has played most matches as captain in international cricket – 332

11. MS Dhoni holds the record for the third-highest individual score by a wicket-keeper in a Test innings – 224.

12. MS Dhoni holds the record for most runs by a wicket-keeper in an ODI – 183*.

13. MS Dhoni played 85 consecutive innings in ODIs without scoring a duck.

14. MS Dhoni is the only wicket-keeper with more than 100 stumpings in ODIs.

15. MS Dhoni has the most stumpings for a wicket-keeper in ODIs – 123.

16. He has 6th most boundary sixes in international cricket – 359.

17. MS Dhoni has 3rd most catches as wicket-keeper in international cricket – 634.

18. MS Dhoni has the most stumpings as a wicket-keeper in international cricket- 195.

19. He has the third most stumpings by a wicket-keeper in tests – 38.

20. MS Dhoni has the record for most stumpings in an ODI innings – 3

21. MS Dhoni is the only captain to have won all three white-ball ICC titles, including the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 ODI World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.

22. In 332 international matches that MS Dhoni captained India in international cricket, he won 178 matches, lost 120 matches, 6 matches were tied and 15 matches had no result. Dhoni had a winning percentage (53.61) and a losing percentage (36.14).

23. MS Dhoni captained India to 11 consecutive wins in World Cup matches, most by an Indian.

24. MS Dhoni was the first batsman to score over 10,000 runs in ODIs with an average above 50

25. MS Dhoni is the most successful Indian captain in International Cricket (178 wins)

26. MS Dhoni has hit joint most centuries while batting at No.7 in ODIs – two.

27. MS Dhoni has the most runs by an Indian wicket-keeper in test cricket – 4876.

28. MS Dhoni has most wins by an Indian captain and second most overall in ODI cricket – 110.

29. MS Dhoni scored second most runs as captain in ODIs – 6641.

30. He has the most not-outs in ODIs – 84

31. MS Dhoni played the most innings before scoring a T20I fifty – 76.

32. MS Dhoni had scored the most runs before hitting a T20I fifty – 1153.

33. MS Dhoni was awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest honor in sports in 2007–08.

34. MS Dhoni got Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award in 2009.

35. MS Dhoni got Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India in 2018.

36. MS Dhoni was the first to play more than 250 matches in IPL.

37. MS Dhoni has taken 142 catches and affected 42 stumpings in the IPL.

38. MS Dhoni’s captaincy record in IPL- 226 matches, 133 wins, 91 defeats, W/L ratio 1.461

39. MS Dhoni was the first captain to win back-to-back IPL titles – 2010 and 2011.

40. MS Dhoni has most runs as wicket-keeper in IPL – 5016

41. MS Dhoni has made most dismissals as a wicket-keeper in IPL – 184

42. MS Dhoni is the only captain in IPL to have won over 100 matches

43. MS Dhoni has played the most IPL finals to date – 11.

(All numbers updated till 7th July, 2024)

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