Since we all are aware of the famous cricketer M.

S
Dhoni, we know that today he is one of the best
players in the Indian team. Every cricket lover
knows him well. He is the captain of the Indian
cricket team. Every player has a dream to be
serveas a captain of the team. But only some
players get such status and Dhoni was one of those
lucky players who got such sort of status. We know
him as M.S Dhoni but his fellows call him MAAHI.
Dhoni was born in (Almora) uttarkand on 7th July
1981. His parents Pan Singh and Devaki Dev were
from a middle class family. before Dhoni’s birth his
father had no work to do and after the birth the
symtoms were the same. They had to find some
way to survive. his father with the family came to
Ranchi in 1964. he was doing farming in Almora.
But was hoping to get a service job. Actually from
Almora he went to Lucknow and from there to
Bokaro. The steel plant was being built in Bokaro
and there was a promise of jobs. But he was late in
reaching there. he did not have much education so
he was simply looking for some kind of job. Hoping
to get something. His father was working in Mecon
as junior management position. The financial
positon of the family was really bad. So Dhoni
could not get the necessary education easily. Due
to such family crisis Dhoni worked as a ticket
collector in Indian Railways. Dhoni has a sister,
named as Jayanthi and brother Narendra.
His father had a bicycle on which he used to go to
work and used to roam around with the family on
the same bicycle for a hangout. When Dhoni was
young he used to have hilarious dreams. He had
never even thought of reaching such a high level in
sports where he now stands. When he was a kid he
had a great interest in badminton and football and
he was a good player indeed. He used to be a goal
keeper . the school in which he studied, the sports
teacher of that school recommended him as a
wicket keeper and he performed well. His favourite
player was adam gilchrist and he had a dream to
play with sachin tendulkar.his favourite filmstar
was john Abraham. He also had a hair style like one
once had by john Abraham. In his schooling days,
Dhoni took lightly and played just a normal game
for his cricket club. But, after his Tenth standard he
took it very seriously and continued to play cricket
very seriously. He was picked for the 97/98 season
vinoo mankad Trophy under -16 championship and
made a good performance in that championship.
Since that period he continued for playing cricket
only. Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in
the 1999-2000 season at the age of 18. His
performance was not up to the mark so that he
could impress the selectors but, in 2002/03 season
in Ranji Trophy he did 3 half centuries and that
season made him a hard hitter.Dhoni was a stand
by wicket keeper when karthick was injured but his
remarkable performance against Pakistan when he
scored 148runs by smashing 15fours and 4sixes in
vishakapatnam made to remember in everyone’s
mind including selectors. At the same time karthick
performance was not impressive and Indian team
was missing a wicket keeper who would play the
role of all rounder.Dhoni also has set a world record
by scoring 183runs not out against Sri Lanka by
smashing 15fours and 10sixes in 142balls.It was
record set by Dhoni beating the previous best
Adam Gilchrist’s 172 knock by any wicket keeper in
the history of cricket.Dhoni’s performance was
consistent through out 2005/06 season. After
loosing to Bangladesh in 2007 world cup in the
League itself, the house that Dhoni was
constructing in his home town Ranchi was
damaged by political activists of JMM because of
his poor performance in world cup, they were out
of world cup just after playing only 5 to 6 league
matches, they did not even qualify for super8.After
disappointing performance in the world cup
Dravid’s performance was not so consistent
through out that season in one day cricket so,
selectors named the new captain and that was
Dhoni.

He also performed well in the IPL. He led Chennai

super kings in the IPL. Due to his captaincy this
team reached up to the semi’s of the league
tournament but unfortunately the team could not
come up to the finals. Chennai super kings were
defeated by the royal challengers Bangalore in the
semi final. Due to his sincere service towards the
team they tried their best to defeat the opposition
team but the lost the match still they didn’t lose it
badly. There was a minor margin among the scores
of both the teams. The role of a captain is really
difficult but Dhoni overcame those difficulties and
gave his best and proved himself as a great
captain. He is a ideal player for the present youth.