Indian
Cricket Captain MS Dhoni has
won United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian award for
outstanding achievement in sports. Dhoni, currently in Bangladesh leading India
into the finals of ICC World T20, was honoured on Friday night at London.
About MS Dhoni
Born
in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand) to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi on July 7,
1981.
CRICKET
CAREER
ü Made
in India debut against Bangaldesh in Dhaka in December 2004. Was run out for a
duck
ü Set
a world record for the highest score in the second innings in ODIs when he
scored 183* against Sri Lanka in October
2005. It is the highest score ever by a wicketkeeper
ü In
December 2005, was awarded a B-grade contract by the BCCI. Earlier, he was at
C-grade level
ü Made
Test debut against Sri Lanka in Chennai in December 2005
ü Became
No 1 ODI batsman on 20 April, 2006, replacing Ricky Ponting. Lasted for just
one week at that spot
ü Was
named ODI vice-captain on tour of England in June 2007
ü On
September 2, equalled Gilchrist's record of most dismissals in an ODI (5
catches, 1 stumping)
ü Was
named captain of the Indian team for the World T20 in September 2007
ü Made
his Test captaincy debut against South Africa in April 2008 as Anil Kumble was
injured
ü Resumed
full-time Test captaincy in November 2008 in the third Test against Australia
at Nagpur
ü Under
Dhoni's captaincy, India defeated Australia by 320 runs on 21st Oct'08, biggest
ever win in terms of runs for India in Test.
ü Under
Dhoni's captaincy, India reached their highest Test score of 726–9 (decl)
during Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009. Their 2–0 victory in the series took
them to the number 1 ranking in Test cricket for the first time in history.
ü According
to the SportsPro magazine Dhoni is 10th most valuable brand in field of sports
worldwide and number 1 among all Asian superstars.
ü Under
his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08 ,
the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0 and 2011
Cricket World Cup in which India beat every previous world cup winning team.
ü Dhoni
has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the
Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest
civilian honour in 2009.
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