MS Dhoni - CAPTAIN of Indian cricket team

Mahendra Singh Dhoni born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar) (now in Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team. He is a right Handed-hand batsman, His bowling style is Medium, and played for India, Asia XI, Chennai Super Kings team as a Wicket keeper of, 20-20 World Cup and IPL Matches of INDIAN Cricket Team.

There was a time when the very idea of an Indian cricketer rivalling Sachin Tendulkar in the popularity stakes bordered on the preposterous. But the advent of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his meteoric rise through the ranks did just that, with a new generation transfixed by a small-town boy whose personality and background couldn't have been more different from that of Tendulkar. Initially recognized as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest youngest captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, 

India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08 , and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2–0. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent IPL 2010. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni also led team India to number one position in ICC rankings in test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. As of January 2010, 

Dhoni is the highest ranked ODI batsman on the ICC Rankings List. Dhoni was named as captain of Wisden's first-ever Dream Test XI Team in 2009 and has topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes. He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009.

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	46	171	87	227
Runs scored	2,556	5,733	4,718	7,735
Batting average	41.9	50.73	38.04	49.9
100s/50s	Apr-18	Jul-37	Jul-32	13/48
Top score	148	183*	148	183*
Balls bowled	12	12	42	39
Wickets	0	1	0	2
Bowling average	–	14	-	18
5 wickets in innings	-	-	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-	-	-
Best bowling	0/1	-	-	Jan-14
Catches/stumpings	119/20	170/55	227/39	237/70