"21 Famous Inspirational and Motivational Quotes - Mahendra Singh Dhoni"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer born on 07 July 1981 in Bihar and belongs to the Hindu Rajput family with roots in Uttarakhand. He is the youngest child of Pan Singh Tomar and Devaki Devi. His parents shifted to Ranchi from Uttarakhand. 

 

Earlier, he played as a goalkeeper for his DAV Jawahar Lal Nehru school football team, and after seeing his goalkeeping skills, his coach Keshav Ranjan Banerjee picked him to play cricket for his school cricket team. His outstanding wicket-keeping skills help him to become a wicketkeeper in Commando Cricket Club from 1995 - 1998.

 

He worked as a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur Railway Station under Southern Railway in Midapur district Bengal from 2001 to 2003.

 

Mahendra Singh Dhoni debuted in ODI cricket on 23 December 2004. He is a right-hand batsman, wicketkeeper, and captain of the Indian national cricket team for the limited-overs format from 2007 - 2017 and in test cricket from 2008 to 2014.

 

Junior Cricket In Bihar

Deval Shay, Ranchi District cricket's president and former vice president of Bihar cricket, selected Dhoni for Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL) in 1998 when he was in 12th standard. His excellent performance in CCL allowed him to play in the Ranji Junior Cricket team and Bihar Ranji Cricket Team within one year.

 

Bihar Ranji Cricket Team

In 1999-2000 Dhoni made his debut in Ranji Cricket Team as an 18-year-old. In the second inning against Assam, he scored a half-century in his debut match and scored 68. Dhoni ended the season with 283 runs in 5 games. In the 2000/01 season, Dhoni scored his first-class century against Assam, and this match finished as a draw. In the 2000/02 season, he scored five fifties in 4 Ranji matches. In the Ranji ODI tournament (2003-2004), he scored a century (128) in the first match.

 

Indian Cricket Team

In the 2003-2004 season, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was selected for the Indian A squad in ODI for a tour of Zimbavia and Kenya. At Harare Sports club against Zimbavia XI, Dhoni had his best wicket-keeping efforts with seven catches and four stumping in the single match. He scored a back-to-back century against Pakistan A. His outstanding performance in the series got the attention of Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguli.

 

He has a beautiful cricket career. He became captain of the India cricket team in 2007. During his captaincy, he led India to many achievements (2010 and 2016 Asian World Cup). He is the best wicketkeeper and finisher. He also completed 10000 runs in ODI. 

 

In the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2008-2021, Dhoni is the leading Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the ultimate team to victory in 2010,2011,2018,2021 in the IPL edition.

On 30 December 2014, MS Dhoni announced his retirement from ODI cricket. He retires from all cricket formate on 15 August 2020.

 

Awards & Accomplishments

MS Dhoni gets many national, sports, and other awards during his cricket career.

 

National Honours

 

·         Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award in 2007-08

·         Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2009 

·         Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian award in 2018

 

Sporting Honours 

 

·         2008 & 2009 - ICC ODI Player of the Year.

·         2006,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 and 2014 - ICC World ODI XI.

·         2011 - Castrol Indian Cricketer of the year. 

·         2011-2020 - ICC Spirit of the Cricket award of the decade.

 

Other Honours and Awards

 

·         2006 - MTV Youth Icon of the year.

·         2013 - LG People's Choice Award.

·         Jharkhand Cricket Association named their stadium MS Dhoni Pavallian in 2019.

1. "Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore, I want to play in all the formats of the game and to play as much as possible because, before long, it will be over."

               2. "Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in              difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision."

      

     3. "You have seen cricketers who are not god-gifted, but even then, they have gone far. That’s                  because of the passion."

        

        4. "Self-Confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is                in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as                            wicket keeping."

          

             5."Strong Characters are needed in the game."

       

             6. "If you don’t really have a dream, you can’t really push yourself, you don’t really know                           what the target is."

            7. "For me, it is important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you                        have those  partnerships; you will also get centuries."

          8. "Face the failure, until the failure fails to face you."

         9. "I don’t regret anything in my life. What does not kill you makes you stronger."

     

        10. "I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don’t really worry about the result if                    there’s great commitment on the field. That’s a victory for me."

           11."I focus on cricket because it is something I am good at."

          12. "It’s important to learn and not make the same mistakes, what’s done is done."

             13. "Take action in silence, No lion attacks in noise."

              

            

           14. "Listen to your elder’s advice not because they are always right, but because they have                            more  experience of being wrong."

              

              15. "Till the full stop does not come; the sentence does not complete."

               16." For me, opposition is just another opposition."

                

               17. "You don’t play for the crowd; you play for the country."

              18."Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality."

              

              19."The process is more important than the results. And if you take care of the process, you                          will get the results."

                   

            20. "I like to make statements on the field."

           21 "A loss makes you humble. It tests the other batsmen and bowlers. Also, if you keep                                winning you don't now what area you need to work on."