mahendra Singh Dhoni:

Mahendra Singh dhoni as born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-over formats . an attacking roght-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeperhe is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket.

He made his one day international (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first test a year later against Sri Lanka.

Dhoni holds numerous captaincy records such as most wins by an Indian captain in Tests and Odis, and most back-to-back wins by an India captain in Odis he took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first-over bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the CB series of 2007-08 the 2010 Asian cup, the 2011 ICC Cricket World cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. in the final of the 2011 World cup, Dhoni Scored 91 not out off 79 balls to take India to victory for Which he was awarded the man of the match. in June 2013, When India defeated England in the final of the champions trophy in England, Dhoni became the first captain to win all three ICC limited-over trophies (World Cup,champions Trophyand the world Twenty20). After talking up the test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and West Indies, and the Border-Gavakar Trophy in 2008, 2010and 2013. in 2009, Dhoni also led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test ranking. in 2013, Under his captaincy, India become the first team in more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test Series in the Indian Premiier League, he captained the Chennai Super kings to victory at the 2010 and 2011 Seasons, along with Wins in the 2010 and 2014 editions of champion League Twenty20. he announced his retirement from Test in December 2014.

Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards, including the ICC ODI player of the year award in 2008 and 2009 ( the first player to win the award twice), the rajiv Gandhi keel Ratna award in 2007 and the padma Sheri, India's fourth hoshest civilian ho nor, in 2009. He was named as the captain of ICC World Test XI and ICC World ODI XI teams for 2009 The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant colon to Dhoni on I November  2012 He is the Second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to have received this ho nor. in 2011, time magazine included dhini in its annual Time 100 list an one of the 'Most influential People in the World. in 2012 Sports-pro reted Dhoni as the sixteenth most marketable athlete in the World . in June 2015 Forbes ranked Dhoni at 23rd in the list of highest paid athletes in the World, estimating his earning at US$31 million.