Mahendra Singh Dhoni Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian former international cricketer who has served as the captain of the Indian national team and is regarded as one of the best wicket-keepers and captains in modern limited-overs international cricket. He has also received several awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year Award in 2008 and 2009, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2007, the Padma Shri in 2009, and the Padma Bhushan in 2018. On August 15, 2020, the legendary cricketer announced his retirement from international cricket.

Born Name

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Nick Name

Mahi, MSD, MS Dhoni, Captain Cool, Thala

Sun Sign

Cancer

Born Place

Ranchi, Bihar (Later in Jharkhand), India

Nationality

Education

Dhoni attended DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir (now the school is known as JVM, Shyamli, Ranchi) in Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

In August 2011, Dhoni received the honorary doctorate degree from De Montfort University.

Occupation

Cricketer (Wicket-Keeper)

Family

• Father – Pan Singh (MECON employee; worked at Junior Management position)
• Mother – Devki Devi
• Siblings – Narendra Singh Dhoni (Older Brother), Jayanti Gupta (Older Sister)

Bowling Style

Right-hand medium

He has also done bowling in the past. Dhoni has taken 1 ODI wicket, when he bowled Travis Dowlin from the West Indies on September 30, 2009.

Batting Style

Right-hand batsman

Role

Wicket-keeper

Shirt Number

7 (in One Day Internationals)

Build

Athletic

Height

5 ft 10 in or 178 cm

Weight

75 kg or 165 pounds

Girlfriend / Spouse

Dhoni has dated –

1. Lakshmi Rai (2008)
2. Priyanka Jha
3. Sakshi Mahendra Singh Dhoni (née Rawat) (2010-Present) – He married Sakshi Singh Rawat (a native of Dehradun, Uttarakhand) on July 4, 2010, and they engaged a day before their marriage. However, it was decided months before, says Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress and a close friend of MS Dhoni. Rawat had studied Hotel Management and was a trainee at Taj Bengal, Kolkata when she married. The duo welcomed their baby girl named Ziva on February 6, 2015, and at the time of her birth, Dhoni was in Australia as the captain of the Indian team with the 2015 Cricket World Cup and said “I am on national duty, other things can wait” as he decided not to travel back to India.

Race / Ethnicity

Asian (Indian)

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Cool style of playing; often regarded as captain cool

Shoe Size

He is believed to be wearing a shoe of size 11. However, it is not confirmed.

Brand Endorsements

Dhoni has numerous endorsement deals.

• 2005 – Pepsico, Reebok, Exide, TVS Motors
  
• 2006 – Mysore Sandal Soap, Videocon, Reliance Communications, Reliance Energy, Orient PSPO Fan, Bharat Petroleum, Titan Sonata, Brylcreem, NDTV, GE Money
  
• 2007 – Siyaram
  
• 2008 – Fashion at Big Bazaar alongside Asin (Bollywood actress), Maha Choco, Boost (health food), Dainik Bhaskar
  
• 2009 – Dabur Honey, Kolkata Fashion Week, Aircel communications, Nova Scottia Premium shirts
• 2010 – Amrapali
• 2019 – CARS24
• 2021 – HomeLane

In 2007, he was connected with 17 brands as their ambassador or spokesperson. Apart from the above-mentioned, he also signed a deal with Gameplan Sports (a Kolkata-based celebrity management company) way back in 2005. In 2010, he connected with Rhiti Sports Management and Mindscapes.

Religion

Hinduism

He identifies himself as being Rajput.

Best Known For

Playing cricket and staying at number 1 position in the ICC ODI Batsman rankings in 2009 continuously for many months.

First ODI

Dhoni played his first One Day International on 23 December 2004 vs Bangladesh.

First T20I Match

He played his first T20 International match on 1 December 2006 vs South Africa.

First Test Match

He played his debut test match on 2 December 2005 vs Sri Lanka.

First Film

Dhoni had a small role in the 2010 Hindi language film Hook Ya Crook starring John Abraham and Genelia D’Souza.

First TV Show

The only TV show he appears in is the cricket matches in various formats like first-class cricket, ODI, test, and T20.

Personal Trainer

According to Nidsun, he eats a well-balanced diet and also works out a little bit. He does exercises in the form of badminton and yes, in the form of practice sessions, which he has to go through.

Although all players have to eat a diet as guided by The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). But, Dhoni’s diet is as follows –

In breakfast, Mahi likes to eat porridge (large bowl), 200ml milk with some almonds and raisins. He continues with 250ml fresh fruit juice.

When at his house, he enjoys eating dal, bhat, and tarkari with some pickles to add more taste.

The afternoon meal, lunch consists of Chapatis (3 or 4) with chicken/ dal and tarkari. The taste is added with some yogurt, pickles, 100 grams of mixed nuts. To make the diet more balanced and to get the remaining nutrients, he eats mixed vegetable salad.

Evening snack is generally a chicken sandwich.

His dinner is the same as that of lunch plus some fruits as a nutritious sweet dish.

During practice sessions, the player keeps himself energized by drinking Gatorade throughout.

Just after intense workouts, MSD has some whey protein powder (or some protein shake), nuts, and seeds.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Favorite Things

• Food – Chicken Tikka Pizza, Butter Chicken Masala with Nan
• Idols – Sachin Tendulkar (Cricketer), Amitabh Bachchan (Bollywood actor), Lata Mangeshkar (Singer)

Source – Wikipedia

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Facts

1. Dhoni has served as the ‘Vice-President Marketing’ of India Cements Limited (ICL).
2. ICL owned the IPL team, Chennai Super Kings.
3. He was connected with Air India earlier but resigned later.
4. He is an Adam Gilchrist (Australian cricketer) fan.
5. During his school time, he was actually good at badminton and football. Dhoni was selected to represent his school at district and club levels for these sports.
6. In football, he is good at the goalkeeper position. Once, he was sent to play cricket by his football coach to play at a local club. He excelled there and soon was sent to other areas, where he again played extremely well. So, he focused on cricket after his 10th standard.
7. In 2013, he had 20 endorsement deals, which was one less than Shah Rukh Khan‘s (He had 21 at that time).
8. He has bowled 108 balls in First-Class cricket, 12 in ODI, and finally 78 in Test cricket and has taken 1 wicket in ODI by giving 14 runs.
9. From 2001 to 2003, Dhoni was a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station.
10. During his stay at the railway quarters during that time, he once fooled the society people with the help of his friends by wearing white bedsheets and moving around in the night. The night guards believed that there are actually ghost roaming over there.
11. From 1999/2000 – 2004/2005, he played domestic cricket for Bihar (or Jharkhand). Post that, from 2008, he has led the Chennai Super Kings team.
12. He was awarded ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009.
13. Dhoni has also launched his own gym and fitness centers at various places including Ambience Mall, New Delhi.
14. He is a bike lover and owns more than 25 bikes. Later, he also fell in love with one of the security dogs – a Golden Retriever.
15. He is always called Captain Cool and does not pay attention to the match’s results after it is over. He said – “I switch off once the matches are over.”
16. His biopic titled M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story was released in 2016 and he was portrayed by late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The film also starred Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, and Bhumika Chawla.
17. When Dhoni-led team Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lost their match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an IPL 2020 by 10 runs, his 5-year-old daughter Ziva started receiving rape threats on his Instagram account. Some people also asked Dhoni to retire from IPL as well.
18. In 2021, MS Dhoni became the first cricketer to earn INR 150 crore in IPL. Till IPL 2020, he had earned INR 137 crore. When Chennai Super Kings (CSK) decided to retain him for IPL 2021, his total earnings had increased to INR 152 crore.
19. In August 2021, Dhoni was announced as the brand ambassador of the home interiors brand, HomeLane. He also picked up equity in the company and became the first celebrity to endorse an end-to-end home interiors brand.
20. During IPL 2021, in October 2021, while playing for the CSK team, Dhoni gave the autographed ball to an emotional young fan after winning the Qualifier 1 match against Delhi Capitals (DC).
21. MS Dhoni bought a restored Yamaha RD350 motorcycle in November 2021 in Competition Green color from Syed Jadeer.
22. For IPL 2022, Dhoni was retained by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for INR 12 crores as compared to INR 15 crores for IPL 2021. For IPL 2023 also, he was retained for ₹12 crores.
23. In January 2022, MS Dhoni had purchased a 1971 yellow-white colored Land Rover Series 3 Station Wagon in Big Boy Toyz’s online auction.
24. In 2019, Dhoni invested in the startup CARS24 and became their brand ambassador, as a result.
25. In February 2016, MS Dhoni started a lifestyle brand SEVEN which markets footwear. He is also the brand ambassador of the company.
26. In 2019, he started Dhoni Entertainment and did a long-term business agreement with a French media house, Banijay Asia for content production.
27. His first web series under Dhoni Entertainment was Roar of The Lion in which he starred in the lead role.
28. On January 27, 2023, Dhoni Entertainment released its first film titled Let’s Get Married which was a Tamil film starring Harish Kalyan.
29. In the Indian territorial army, he was given the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Parachute Regiment in 2011 for his services as a cricketer.
30. In 2015, he became a qualified paratrooper.
31. In 2011, he was the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year.
32. He was MTV Youth Icon of the Year 2006.
33. In 2013, Dhoni received the LG People’s Choice Award.
34. In 2011, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named CNN-News18 Indian of the Year.
35. The South stand of the Jharkhand Cricket Association’s stadium was named after Dhoni in 2019.
36. Along with Sahara India Pariwar, Dhoni is the part-owner of the Hockey India League franchise, Ranchi Rays.
37. Dhoni has also invested in the  Indian Super League franchise team, Chennaiyin FC along with Abhishek Bachchan and Vita Dani (cousin of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and the wife of Jalaj Dani, one of the promoters of Asian Paints).
38. Dhoni is the first wicket-keeper to complete 150 stumping dismissals in international cricket (in all 3 formats combined). He has done 161 stumpings in total.
39. He has played the most international matches as a captain, which is 332.
40. He strongly believes in Ma Devdi Devi of Tamar which is situated near Ranchi, Jharkhand. He regularly visits the temple to take the blessings.
41. Dhoni also has a farm in Sembo village near Ring Road in Ranchi where he does organic farming.
42. He didn’t captain all the matches for the IPL team Chennai Super Kings during IPL 2022. He was handed the captaincy position for his team from the 9th match. For the first 8 matches, Ravindra Jadeja was the captain.
43. On July 1, 2022, it was revealed that Dhoni was getting knee treatment for nearly a month from a vaidya named Bandhan Singh who used to sit under a tree near Ranchi, Jharkhand. Dhoni used to visit the vaidya at an interval of 4 days. Interestingly, Bandhan Singh was unaware of the fact that he was treating a celebrity.
44. It was reported that, in January 2023, on the occasion of KL Rahul‘s marriage to Athiya Shetty, Dhoni gifted the couple a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle worth INR 80 lakh. However, this news was denied by Suniel Shetty and his family.
45. In March 2023, during the IPL 2023 opener match against Gujarat Titans, Dhoni became the first batter from Chennai Super Kings to complete 200 sixes in IPL. As of March 2023, he is in the 8th spot on the list of batters with 200 or more sixes in the IPL.
46. In April 2023, Dhoni inaugurated the 2011 World Cup victory memorial at Wankhede Stadium where the final match of the tournament had happened.
47. In the Jharkhand state, MS Dhoni was the highest individual taxpayer for the financial year ending March 31, 2023. He paid ₹38 crores as advance tax. His total income was expected to be around ₹130 crores.
48. In April 2023, MS Dhoni made the record of taking the most catches as a wicketkeeper in T20 cricket by surpassing Quinton de Kock of South Africa who had taken 207 catches as a wicketkeeper.
49. In May 2023, Dhoni said sometimes, he could be an annoying captain and keeps on changing the field every now and then.
50. Dhoni has a big collection of motor vehicles which includes bikes and cars. In 2023, he was seen driving a 1973 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455 car on the Ranchi streets.
51. In December 2023, BCCI retired Dhoni’s “Jersey No 7” to honor his contribution to Indian cricket.
52. In December 2023, he said that at that time, long hair was taking him longer to get ready for the shoot – more than 1 hour and was difficult to maintain. However, because his fans liked that look on him, he wanted to keep the hair for some time.
53. In January 2024, Dhoni filed a criminal case against two officials from Ranchi of Aarka Sports Management named Mihir Diwakar and Soumya Vishwash, accusing them of duping him of ₹15 crore. He claimed that they had penned a deal in 2017 to establish a cricket academy globally. However, they had not complied with the agreement terms.
54. In January 2024, he was seen smoking hookah.
55. In January 2024, he received an invitation to Ram Mandir ‘Pran Pratishtha’ which took place on January 22, 2024, at 12:20 PM. Only select people had received the invitation including Sachin Tendulkar, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, etc.
56. During the 2019 World Cup, he used the BAS sticker on his bat for free as a tribute. BAS owner Somi Kohli revealed this in 2024 in an interview with Launchpad.