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| Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | No result | |
| Test | 80 | 35 | 18 | 27 | 0 | – |
| ODI | 238 | 134 | 88 | - | 3 | 13 |
| T20I | 43 | 22 | 19 | – | 1 | 1 |
Showing posts with label Ms Dhoni. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 18 February 2014
MS Dhoni Record in international cricket
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's ODI Centuries
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni's ODI Centuries | |||||||||
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| No. | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Against | H/A/N | Venue | Year | Result |
| 1 | 148 | 123 | 15 | 4 |  Pakistan |
Home | ACA-VDCA Stadium, Vishakapatnam, Hyderabad | 2005 | India won by 58 runs |
| 2 | 183* | 145 | 15 | 10 |  Sri Lanka |
Home | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 2005 | India won by 6 wickets |
| 3 | 139* | 97 | 15 | 5 | Africa XI | Home | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | 2007 | Asia XI won by 13 runs |
| 4 | 109* | 96 | 6 | 6 |  Hong Kong |
Neutral | National Stadium, Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan | 2008 | India won by 256 runs |
| 5 | 124 | 107 | 9 | 3 |  Australia |
Home | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, Maharashtra | 2009 | India won by 99 runs |
| 6 | 107 | 111 | 8 | 2 | Sri Lanka |
Home | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, Maharashtra | 2009 | Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets |
| 7 | 101* | 107 | 9 | 0 |  Bangladesh |
Away | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka | 2010 | India won by 6 wickets |
| 8 | 113* | 125 | 7 | 3 | Pakistan |
Home | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | 2012 | Pakistan won by 6 wickets |
| 9 | 139* | 121 | 12 | 5 | Australia |
Home | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | 2013 | Australia won by 4 wickets |
IPL Batting Statistics of MS Dhoni
Captain of India
It was under his captaincy that India climbed to No. 1 in the ICC Test Rankings in December 2009. After that he managed to lead India in a series-leveling world championship of Tests against the South Africans in February 2010. India also managed to draw the Test series 1-1 in South Africa later that year.
After winning the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011 with his match winning knock of unbeaten 91, Tendulkar heaped praises on Dhoni, claiming him to be the best captain he has played under. Tendulkar mentioned that it was Dhoni's calm influence that was rubbing off on all his team-mates and described Dhoni's handling of pressure was incredible.
Only nine players have captained ten or more Tests playing as a wicket-keeper. Dhoni leads the table with 33 Tests as captain, 15 ahead of Gerry Alexander in second place.
In March 2013, Dhoni became the most successful Indian Test captain when he eclipsed Sourav Ganguly’s record of 21 victories from 49 Tests. Ganguly also said in an interview to a news channel that Dhoni is the all-time greatest captain of India and he has a great record to support this credential.
MSD Test career
India toured Pakistan in January–February 2006 and Dhoni scored his maiden century in the second Test at Faisalabad. India were left in a tight spot as Dhoni was joined by Irfan Pathan with the team still 107 away from avoiding a follow-on. Dhoni played his typical aggressive innings as he brought up his maiden Test hundred in just 93 balls after scoring the first fifty in just 34 deliveries.
Dhoni at fielding practice.Dhoni followed the century up with some prosaic batting performances over the next three matches, one against Pakistan that India lost and two against England that had India holding a 1–0 lead. Dhoni was the top scorer in India's first innings in the third Test at Wankhede Stadium as his 64 aided India post a respectable 279 in reply to England's 400.
However Dhoni and the Indian fielders dropped catches and missed many dismissal chances including a key stumping opportunity of Andrew Flintoff (14). Dhoni failed to collect the Harbhajan Singh delivery cleanly as Flintoff went on to make 36 more runs as England set a target of 313 for the home team, a target that India were never in the reckoning. A batting collapse saw the team being dismissed for 100 and Dhoni scored just 5 runs and faced criticism for his wicket-keeping lapses as well as his shot selections.
On the West Indies tour in 2006, Dhoni scored a quick and aggressive 69 in the first Test at Antigua. The rest of the series was unremarkable for Dhoni as he scored 99 runs in the remaining 6 innings but his wicket-keeping skills improved and he finished the series with 13 catches and 4 stumpings. In the Test series in South Africa later that year, Dhoni's scores of 34 and 47 were not sufficient to save the second Test against the Proteas as India lost the series 2–1, squandering the chance to build on their first ever Test victory in South Africa (achieved in the first Test match). Dhoni's bruised hands ruled him out of the third Test match.
On the fourth day of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua during India's tour of West Indies, 2006, Dhoni's flick off Dave Mohammed to the midwicket region was caught by Daren Ganga. As the batsman started to walk back, captain Dravid declared the innings when confusion started as the umpires were not certain if the fielder stepped on the ropes and Dhoni stayed for the umpire's verdict. While the replays were inconclusive, the captain of the West Indies side, Brian Lara, wanted Dhoni to walk off based on the fielder's assertion of the catch. The impasse continued for more than 15 minutes and Lara's temper was on display with finger wagging against the umpires and snatching the ball from umpire Asad Rauf. Ultimately, Dhoni walked off and Dravid's declaration was effected but the game was delayed, and Lara's action was criticised by the commentators and former players. Lara was summoned by the match referee to give an explanation of his actions but he was not fined.
Dhoni scored two centuries in Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009, a series of three matches in which he led India to a 2–0 victory. With this feat, India soared up to the number one position in Test cricket for the first time in history. India scored 726–9 (decl) in the third match of this series, which is their highest Test total ever.
MS Dhoni ODI career
Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut. In spite of an average series against Bangladesh, Dhoni was picked for the Pakistan ODI series. In the second match of the series, Dhoni, in his fifth one-day international, scored 148 in Vishakapatnam off only 123 deliveries. Dhoni's 148 surpassed the earlier record for the highest score by an Indian wicket-keeper, a record that he would re-write before the end of the year.Dhoni had few batting opportunities in the first two games of the Sri Lankan bilateral ODI series (October–November 2005) and was promoted to No. 3 in the third ODI at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur).
Sri Lanka had set India a target of 299 after a Kumar Sangakkara century and, in reply, India lost Tendulkar early. Dhoni was promoted to accelerate the scoring and ended the game with an unbeaten 183 off 145 balls, winning the game for India. The innings was described in Wisden Almanack (2006) as 'Uninhibited, yet anything but crude'. The innings set various records including the highest individual score in ODI cricket in the second innings, a record that still stands. Dhoni ended the series with the highest run aggregate (346) and was awarded the Man of the Series award for his efforts. In December 2005, Dhoni was rewarded a B-grade contract by the BCCI.
India scored 328 in 50 overs with Dhoni contributing 68 in their first match of 2006 against Pakistan. However, the team finished poorly scoring just 43 runs in the last eight overs and lost the match due to Duckworth-Lewis method. In the third match of the series, Dhoni came in with India in a precarious situation and scored 72 runs off just 46 balls that included 13 boundaries to help India take a 2–1 lead in the series.
The final match of the series had a repeat performance as Dhoni scored 77 runs off 56 balls to enable India win the series 4–1. Due to his consistent ODI performances, Dhoni overtook Ricky Ponting as number one in the ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen on 20 April 2006.His reign lasted just a week as Adam Gilchrist's performance against Bangladesh moved him to the top spot.Two cancelled series in Sri Lanka, one due to the withdrawal of South Africa from the Unitech Cup due to security concernsand the replacement three-match ODI bilateral series against Sri Lanka washed due to rain,was India's prelude to another disappointing tournament – DLF Cup 2006-07. Dhoni scored 43 runs as the team lost twice in three games and did not qualify for the finals.
India's lack of preparation showed in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy as they lost to West Indies and Australia, though Dhoni scored a half-century against West Indies. The story of the ODI series in South Africa was the same for both Dhoni and India as Dhoni scored 139 runs in 4 matches and India lost the series 4–0. From the start of the West Indies ODI series, Dhoni had played 16 matches, hit just two fifties and averaged 25.93. Dhoni received criticism on his wicket-keeping technique from former wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani.Preparations for the 2007 Cricket World Cup improved as India recorded identical 3–1 victories over West Indies and Sri Lanka and Dhoni had averages in excess of 100 in both these series. However, India unexpectedly crashed out the World Cup after losses to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the group stage. Dhoni was out for a duck in both these matches and scored just 29 runs in the tournament.
After the loss to Bangladesh in 2007 Cricket World Cup, the house that Dhoni was constructing in his home-town Ranchi was vandalised and damaged by political activists of JMM.The local police arranged for security for his family as India exited the World Cup in the first round.Dhoni put his disappointing performances in the World Cup behind him by scoring 91* against Bangladesh after India were left in a tight spot earlier in the run-chase. Dhoni was declared the Man of the Match for his performance, his fourth in ODI cricket. He was also later adjudged the Man of the Series after the third game of the series was washed away.
Dhoni had a good Afro-Asia Cup, scoring 174 runs in 3 matches at an average of 87.00, with a blitzkrieg 139 not out of 97 balls, a Man of the Match innings, in the third ODI.Dhoni was named vice-captain of the ODI team for the series against South Africa in Ireland and the subsequent India-England seven-match ODI series. Dhoni, who received a 'B' grade contract in December 2005, was awarded an 'A' grade contract in June 2007. And also he was elected as captain of the Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in September 2007. On 2 September 2007, Dhoni equaled his idol Adam Gilchrist's international record for the most dismissals in an innings in ODI by catching five English players and stumping one.
He led India to the ICC World Twenty 20 trophy in South Africa with a victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in an intensely fought final on 24 September 2007, and became the second Indian captain to have won a World Cup in any form of cricket, after Kapil Dev. During the series between India and Australia, Dhoni hit an aggressive 124 runs in just 107 balls, in the second ODI, and a measured knock of 71 runs in 95 balls, along with Yuvraj Singh, saw India home by 6 wickets, in the third ODI. Dhoni took his first wicket in international cricket on 30 September 2009. He bowled Travis Dowlin of the West Indies during a match of the 2009 Champions Trophy.
Dhoni topped the ICC ODI Batsman rankings for several months in 2009. Michael Hussey from Australia replaced him at the top spot at the beginning of 2010.Dhoni had an excellent year in ODIs in 2009 scoring 1198 runs in just 24 innings at an astonishing average of 70.43. Dhoni was also the joint top-scorer in ODIs in 2009 along with Ricky Ponting, but the latter having played in 30 innings.On 12 February 2012, Dhoni made an unbeaten 44 to guide India to their first win over Australia at Adelaide. In the final over, he hit a monstrous six which traveled 112 metres off the bowling of Clint McKay. During the post-match presentation, he described this six as more important than the one he hit during the ICC World Cup final in 2011.On 2 November 2013, Dhoni became the second India batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to aggregate 1,000 or more ODI-runs against Australia.
Early career About MS Dhoni
Junior cricket in Bihar
Bihar U-19 cricket team advanced to the finals of the 1999–2000 Cooch Behar Trophy where Dhoni made 84 to help Bihar post a total of 357. Bihar's efforts were dwarfed by Punjab U-19s' 839 with Dhoni's future national squad teammate Yuvraj Singh making 358.Dhoni's contribution in the tournament included 488 runs (9 matches, 12 innings), 5 fifties, 17 catches and 7 stumpings. Dhoni made it to the East Zone U-19 squad for the CK Nayudu trophy but scored only 97 runs in four matches as East Zone lost all four matches and finished last in the tournament
Bihar cricket team
Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in the 1999–2000 season as an eighteen-year-old. He made a half century in his debut match scoring 68* in the second innings against Assam cricket team.Dhoni finished the season with 283 runs in 5 matches. Dhoni scored his maiden first-class century while playing for Bihar against Bengal in the 2000/01 season in a losing cause. Apart from this century, his performance in the 2000/01 season did not include another score over fifty and in the 2001/02 season he scored just five fifties in four Ranji matches.Jharkhand cricket team
Dhoni's performance in the 2002-03 season included three half-centuries in the Ranji Trophy and a couple of half-centuries in the Deodhar Trophy as he started gaining recognition for his lower-order contribution as well as hard-hitting batting style. In the 2003/04 season, Dhoni scored a century (128*) against Assam in the first match of the Ranji ODI tournament. He was part of the East Zone squad that won the Deodhar Trophy that year and contributed with 244 runs in 4 matches. In the Duleep Trophy finals, Dhoni was picked over international cricketer Deep Dasgupta to represent East Zone. He scored a fighting half-century in the second innings in a losing cause.Dhoni's talent was discovered via the BCCI's small-town talent-spotting initiative TRDW. Dhoni was discovered by TRDO PC Podar, captain of Bengal in the 1960s, when he saw Dhoni play for Jharkhand at a match in Jamshedpur in 2003, and sent a report to the National Cricket Academy.
India A team
He was recognised for his efforts in the 2003/04 season, especially in the ODI format and was picked for the India A squad for a tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya. Against the Zimbabwe XI in Harare Sports Club, Dhoni had his best wicket-keeping effort with 7 catches and 4 stumpings in the match. In the tri-nation tournament involving Kenya, India A and Pakistan A, Dhoni helped India A chase down their target of 223 against Pakistan A with a half-century. Continuing his good performance, he scored back to back centuries – 120 and 119* – against the same team. Dhoni scored 362 runs in 6 innings at an average of 72.40 and his performance in the series received attention from the then Indian captain – Sourav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri amongst others. However, the India A team coach Sandeep Patil recommended Dinesh Karthik for a place in the Indian squad as wicket-keeper/batsman.MS Dhoni Playing style
Dhoni tends to play mostly from the back foot with a pronounced bottom hand grip. He has a very high bat speed through the ball which often results in the ball racing across the ground.
From this initial stance his feet do not show much movement which sometimes results in chasing balls while not coming to the pitch of the ball or some deliveries catching the inside edge.
Personal life Of MS Dhoni
After the retirement of Sakshi’s father from tea gardens, their family shifted to their native place, Dehradun.The wedding stumped the media and the fans as it took place only a day after the couple got engaged. Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu, a close friend of Dhoni, was quick to inform the media that the wedding was planned for months and was not a spur of the moment decision.
Early life and background of MS Dhoni
Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports. Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach.
Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995–1998). Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well.Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard.
Dhoni was a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore (W), a district in West Bengal. His colleagues remember him as a very honest, straightforward employee of the Indian Railways. But he also had a mischievous side to his personality. Once, while staying at the railway quarters, Dhoni and a couple of his friends covered themselves in white bedsheets and walked around in the complex late in the night. The night guards were fooled into believing that there were ghosts moving around in the complex. The story made big news on the next day.
About Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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| Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
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 is the captain of India in all three forms of the game. His Test and ODI records are the best among all Indian captains to date. He took over the ODI captaincy from Rahul Dravid in 2007 and led the team to its first ever 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 Asia 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. After taking up the Test captaincy in 2008, he led the team to series wins in New Zealand and West Indies, and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008, 2010 and 2013. In 2009, Dhoni also led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test rankings. In 2013, under his captaincy, India became the first team in more than 40 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. In June 2013, when India defeated England in the final of the Champions Trophy in England, Dhoni became the first captain to win all the three ICC trophies. He has also captained the Chennai Super Kings to victory in the 2010 and 2011 seasons of Indian Premier League along with the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
Dhoni holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd. after resigning from Air India. India Cements is the owner of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first edition of IPL.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 Khel Ratna award in 2007 and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, 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 Colonel to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to have received this honour. In June 2013, Forbes ranked Dhoni at 16th in the list of highest paid athletes in the world, estimating his earnings at $31.5 million.The TIME magazine has added Dhoni in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011. SportsPro has rated Dhoni as the sixteenth most marketable athlete in the world.
Sunday, 4 August 2013
After tiger, Dhoni adopts a dog
Sources in Dhoni's family confirmed that he had adopted a stray pup. The Dhoni household has lost three dogs over the last nine months - while Zoya ( a Weimaraner) and Zara (a black Labrador) passed away in June, Mahi's favourite, Sam (a mixed German Shepherd), died in December last year. Dhoni shared his grief with his fans and followers on twitter. Animal activists in the city hope that Liya's journey will give a new lease of life to thousands of stray dogs not only in Ranchi but across the country.
Praveen Ohal, secretary and founder of Hope and Animal Trust, Ranchi, said the pup was rescued from a waterlogged ditch at Mecon Colony (Shyamli) in June this year. "It was soaked and shivering in the cold when I spotted it with an adult dog as it scampered around the road. I picked it up and transported it to our shelter in Khunti," he said. The trust works for eradication of rabies by controlling population of stray dogs and also rescues injured and ailing dogs for treatment. Ohal said that Sakshi is also an animal lover and it was she who chose Liya from the 20-odd dogs available at the trust for adoption in the last week of July.
Source:TOI
Dhoni's Record as Captain
Overall
| Format | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | Tied | N/R | W/LRatio | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 47 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.92 | 48.94 |
| ODI | 139 | 80 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1.70 | 57.55 |
| T20I | 40 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.06 | 47.50 |
| IPL | 59 | 36 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | 61.02 |
In India
| Format | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | Tied | N/R | W/L Ratio | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 28 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 64.29 |
| ODI | 48 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 62.50 |
| T20I | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 37.50 |
| IPL | 44 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 61.36 |
Abroad
| Format | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | Tied | N/R | W/L Ratio | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.56 | 27.78 |
| ODI | 85 | 47 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1.62 | 55.29 |
| T20I | 28 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 46.43 |
| IPL | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 | 57.14 |
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Quick Stats: Match 5 - CSK v MI
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| Quick Stats: Match 5 - CSK v MI |
245: The number of sixes hit by Kieron Pollard in Twenty20 format – 18 more than the number of fours he has hit!
65: Number of runs added by Kieron Pollard and Harbhajan Singh – highest seventh wicket partnership in IPL history. The pair obliterated the previous record stand of 60 between Ravindra Jadeja and Shane Warne for Rajasthan Royals against Kings XI Punjab at Cape Town in 2009.
50: By dismissing Dwayne Bravo, R Ashwin completed his 50 wickets in the IPL – in his 50th match!
4: The number of times MS Dhoni has reached his fifty off 25 or fewer balls in the IPL. Only Virender Sehwag has done this more often- 5 times.
4: Number of ducks made by Sachin Tendulkar in the IPL. Interestingly Mumbai Indians went on to win all of these four games!
Preview Match 5 – CSK v MI
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| Preview Match 5 – CSK v MI |
The two traditional powerhouses of Indian cricket – Chennai and Mumbai – will lock horns in Match 5 of Pepsi IPL 2013. Two-time champions, twice runners-up, and perhaps the most consistent team in the IPL - Chennai Super Kings - will be pitted against the Ricky Ponting-led Mumbai Indians.
It wouldn’t be wrong to say the Chennai Super Kings are the most settled team in the IPL; the Chennai franchise has retained the core of the team in the last five seasons and the faith in the players has reflected in the consistent results the team has delivered. The Kolkata Knight Riders got the better of them in IPL 2012 and MS Dhoni’s boys will be keen to shrug off that defeat and look for renewed success this season.
Mumbai Indians have finished among the top four teams in each of the last three seasons but are yet to lay their hands on the silverware. They will be keen to put in that extra bit to ensure they go the distance and lay their hands on that pretty trophy handed to the winners at the end of the competition.
The Chennai Super Kings will expect their opening pair of Murali Vijay and Michael Hussey to get them off to a flying start and set a platform for Suresh Raina who is at his most dangerous best in this format of the game. On the bowling front, CSK will expect a lot from R Ashwin, who was named Player of the Series in the recently-concluded Test series against Australia. The off-spinner will be a central figure in the CSK’s plans, given that skipper MS Dhoni tends to use him at critical junctures, including when the fielding restrictions are in force and in the death overs too.
The Mumbai Indians will look towards the two veterans; Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting combined well in the opening game before the former was run out attempting an ambitious run. The team will be hoping for many more runs from the two senior pros and hope the likes of Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard can bring in the aggression element towards the end of the innings.
The Mumbai Indians will be proud of the record they have against the Chennai Super Kings. They are the only team in the IPL to have more wins than losses against the two-time champions. Off the 11 times the two teams have met, the Mumbai Indians have ended up victors on six occasions, with the Chennai Super Kings winning the remaining five matches.
The Mumbai Indians got the better of the Chennai Super Kings in both the league fixtures, but lost the crucial eliminator which ended their journey in IPL 2012.
Suresh Raina has featured in every one of the Chennai Super Kings’ 81 matches in the five seasons of the IPL. He is the leading run-getter in the league with 2254 runs.
MS Dhoni and boys will next be seen in action at the PCA Stadium in Mohali against Kings XI Punjab on April 10. The Mumbai Indians meanwhile will play their third game of Pepsi IPL 2013 when they host the Delhi Daredevils on April 9.
Mumbai clinch humdinger against Chennai
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| Mumbai clinch humdinger against Chennai |
Chennai: Mumbai Indians defeated the formidable Chennai Super Kings
in their own backyard for their first win in the Indian Premier League
here Saturday.
The visitors pulled off a stunning win after
Chennai fell short of their 148 for six by nine runs. Kieron Pollard
starred for Mumbai by smashing 57 off 38 balls and led their recovery
from 83 for six in 12 overs.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni took his team's
fight to the last over with an exhilarating 51 off 26 balls. But his
dismissal in the first ball of the 20th over resulted in Chennai's loss
in what was their first match of the tournament. It was a welcome result
for Mumbai, who had lost a close contest against Royal Challengers
Bangalore Thursday.
Chennai stumbled in the chase, losing half
their side for 66. But with dangerous Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja in the
middle, you could still not rule out the hosts getting the required 83
runs off 47 balls.
With Jadeja back in the hut on 16, the onus was
once again on Dhoni to take the team home. The skipper hit an array of
lusty blows to take the match down to the wire. Chennai needed 23 off
the last 12 balls after Pollard bowled a 17-run over.
Mitchell
Johnson came to bowl the 19th over and Dhoni did not spare him too. He
brought his fifty with a cracking six over deep mid wicket, cutting the
target to six off the final over with two wickets in hand.
With
Dhoni in full flow, it seemed the massive crowd in attendance for the
opening IPL game here would get their money's worth. All of that changed
one when Pollard pulled off a stunning catch at the boundary to dismiss
Dhoni.
Earlier, Mumbai Indians were off to a bad start after
winning the toss, losing the 'dream' opening combination of Sachin
Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting (6) for 17.
The master blaster was
adjudged leg before wicket off pacer Dirk Nannes on the first ball he
faced. Apparently, he was not happy with the umpire's decision.
The
ball was doing a bit and Dhoni used his faster bowlers for the first
nine overs. The ploy paid off as wickets kept on falling at regular
intervals.
Besides Pollard's power hitting, the innings also saw
Dinesh Karthik (37) continuing with the form he displayed in Bangalore
Thursday. The wicket-keeper looked set for his second fifty in a row
before he fell to Dwayne Bravo, making it 59 for four.
Two more got out quickly leaving Pollard and Harbhajan Singh in the middle.
The
West Indian expectedly scored the bulk of the runs in their 65-run
stand, made exciting with his five sixes and four boundaries. Harbhajan
played his part well by scoring run a ball 21.
Match Report: Match 5: CSK vs MI
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| Match Report: Match 5: CSK vs MI |
Mumbai Indians managed to score their first points of the season with a nine-run win over Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium late on Saturday night. After an early collapse, Kieron Pollard helped revive the MI innings to post a competitive 148 which the bowlers defended in fighting fashion against a resurgent CSK side.
Chasing a modest 149, CSK lost Murali Vijay (5) as Munaf Patel struck timber in his first over. Mitchell Johnson got MI their second success sending back Suresh Raina caught by Ricky Ponting. Michael Hussey (20) lived a charmed life after being dropped when on 1 and 9, but was finally castled by Harbhajan Singh.
At the halfway stage, CSK still required 91 runs from 60 balls and were struggling to find any sort of rhythm. Pragyan Ojha struck twice dismissing Dwayne Bravo (10) and S Badrinath (16) putting CSK on the mat.
Ravindra Jadeja (16) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2) fell in the pursuit of quick runs needing a miracle from Dhoni (51). He almost did just that, hitting 15 runs of Pollard's 17th over to help his team inch closer to the target. However, needing 12 off the final over, the first delivery saw Dhoni attempting to hit one over the midwicket boundary, but Kieron Pollard leapt in the air and plucked off a stunning catch. CSK eventually fell nine runs short of the target.
Earlier in the evening, the Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to bat first. The move backfired as Dirk Nannes trapped Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in the very first over. IPL debutant, Ankit Rajpoot then had Ponting (6) caught at slip attempting a pull leaving the visitors at 18 for 2 in 3.2 overs. Dinesh Karthik (37) and Rohit Sharma (8) were both given an early reprieve, but Sharma failed to capitalizs on it and fell nicking Bravo to the wicket-keeper. Bravo struck again removing Karthik leg before in his next over, leaving MI stuttering at 59 for 4.
The slide continued as Ben Laughin then had Ambati Rayudu (7) caught at third man. Dwayne Smith joined the procession as he holed out off Ashwin. Pollard (57*) was the savior for MI playing a brutal innings smashing five huge sixes. Along with Harbhajan Singh (21*), Pollard helped MI put on a decent total on the board with a late flourish. Pollard ended MI's innings with a six to finish at 148 for 6 from their 20 overs.
Man-of-the-Match: Kieron Pollard
Brief Scores: Mumbai Indians 148-6 in 20.0 Overs (Kieron Pollard 57*, Dwayne Bravo 2-44) beat Chennai Super Kings 139-9 in 20.0 Overs (MS Dhoni 51, Munaf Patel 3-29) by 9 runs.
MS Dhoni IPL Career
2013 Season Statistics
Matches
1
Runs
51
Wickets
0
Statistics
Batting and Fielding
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List of India national cricket captains
This is a list of all cricketers who have captained Indian national cricket team at the international level. The list includes all Indian captains of men's, women's and youth cricket. India became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926. On 25 June 1932 it became the Test nation after England, Australia, South Africa, the West Indies and New Zealand when they took on England at Lord's. They played only seven tests, which were all against England, before the Second World War, losing five matches and drawing twice. Their first game against other opposition came in 1947–49 when they played Australia.
The Indian team's greatest successes came in 1983, when they won the Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, and 2011, when they won the world cup again under Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Also, they won the Under-19 World Cup three times under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif in 2000, 2008 under Virat Kohli and in 2012 under Unmukt Chand . Also, under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India won the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup. India came runner-up in World Cup 2003 under Saurav Ganguly who has the record of most number of Indian test wins (11) under his leadership in overseas. The record of most number of Indian test wins (23) currently held under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Mithali Raj led India to its best result in Women's ODI cricket when the team advanced to the finals of the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup. Raj is also one of the three women's captains who have led their side to a victory in women's Test cricket, the others being Shantha Rangaswamy and Mamatha Maben.
| Indian Test match captains[2] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number! | Name | Year | Opposition | Location | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | |
| 1 |
|
CK Nayudu | 1932 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1933/4 | England | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Vijay Ananda Gajapathi Raju | 1936 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi | 1946 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 4 |  |
Lala Amarnath | 1947/8 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1948/9 | West Indies | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1952/3 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| 5 | Vijay Hazare | 1951/2 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1952 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1952/3 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||||
| 6 |
|
Vinoo Mankad | 1954/5 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1958/9† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 7 | Ghulam Ahmed | 1955/6† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1958/9 | West Indies | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 8 |  |
Polly Umrigar | 1955/6 | New Zealand | India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1956/7 | Australia | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1958/9† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 9 | Hemu Adhikari | 1958/9† | West Indian | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | Datta Gaekwad | 1959 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 11 |
|
Pankaj Roy | 1959† | England | England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Gulabrai Ramchand | 1959/60 | Australia | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | Nari Contractor | 1960/1 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1961/2 | England | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1961/2† | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 14 | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | 1961/2 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1963/4 | England | India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1964/5 | Australia | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1964/5 | New Zealand | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1966/7 | West Indies | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1967 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1967/8 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1967/8 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1969/70 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1969/70 | Australia | India | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1974/5 | West Indies | India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | |||||
| 15 | Chandu Borde | 1967/8† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Ajit Wadekar | 1970/1 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1971 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1972/3 | England | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1974 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| 17 | Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 1974/5† | West Indies | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1979 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 18 |  |
Sunil Gavaskar | 1975/6† | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978/9 | West Indies | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1979/80 | Australia | India | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 1979/80 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1980/1 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1980/1 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1981/2 | England | India | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1982 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1982/3 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1982/3 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1984/5 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1984/5 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 47 | 9 | 8 | 30 | |||||
| 19 | Bishen Singh Bedi | 1975/6 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1975/6 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1976/7 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1976/7 | England | India | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1977/8 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1978/9 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | |||||
| 20 | Gundappa Viswanath | 1979/80† | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1979/1980 | England | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 21 |  |
Kapil Dev | 1982/3 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1983/4 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1983/4 | West Indies | India | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1985 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1985/6 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1986 | England | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1986/7 | Australia | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2[3] | |||
| 1986/7 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1986/7 | Pakistan | India | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Total | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23[3] | |||||
| 22 | Dilip Vengsarkar | 1987/8 | West Indies | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1988/9 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1988/9 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 23 |  |
Ravi Shastri | 1987/8† | West Indies | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | Krishnamachari Srikkanth | 1989/90 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 25 |
|
Mohammad Azharuddin | 1989/90 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1990 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1990/1 | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1991/2 | Australia | Australia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1992/3 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1992/3 | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 1992/3 | England | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1992/3 | Zimbabwe | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1993 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1993/4 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1993/4 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1994/5 | West Indies | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1995/6 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1996 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1997/8 | Australia | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1998/9 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1998/9 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1998/9 | Pakistan | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1998/9[4] | Pakistan | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1998/9[4] | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 47 | 14 | 14 | 19 | |||||
| 26 |  |
Sachin Tendulkar | 1996/7 | Australia | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996/7 | South Africa | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1996/7 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1996/7 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1997 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1997/8 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1999/2000 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1999/2000 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1999/2000 | South Africa | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||||
| 27 |  |
Sourav Ganguly | 2000/1 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000/1 | Zimbabwe | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2000/1 | Australia | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2001 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2001 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2001/2 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2001/2 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2001/2 | Zimbabwe | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2001/2 | West Indies | West Indies | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 2002 | England | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2002/3 | West Indies | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2002/3 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2003/4 | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2003/4 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2003/4† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2004/5 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2004/5 | South Africa | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2004/5 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2004/5 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2005/6 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 | |||||
| 28 |  |
Rahul Dravid | 2003/4† | New Zealand | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003/4† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2004/5† | Australia | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2005/6 | Sri Lanka | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2005/6 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2005/6 | England | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2005/6 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 2006/7 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2007 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Total | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | |||||
| 29 |  |
Virender Sehwag | 2005/6† | Sri Lanka | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009† | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2010† | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2012† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 30 |  |
Anil Kumble | 2007 | Pakistan | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007/8 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | South Africa | India | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Australia | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Total | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 31 |  |
MS Dhoni | 2008† | South Africa | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008† | Australia | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | England | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2009 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2009 | Sri Lanka | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2010 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | South Africa | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2010 | Australia | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | New Zealand | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2010 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2011 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | West Indies | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2011/12 | Australia | Australia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | New Zealaand | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | England | India | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2013 | Australia | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 47 | 24 | 12 | 11 | |||||
| Total | 473 | 120 | 149 | 204 | |||||
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