Happy birthday MS Dhoni: India's Favorite World Cup-Winning Captain Turns 39 Today.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has turned 39 today. He was born in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Captain cool Dhoni has set many records in the Indian Premier League besides international cricket, which will be very difficult for any player to break. Dhoni is the only player to have played in the IPL 9 times. During this time, he has also made his team Chennai Super Kings three times champions. Dhoni has captained India to a maximum of 200 ODIs so far. Out of these, India has won 110 ODIs. He is the third-highest captain in ODIs. Mahi has played 90 Tests, 349 ODIs, and 98 T-20 Internationals. He retired from Test cricket in 2015. Under his captaincy, Dhoni won the T-20 in 2007, the ODI World Cup in 2011 and the Champions Trophy in 2013.
As captain, Dhoni has won the most 104 matches in the IPL. Chennai Super King won 99 matches while Rising Pune won 5 matches for the Super Giants. Second is Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma, who has led his team to 60 out of 104 matches. In the IPL, wicket-keeper Dhoni has taken the most number of 132 wickets. During this time, he took 94 catches behind the wicket and made 38 stampings.
Dhoni is the fastest wicket-taker in 183 of 190 IPL matches. He is followed by Dinesh Karthik with 131 wickets. Mahi also holds the record for most 174 matches played as a captain in the IPL.