India's One-Day-International captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates his 34th birthday today.
Pakistan's Shoaib Malik, captain Babar Azam among others were seen listening intently while Dhoni shared his thoughts with them.
Calling Mahendra Singh Dhoni his mentor, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant says the World Cup-winning skipper has his own way of helping the younger crop as he never provides a full solution to a problem, encouraging them to look for answers.
India's one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Monday chosen for the Raviv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest honour for a sportsperson.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is unlikely to play for India again even if he has a fabulous IPL season for Chennai Super Kings, said Harbhajan Singh, reacting to the news of the former skipper being dropped from BCCI's list of centrally contracted players.
Rauf currently represents the Melbourne Stars in the Australian Big Bash League (BBL).
The Cricket Board has recommended India's ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest honour for any sportsperson in the country.
Expect some fireworks for the highly-versatile Cameron Green along with Quinton de Kock, Matheesha Pathirana, Venkatesh Iyer and Ravi Bishnoi.
Kedar Jadhav and Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck unbeaten fifties to help India pull off a tricky chase and beat Australia by six wickets in the first One-day international on Saturday.
'It was a difficult one because I knew that this would be my last World Cup, so it would have been good to be on the winning side.'
In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Jharkhand government on Tuesday announced a lockdown in the state from April 22 to April 29 with some exemptions.
Chennai Super Kings might feel more 'at home' against an equally clueless Rajasthan Royals on a slow turner expected to be on offer in their next IPL game in Guwahati.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was as usual in demand at the end of the IPL match!
When the Indian team entered the ICC Cricket Academy Arena for their evening net session ahead of the Asia Cup, Samson was the first to start his solo keeping drills with fielding coach T Dilip, even as others were just about lumbering up.
Amol Muzumdar never experienced the highs of an India cricketer but now he is a World Cup winning head coach -- only the third in the history of Indian cricket after Gary Kirsten and Rahul Dravid.
Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar saluted the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying the stumper from Jharkhand has a sharp brain and is doing a fantastic job.
India's wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been rested for the final two ODIs of the ongoing five-match series against Australia.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's tactical genius has played a big part in CSK reaching their 10th IPL final.
Former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni who led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to their fifth IPL title hinted at a "new role" ahead of the upcoming season.
Sporting stars, past and present, at the Ambani wedding.
Is Dhoni imitating the bus conductor who became a movie super nova?
MS Dhoni in his career usually batted lower down the order and was more of a finisher.
Hardik Pandya said he is looking forward to emulate former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni by taking up more responsibility with the bat in white ball cricket.
'India has a genius called Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the team. He is the brain of cricket in the team. He understands the game so well and has experience of leading India in two WC wins. His experience will be vital for captain and coach and he can be their trump card'
India should appoint a full-time coach before the burden of leadership begins to affect new captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, several former players said.
Under Dhoni's leadership, CSK has registered a record 121 wins in 204 matches in the IPL.
The video has incorporated some old footage of Dhoni in the Chennai Super Kings' dressing room, at training sessions, bonding with teammates' children and signing autographs for young fans.
Statistical highlights of the second day's play in the first cricket Test between India and England.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's name may be etched in the annals of Mumbai's Wankhede stadium forever.
'I am not worried about who has how many followers, who is doing what because I know if I take care of cricket then everything will else will take care of itself'
Out of six finals played, India have won three World titles, including two ODI World Cups (1983 and 2011) and one T20 World Cup in 2007.
Recently, the charismatic Kohli posted a selfie with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sakshi's daughter, Ziva.
'Never leave your crease with M S Dhoni behind the stumps!'
Chanchal Bhattacharya suggests, problems in the dressing room environment and media pressure hampering the ODI skipper's performance
How well will Shubman Gill fit in the T20 team? Is it a gamble by the selectors in order to unite captaincy across formats? asks Harish Kotian.
At IPL 2025, expect nothing short of electric cricket from Thala Dhoni and his band of machas.
'When you give credit to only one person for a tournament victory, how will the other 14 players feel?'
India's junior female hockey players were in for a surprise as the country's ODI cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni met them.
India's Test skipper Virat Kohli along with his limited-overs counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni had a special meeting with head coach Anil Kumble and U-19 coach Rahul Dravid in Bengaluru on Sunday. The meeting was also attended by chief national selector Sandeep Patil, GM (Cricket Operations) MV Sridhar, National Cricket Academy's batting coach WV Raman, spin bowling coach Narendra Hirwani, chairman of junior selection committee Venkatesh Prasad and team physio Andrew Leipus.
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