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Mahendra Singh Dhoni, also known as MS Dhoni is the current captain of the Indian team. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007-08 and the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2-0. He also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. As of November 2009, Dhoni is the highest ranked ODI batsman on the ICC Rankings List. Dhoni was named as captain of Wisden's first-ever Dream Test XI Team in 2009 and has topped the list of world's top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes.

Full Name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Date of Birth	July 7, 1981
Place of Birth	Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Other Names / Nick Names	Mahi
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-hand medium
Role	Wicket-keeper, India captain

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It was a big score but it is a fast-scoring ground so I didn't think we were under too much pressure because of that. We needed a good start and you have to keep on going but a few shots when straight to the fielder. The aggressive approach has worked for us in the past but you just have to be a bit careful.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni after their 49 run defeat against Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup / May 07, 2010

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It's the same stuff that Indians have been facing for the last 10, 15, 20 years and some of the best [batsmen] in the world have come from India so there's no reason why they can't do it. During the first T20 World Cup we played in Durban on one of the fastest tracks you'll see and we beat England, South Africa and Australia.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni saying Indians can play on fast tracks / May 07, 2010

Maybe we could have played through the first few overs because we saw as the ball got a bit older it didn't come on as quickly. But you have to go for runs and it's easy after the game to say this is what should have been done. When you are chasing 180-odd runs the first five or six overs are very important otherwise the rate goes above 10 an over.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni after their 49 run loss against Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup / May 07, 2010

If somebody bowls 150kph short stuff then you have to be really good at pulling which isn't our natural strength. Most players from India are very good at cutting the ball, but only a few are good pullers against the new ball.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitting their batsmen are not good pullers of the ball / May 07, 2010

You try to fight fire with fire and it doesn't always work and this was an example of that

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni after India lost to Australia by 49 runs in the Twenty20 World Cup / May 07, 2010

It's good to see what exactly the conditions are like. It's not very similar to the sub-continent but the wickets are on the slower side and it doesn't come on to the bat really nicely. So I can see spinners being a big part of this Twenty20 World Cup.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels spinners have the advantage in the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup / May 01, 2010

It's important to win, obviously, and especially against teams like Afghanistan, UAE, Kenya and all because you're expected to win and that puts you under more pressure. So I'm really happy with the win and also to see the kind of cricket that they played. They batted really well after losing the first three wickets, their middle order was really good. And they were not letting anything go when their were fielding and bowling and it is a really good sign to see them play the way they did.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni praising the Afghanistan team after defeating them at the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup / May 01, 2010

This isn't the first time we are playing World Cup and not first time that we are playing so much. We should stop asking. We play throughout the year, five years before or after we will keep playing...the only factor is hopefullly we dont have any major injuries to any players,

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni when asked if India can repeat the success they had 3 years ago by winning the Twenty20 World Cup / April 28, 2010

Pragyan Ojha has done relatively well in all three seasons of IPL, same is the case with Amit Mishra who has done really well, but you have to see in this format of t20 cricket, if you have somebody like Harbhajan Singh or Yusuf Pathan, Ravinder Jadeja, who have been doing this job of bowling with batting, in this equation Piyush Chawla gets an edge and he is the best fielder among the lot. We need somebody who can do a bit of batting at the same time. Captains get greedy by saying that you don't need a batsman at number 8 but there is no harm.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni is happy with the inclusion of Piyush Chawla in the squad / April 28, 2010

I respect his decision, whatever he says because he has done well, given his services to Indian cricket for the last 20 years, if he decides something than we should just respect it.

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni respects Sachin's decision not to play in the T20 World Cup in the Carribean / April 28, 2010

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