Career Ms Dhoni

Rise from domestic cricket (1999–2004)

Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in 1999–2000 and later played for Jharkhand. Strong performances for India A in Kenya in 2004 earned him a place in the national team.

International debut and breakthrough (2004–2007)

He made his ODI debut against Bangladesh on 23 December 2004. In his fifth ODI he scored 148 against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam (2005). Later that year he made an unbeaten 183 against Sri Lanka in Jaipur, then the highest ODI score by a wicket-keeper. He made his Test debut in December 2005.

Captain of India (2007–2017)

Dhoni was made captain of a young T20 side for the first ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, and India won the title in South Africa. Later highlights:

• 2009: India became the No. 1 Test team for the first time.
• 2 April 2011: He promoted himself up the order in the World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium and finished the match with a six, scoring an unbeaten 91. India won the World Cup after 28 years.
• 2013: India won the ICC Champions Trophy in England.

He retired from Test cricket in December 2014 and gave up the limited-overs captaincy in January 2017, continuing as a player under Virat Kohli.

Final years and retirement (2017–2020)

His last international match was the 2019 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand, where he was run out by Martin Guptill's direct hit. On 15 August 2020 he announced his retirement from international cricket through an Instagram post.

Chennai Super Kings

Dhoni has been the face of Chennai Super Kings since the first IPL season in 2008. He captained them to five IPL titles (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023) and two Champions League T20 titles (2010, 2014). He also played for Rising Pune Supergiant in 2016–17. He handed the CSK captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad before IPL 2024, but returned as captain in 2025 after Gaikwad was injured.

In IPL 2026 he missed the entire season because of injuries; CSK did not reach the playoffs. He has played 278 IPL matches and scored 5,439 runs.