Mahendra Singh Dhoni, pronunciation (help·info), Hindi: महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी (born 7 July 1981, in Ranchi, Bihar, now in Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team.
Initially recognised as an extravagantly flamboyant and destructive batsman, Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007--08, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2--0 and 2011 World Cup in which India beat every previous world cup winning team. His Test, ODI record is best among all the Indian captains to date. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent 2011 IPL and in the Champions League. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under Dhoni's captaincy India became the first team after a gap of more than 20 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. Dhoni also led the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for the first time. 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. In 2009 Dhoni topped the list of world's top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes.[1] He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. In the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match. The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011.[2] According to the SportsPro magazine Dhoni is 10th most valuable brand in field of sports worldwide and number 1 among all Asian superstars.[3]
Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE (born 27 June 1980) is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey. He had also played for Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore for its second and third seasons, captaining the side in his first, prior to being bought by the Deccan Chargers for the fourth season of the competition. He was captain of the England Test and One Day International teams from 4 August 2008 to 7 January 2009 but resigned after just three tests and nine One Day Internationals, following a dispute with England coach Peter Moores, who was sacked the same day.[3]
Pietersen was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa. He made his first-class debut for Natal in 1997 before moving to England after voicing his displeasure at the racial quota system in place in South Africa.[4] His English mother gave Pietersen eligibility to play for England, and after serving a qualifying period of four years playing at county level, he was called up almost immediately into the national side. He made his international debut in the One Day International match against Zimbabwe in 2004,[5] and his Test match debut in the 2005 Ashes series against Australia the following year.[6] The England team's subsequent reliance on Pietersen since his debut resulted in only a single first-class appearance for Hampshire between 2005 and 2010 . On 17 June 2010 Pietersen announced his wish to leave Hampshire .[7] He subsequently joined Surrey on loan for the remainder of the 2010 English county cricket season after being dropped by England due to a poor run of form, before joining the club permanently from the 2011 season onwards.[8][9]
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MS Dhoni Bowls Against Pakistan...by Sa900780,534 views
Outside the line! sad :|
SLICKR392 6 days ago
The key word: "almost"
sharpshootoyaj 1 week ago
why's he not bowling nowadays?
ZMorpheus 1 week ago
almost? he got the wicket
priyathh 1 week ago
@southfieldboys1 talkin about the second one smart one
SachinGautam100 2 weeks ago
@theprofitablehobo955 lol
southfieldboys1 2 weeks ago
@SachinGautam100 impact outside u saddo
southfieldboys1 2 weeks ago
Dhoni bowling with furious pace
theprofitablehobo955 2 weeks ago
@aayush111112 And all of a sudden Australia are great again, not what the last two Ashes series show.. Australua beat the team we beat 4-0 in the summer, well done. India are useless at the moment. Plus that Aussie team is ageing. Ponting, Hussey, Haddin, Clarke's not the youngest. Got to find replacements one day.
themightygooners4321 3 weeks ago
@themightygooners4321 Lmao pomies got whitewashed by a shitty team
aayush111112 3 weeks ago