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MS Dhoni: Biography, Career Stats and Records

Wicketkeeper-batter

MS Dhoni debuted in ODIs in December 2004 and became India’s long-term wicketkeeper-batter and one of its most successful captains. His international career combined middle-order finishing, wicketkeeping and leadership across all three formats.

Career recordIndia men’s international cricketer.Format totals are separated and dated to the latest match shown in the table.
Full name
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born
Birthplace
Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand), India
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Right-arm medium
Record reviewed
7 Sep 2026

Career overview

How the India career developed.

This overview connects role, debuts and format context using the dated records listed below.

MS Dhoni debuted in ODIs in December 2004 and became India’s long-term wicketkeeper-batter and one of its most successful captains. His international career combined middle-order finishing, wicketkeeping and leadership across all three formats.

Dhoni captained India to the 2007 World Twenty20, the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy. His unbeaten 91 in the 2011 final is one of the defining innings of his ODI career.

The statistics show different careers by format: 4,876 Test runs, 10,773 ODI runs and 1,617 T20I runs. He retired from Tests after the Melbourne match in December 2014 and played his final India international in the 2019 World Cup semi-final.

Career timeline

Debuts and defining checkpoints.

Dates identify source-supported debuts and selected milestones. The list is not a claim to cover every match or domestic season.

  1. ODI debut

    Made his ODI debut against Bangladesh.

  2. Test debut

    Made his Test debut against Sri Lanka.

  3. T20I debut

    Made his T20I debut against South Africa.

  4. World Cup final

    Made an unbeaten 91 as India won the ODI World Cup final in Mumbai.

Format lens

Read each format on its own terms.

Short context cards explain what the dated figures do—and do not—show.

Tests90 matches · 4,876 runs · 0 wickets

The Test record is dated through 2014-12-26 and is not blended with white-ball totals.

ODIs350 matches · 10,773 runs · 1 wickets

The ODI record is dated through 2019-07-09 and reflects only senior India one-day internationals.

T20Is98 matches · 1,617 runs · 0 wickets

The T20I record is dated through 2019-02-27 and excludes franchise T20 matches.

International statistics

Tests, ODIs and T20Is separated.

Career totals use the latest match date shown by the checked player record. Formats may have different snapshot dates.

MS Dhoni — India men’s international career snapshot
FormatMatchesRuns100s50sWicketsThrough
Tests904,876633026 Dec 2014
ODIs35010,773107319 Jul 2019
T20Is981,61702027 Feb 2019

These are format-specific snapshots, not one combined career number. A format without a debut is stated plainly instead of displaying a misleading zero-match career.

Selected milestones

Context behind the record.

Each item was retained only when the checked player records or event sources supported it. This is a focused list, not an exhaustive record book.

  1. 01

    Captained India to the 2007 World Twenty20, 2011 ODI World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy titles.

  2. 02

    Scored 10,773 ODI runs at an average above 50 across 350 matches.

  3. 03

    Made 183 not out against Sri Lanka in 2005, his highest ODI score.

  4. 04

    Played 90 Tests, 350 ODIs and 98 T20Is for India.

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Photo credit

MS Dhoni portrait

Photo: RIGI. Wikimedia Commons file. CC BY 3.0. Cropped to a square portrait and converted to WebP for the local archive preview.

The image credit does not imply endorsement by the player, photographer, team, board or source platform.

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