Dhoni was no Samson with all his strength in his long hair but a captain who remained cool as a cucumber even under the most stressful situation. It was only a matter of time before M.S. Dhoni would be handed the reins of India cricket to be in the safest of hands. Dhoni appeared in the international arena in December 2004 when he made his One Day International debut against Bangladesh.
Perhaps the month of December had a special significance in Dhoni’s career; he made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in December 2005 and the following December, his T20 debut against South Africa.
Dhoni draws his ancestry from the District of Almora in Uttarakhand but was born in Ranchi, then in the State of Bihar and now in Jharkhand, the district to which his father moved for employment. Since the Bihar youth teams of various age groups were not all that strong, Dhoni had to put up outstanding individual performances to remain in the limelight. However, once in the Indian team, he remained an invaluable asset for the team in all the three forms of the game, and once the leader, his achievements remained unparalleled.
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