MS Dhoni awarded Padma Bhushan
While nominating his name for the award, BCCI's acting president CK Khanna reckoned that Dhoni was 'a unanimous and the most choice.'
"It was a unanimous decision by the members. He has been one of the greatest names in contemporary cricket and the most appropriate choice of the Indian cricket board. He is one of our greatest ODI cricketers with nearly 10,000 runs in ODIs. Not many players have played 90 Test matches. There is no one better than him, who could have been nominated," Khanna had said.
While nominating his name for the award, BCCI's acting president CK Khanna reckoned that Dhoni was 'a unanimous and the most choice.'
"It was a unanimous decision by the members. He has been one of the greatest names in contemporary cricket and the most appropriate choice of the Indian cricket board. He is one of our greatest ODI cricketers with nearly 10,000 runs in ODIs. Not many players have played 90 Test matches. There is no one better than him, who could have been nominated," Khanna had said.
Vijaya Anand
Bhalindra Singh
Lala Amarnath
CK Nayudu
DB Deodhar
Chandu Borde
Sunil Gavaskar
Kapil Dev
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
And now MS Dhoni becomes the 11th cricketer to be conferred with the #PadmaBhushan
Bhalindra Singh
Lala Amarnath
CK Nayudu
DB Deodhar
Chandu Borde
Sunil Gavaskar
Kapil Dev
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
And now MS Dhoni becomes the 11th cricketer to be conferred with the #PadmaBhushan
INDIA SQUAD Vs SOUTH AFRICA for T20I: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur.
MS Dhoni needs 102 runs to become the second wicketkeeper to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket after Kumar Sangakkara.
“When you have two legends, Virat (Kohli) and Mahi, one is leading the team and the other has led the team, it is helpful. As a spinner, Mahi bhai does 50 per cent of your work because he has played so much cricket, he reads the batsmen easily,” Kuldeep Yadav said.
One ball before the wicket of Morris, Dhoni set the fielding exactly where he caught...😲
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Becomes First Indian Wicketkeeper To Effect 400 ODI Dismissals
Out of the 400 ODI dismissals, Dhoni has 294 catches and 106 stumpings to his name. He trails Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara, Australia's Adam Gilchrist, South Africa's Mark Boucher who have 482, 472 and 424 dismissals respectively to their name.