THE MAN THE, LEADER MSD

Author- Biswadeep Ghosh

Submitted by- Submitted to-

Archit Sridhan Sonwal Dr. Navleen Multani

Roll No.: 17185 (Assistant Professor of English)

RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW,

22nd OCTOBER 2018

1. Introduction
2. Early Days
3. International Level
4. Indian Premier League’s Success
5. Achievements
6. Controversies
(i) Dhoni’s Elbow Push
(ii) Horrible comment on umpire
(iii) Ending the era of Indian cricket
(iv) Not the Lord of the game
7. Assessment
8. Conclusion

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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1. Introduction

Biswadeep Ghosh is an English writer and an Indian classical musician. He has been in the
industry for the last 25 years. He gave up his career as a singer to become a journalist at the
age of 18, and since then has been keenly writing on literature, movies and music. Along with
an illustrious career in niche publications like The Times of India, Maharashtra Herald,
Outlook, & Hindustan Times, Biswadeep has authored many biographies of Bollywood actors
like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan etc. He is a freelance
writer and columnist.

His biography The Man The Leader MSD has been the talk of the town these days for the
obvious reason that it's the biography of the man of the moment, the former Indian skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni. “The book was released right before the beginning of the World Cup
2015, and has been generating plenty of curiosity.”

Dhoni was an ordinary kid in Ranchi, in the late 1990, which was a part of the state of Bihar.
Like many boys he went to school, got back home, and rushed to the MECON stadium
nearby. “He loved every form of outdoor game. In the childhood he was a very soft-spoken
person, serious about studies. He was called Mahi by his friends and neighbours. Dhoni listened
his teachers and senior players without countering them.”

Dhoni played for DAV Shyamali in school days. “He was goalkeeper in his school’s football
team. His school’s team had settled batting order skipper Sanjeev Kumar and technically
attracting player Shabir Husain. Dhoni was relied upon to advance up the scoring rate toward
the finish of inning. One day he all of a sudden made a demand to his physical instruction
mentor Keshab Ranjan Banerjee for open the inning Banerjee was puzzled by the such unusual
demand he didn't know how to react. Banerjee asked to Dhoni not to make such nonsensical
interest before beginning of the match yet the Dhoni decline to move. He needed to open the
inning at any condition." Banerjee went for broke comfortable with the understudy's capacity
to wrecking knocking down some pins assault he understands that he could take a risk with the
youthful chap and enable him to open. Kendria Vidyalaya’s player wondered that 1why he sent
out to open. Dhoni took charge and hit with such brute force that ball fell only after travel2ling

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The boy from Ranchi; Rediff News. March 16, 2007
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East Zone emerges unscathed, Sport star, February 21, 2004

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 for several meter beyond the boundary line through every gap in the field on the both side of
the wicket. “Dhoni did not get out neither did Shabir both shared 378 runs partnership in which
Dhoni contribute in his first solid knock 213 not out from 150 balls and due such huge
contribution his school won the tournament with incredible ease. Dhoni had played that inning
was important for two reason. First, it showed his ability to play knocking while scoring at a
very fast pace. Second, Banerjee had warned that if he lost his wicket than no other batsman
would replace his position.”

When Dhoni started his career as team India player his skill allowed him to consolidate his
place in team. After he became captain of team. He had two roles wicketkeeper and batsman
another role was captainship. “He is often spoken of as the best batsman in limited format as
well as best finisher in world. Generation will remember Dhoni for hitting the spectacular
winning six for India in the final of the 50-over World Cup 2001 against Sri Lanka. Dhoni had
led India to an ICC World T20, An ICC 50-Over Cricket World Cup and ICC Championship
Trophy triumph, as well as the number one ranking in the Tests.”

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's "story is a motivation for the individuals who have huge ability,
however are engrossed with the deficiencies that are connect with the birth in the group of
humble means in a little city. He has demonstrated that an inspired by the longing to prevail at
the larger amount that is quintessence of this story."
2. Early Days

Jharkhand is “28th state of modern India, Ranchi became its capital. Indian sports were rarely
talked about Ranchi’s contribution before the emergence of MS Dhoni. Dhoni’s father Paan
Singh his native place was Almola, get married to Devki Singh, she was deeply religious lady
from Nainital. Paan was struggled to find comfort in life, he was worry about his children’s
education. Paan Singh was desperate to find a job that paid well. Dhoni’s father didn’t have
proper qualifications. Dhoni’s family first reach to Lucknow where Paan failed to find any
job.”
Finally, Paan Singh landed in Ranchi where he started out as unskilled worker for Hindustan
Steel Authority, later he was retired as supervisor of MECON Limited. On July 7th 1981 Dhoni
was born. His elder brother Narendra followed by sister Jayanti, he took admission in DAV
Vidya Mandir. Amid those day his dad allocated as direct administrator to water the street of
Shyamali Colony. Amid early days Dhoni was a football goalkeeper and known as Mahi. His

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dad extremely specific going to his youngsters' examination. He was right, in light of the way
that there was time when Mahi was put much vitality in field. Those day parent's craving high
to get incredible stamps in exams. Dhoni was not score well but instead he by and large got
first division. Seemant Lohani analysed with Dhoni from nursery till XII standard one of
Dhoni's nearest partner even today. Dhoni was not quite a bit of a foodie but rather was
extremely partial to 'roti and alu ki sabji', he used to make roti move with potatoes in it. Apart
from Dhoni was also fond of carom, badminton and video game he was passionate about video
game even today.

He played his first match as a wicket keeper in Ranchi District Inter-School Cricket
Tournament against Central Academy School, Bariatu, in the MECON stadium, he gave only
four by as a wicket keeper in the match that why his school won. Dhoni said that he was inspired
by late Santosh Lal who introduced helicopter shot was passed in 2013. Bhattacharya who
played important role in early time. He was coach of the state U-16 team too. Dhoni had stint
with the RDCIS (Research and Development for Iron and Steel in Ranchi) which paid him
stipend of Rs. 1100, after that he joined the CCL (Central Coalfield Limited) team. He was
paid a monthly stipend of Rs. 2200 apart from travelling allowances.

Dhoni had represented the Bihar U-19 team during the 1998-99 season in the Cooch Bihar
Trophy. In the January 2000, he made his debut for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy. In the final
match Bihar scored 357 runs in first inning against Punjab lead by Yuvraj Singh, later on
became sixer king hit 6 six in an over against England in 2007 World Cup. Dhoni was hit 84
runs in the response Punjab hit 839 runs in 200 overs for the loss of five wickets. In that match
his colleague Yuvraj Singh Scored 358 runs which more than total score of Bihar Team. When
got back to home he was very sad, he had given the match his everything.3 Dhoni was born in
lower middle family so his financial situation compelled to seek a job to assist them with a
regular supply of money. After sometime4 got an opportunity in railway, he had given duty of
TTE (Train Ticket Examiner) and stayed with Krishna and5 other friends. His first salary was
Rs. 5500 a month. Ranchi boy got first chance against Bangladesh series, because Dinesh
Karthik flop in the series. He was debut in Chittagong on 23 December 2004.

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Town that saw Dhoni as a ticket collector, The Times of India, April 3, 2011
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Dhoni Shine in India win, ESPNcricinfo.com, Anand Vasu, April 5, 2005.

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Laxman & Dhoni leads India fightback, ESPNcricinfo.com December 19, 2005

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3. International Level

Dhoni’s first international match was an ODI against Bangladesh at Chittagong in December
2004, which was part of a three match bilateral series. He was just twenty-three at that time.
He was selected as replacement for Dinesh Karthik, who performed poorly in a previous series.
India won the toss and batted first and it slumped to 45 for 3 when Dhoni took the charge as he
does. Coming in to bat at No. 6, MSD turned his first ball to the leg side and tried to scamper
across for a single but was denied by non-striker Mohammad Kaif. Unfortunately, by the time
he turned around and got back to his crease, the future Indian great was run out by Khaled
Mashud. India eventually won the match by 11 runs.

The second match at Dhaka, Dhoni had a chance to prove himself but he missed the chance
again and he was stuck down on 12 runs. His first victim behind the stumps was Nafees Iqbal
caught off delivery of Ajit Agarkar. In the last match, he faced just two deliveries and hit the
first six of his careers due to which India managed to score 348 for 5 and easily won the series.

After that Dhoni played the domestic series and managed some good knocks and that India on
Pakistan tour playing test series and Karthik also showed good knock so it was difficult for
selector because Dhoni also in good form at domestic level. Finally, Dhoni got chance in ODI
matches, in the main match he was overseen just 3 runs. It was extremely troublesome time for
Dhoni on the grounds that exhibitions were not to support Dhoni. Sourav Ganguly was
persuaded about his ability since he known for his capacity to spot and back youthful abilities
on the grounds that Ganguly had skilled wonders like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh,
Harbhajan Singh to Indian cricket.

In the second match against Pakistan, India batting first and lost his first wicket Tendulkar
failed on just 26 runs total score of India everyone was surprised when Dhoni walked in. In
that match first Dhoni produce partnership Virender Sehwag 96 runs in 10.2 overs, after that
with Dravid. It was a magnificent inning played which was by MS Dhoni unbeaten century
with the help he was able to manage highest ever score by a wicketkeeper-batsman in Indian
cricket history score 148 of 123 balls. In the that whole series Dhoni unable to maintain his
consistency but he managed couple of fifties and followed by Dravid in highest score in the
series with 43.50 average this was sound decent on paper.

On October 31, 2005. India was playing series with Sri Lanka in India. Many would say that
that inning was defining movement of Dhoni’s career. His hazardous inning with the bat at

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Jaipur had been really outstanding. It was third match of ODI arrangement that was playing
with Sri Lanka in Jaipur. Sri Lanka batted first and with the assistance of Kumar Sangkkara 's
inning 138 oversaw 298 keeps running on score board. Dhoni played breath-taking inning on
pink ground Jaipur, he hit 183 of 143 balls not out and India won the match by six wickets.
Skipper Rahul Dravid comparing that inning with legend S Tendulkar inning against Australia,
he said ‘Anyone who watched it at the ground and on the television will agree that it is one of
the greatest innings one day international of all time’. Dhoni played such a magnificent inning
which could demoralize any team. Ranchi boy won the man of the series award in the series
by scoring 346 runs at average 115.33.

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India on another trip that was tri-series Zimbabwe and New Zealand other team in tri-series.
In that series Dhoni managed a good partnership with Yuvraj Singh 120 runs, and Dhoni 67
runs not out at crucial time when India got stuck his four wickets only 91 runs against
Zimbabwe. After completion of the tri-series India was played two test matches series so,
Dhoni returned to India and Karthik back in team.

Dhoni was improving his performance so Board of Cricket Control for India had directly
offered ‘B’ Grade contract instead of ‘B’ Grade. He was desperate to get out to play longer
version of cricket, but unluckily his first match washed without even a single ball played.

Dhoni was waiting to prove himself in longer version as well India went on tour of 7Pakistan
selector had a choice they had to choose any of either Dhoni or Karthik, but Ganguly and
skipper Rahul Dravid in a favour of Dhoni. Finally, Dhoni got a chance against Pakistan in
their home that was magnificent for his long version career. First test played in Lahore finished
with draw. In a second test match Pakistan had put huge 588 runs score on board India struggled
to save the follow on because India lost its five wickets on 281 runs when Dhoni walked in.
Dhoni shared a fabulous record runs partnership with Irfan Pathan 210 runs for sixth wicket
Dhoni getting out 148 runs after complete his maiden century in longer version and Pathan just
failed before his century he was out on 90 runs match ended in a draw. India lost his last test
match but Irfan Pathan got his first international hat trick. In the ODI series managed 219 runs
with few good knocks with help India succeed to won the series 4-1. After that one of the great
legend cricket Inzamam said that Dhoni ‘is safe behind the wickets and can be compared with
Adam Gilchrist though the Australian has proved himself as the best after years’ game’.2

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A world record for MS Dhoni, The Hindustan Times, February 14, 2006.
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Was Dhoni out? Rediff.com March 20, 2006.

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4. Indian Premier League’s Success

Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the Chennai Super Kings for 8th Straight seasons in the 8Indian
Premier League. in the first season itself he proved how good a captain he was by leading his
team to the final. The journey for winning the trophy after the main World T20 was not a long
sit tight for MSD. in the third period of the IPL he drove his side to triumph with an astounding
execution in the finale from that point on Chennai Super Kings under the captaincy of MSD
turned into the steadiest group of the IPL Dhoni drove CSK to its second in a row title. Till the
8 season CSK was the qualifying group each time for the playoffs. at that point restricted in as
the skipper of the new establishment rising Pune supergiant he declined to take the captaincy
which was then given to Steve Smith.9 However, the captaincy of Dhoni was so recognized and
successful That when Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first, he said he did so because
MSD said so.

5. Achievements

Dhoni's achievements in world cricketer unparalleled He is the only captain to win all three
ICC events that is world cup Champions Trophy and World T20. He has captained in 331
matches across all formats which is the most by any player in history. He is such a great
batsman that he averages mind boggling 101.8 4 in successful run chases. Finishing games in
style has been his trademark. He has finished in ODI chase with a six on record nine occasions.
He is one of the best that India has produced and is the only Indian to hit 200 sixes in ODIs.
India's lower batting order gained stability when Dhoni came into the team and continues to
provide that stability scoring most runs in ODIs when batting at six or lower. He is the best
wicketkeeper batsman who has the ability to finish every game single handedly. His innings of
183 runs not out vs Sri Lanka is the highest ever by a wicketkeeper in ODI and has a record 40
unbeaten innings in successful chases in ODI. Dhoni is the best wicket keeper India has
produced till date having the most dismissals by an Indian wicket keeper across all formats. He
is and possibly will be the best wicket keeper-batsman there ever will be and his ability to finish
will always be unmatched.

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Had to stay till the end – Raina, ESPNcriccinfo.com October 4, 2014.

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Raina, Dhoni star in Chennai triumph, ESPNcricinfo.com December 21,2014.

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6. Controversies

Known as one of the best commanders ever, it is safe to that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will go
down as a legend of Indian cricket and the game by and large. He is known to be cool and
calculative with no opportunity to get into controversies.
Spot fixing allegations:

In the 2013 IPL, it was alleged that Dhoni was engaged in "Match-Fixing." It was found that
Dhoni held a 15% stake in an association known as 'Rhiti sports' that in like manner addressed
Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja. It was said that Dhoni favored these two as it suggested
more money into the association as appearance charges for playing for their gatherings. Thiss
would have disregarded BCCI standards yet the whole case vanished. As a result, Chennai was
banned for two years.

6.1. Dhoni’s Elbow Push

In an ODI India versus Bangladesh, Dhoni was associated with a fight with bowler Mustafizur
Rahman. The occurrence happened in the second innings where Dhoni collided with him while
taking the run. It was asserted that Rahman was intentionally obstructing the batsmen's way
while running and Rohit Sharma too had raised a similar concern before in the innings. Rahman
was shaken and must be removed from the field.

6.2. Horrible comment on umpire

Following a match against the Mumbai Indians, Dhoni was fined in the wake of calling an
umpiring choice "repulsive." His group's batsman Dwayne Smith was wrongly pronounced
LBW and Dhoni did not keep down in the post-coordinate question and answer session. He
received a 10% charge and some fire for scrutinizing the umpire.

6.3. Ending the era of Indian cricket

Many individuals asserted that Dhoni was the explanation for some accomplished players, for
example, Dravid and Ganguly's prohibition from the ODI group. The arrangement against
Australia highlighted relative beginners and Dhoni had constantly recommended that the

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 seniors were moderate on the field. Before long, Sehwag and Gambhir too left the squad and
many asserts that Dhoni assumed a major part in guaranteeing that it happened.

6.4. Not the Lord of the game

Following a meeting with a prevalent Indian magazine, Dhoni has issued a warrant as the cover
photograph was said to have insulted numerous. It features Dhoni as the Lord Vishnu and
depicted him as someone who regulated the guaranteeing and advertisement industry.
Numerous people felt that the cover hurt Hindu conclusions while others said that there should
be a line between the privilege to talk unreservedly and verbalization and this did not cross
that.

7. Assessment

The leader the great captain the cool head Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an epitome of all of this
never wanting to become a cricketer in his childhood. He has transformed into the best finisher
in the history of world cricket. Dhoni in his childhood wish to play football and was never
interested in cricket “however things took a U-turn and you are selected in a school cricket
team where is performances were unmatchable. However,” Dhoni's ride to the foundation of
Indian cricket group has not been smooth he has confronted numerous battles throughout his
life Because of deficient methods for transport and correspondence. He botched his first chance
to get into the Indian group. At that point when the second time he got his chance he was let
around his group. In any case, Dhoni was resolved to making it to the Indian group does he
buckle down and with full assurance in the outlook. He additionally filled in as a prepare ticket
authority with consistent assurance fixation on enhancing is amusement. He made his cut to
the Indian team luck favored him this time and even after a dismal debut he continued in the
team but this time he was not to let any opportunity go away. So, he takes every opportunity
with both hands and raised to the man. He is today the most successful captain of India he
completed every Indian stream of winning the world cup once again after a gap of 28 years in
a way only done in which Dhoni could do it that is with a six not only the world cup but he has
won the Champions Trophy as well as the T20 cup. His belief in his team is unmatchable even
after a poor performance in Australia just before the world cup he was confident of defending
the cup. He guided India to another semifinal however this time the history was not to be
repeated. He is a very selfless person who knows only one thing that is to play for his team and

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 not for himself. He is an inspiration to all those who dream big but fear of not completing it
because of coming from a small town.

8. Conclusion
Dhoni started making rounds for his cool attitude – something we all most aspire to emulate.
We would find him with a smile even in the toughest of games. “This calm attitude of his
landed him as the Captain of the team. He had not only made his dream of playing alongside
his idol Sachin a reality but had become his captain. Dhoni was not only known for his cricket
but was also very popular for his lengthy wavy hair style. In fact, it had then become a trend that
every boy in the country now wanted to adorn the “Dhoni Hairstyle”. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is
one of the most celebrated and greatest Indian cricketers of all time. He has shown to the world
how a small boy from Ranchi channelled his excess energies into cricket that resulted in
amazing yearlong international careers with so many achievements which other players unable
to do till now.” He was a hard-working boy and struggled to become a legend of cricket.
Despite his celebrity status he keeps his private life secret and avoids any controversy. His
biography provides an insight into his private life and gives an account of minute happening in
his sporting career which makes a remarkable in pact in his life. He has become the inspiration
of young Indians and makes India as cricket mad nation devoted followers. He was a devoted
sportsman who served the nation by playing cricket. He always remains honest with himself
and his dedication makes him world’s best batsman. His greatest achievement in cricket as a
team include winning 2011 world cup and topping world test ranking. He himself has achieved
several milestones. “As per his father wishes he become a good human being which taught
everyone a lesson that even if you achieve success remain humble as arrogance leads to
destruction. He always seeks advice and is open to positive criticism. He did not forget the
people who have helped him in his life and always give them respect. This shows the
characteristics of his soul and personal life. His Supreme pride in playing for India is evident
from the fact when he said everything else can wait I am on national duty and also in his words
you don't play for the crowd you play for the country.”

"I Have Three Dogs at Home. Even after Losing a series or Winning a series, They Treat
me the Same way."

-Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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