Quotes by Mahendra Singh Dhoni

About Mahendra Singh Dhoni:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.
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I never allow myself to be pressured.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

When people talk about South Africa, it's all about lions and elephants. But when we talk about India, we talk about tigers.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

If you have forest, if you have green forest, the water table goes up. What happens with deforestation is the water level goes down and we all know how much importance drinking water has.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

For me, opposition is just another opposition.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

The era of playing aggressive cricket and to have the mid-on up is gone. You now try to read the mindset of a batsman.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Getting up quite late in the morning, going and trying to clean my bikes - I have quite a few of them in Ranchi - spending some time with my family, my parents and friends. Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside ...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Since 2005, I have not spent much time with my family. In fact I have spent more time at the Taj Landsend in Mumbai. It was my 100th visit recently, which means I have spent more than 400 days in that hotel, and that is a lot more than I have spent w...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or wh...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

I have three dogs at home. Even after losing a series or winning a series, they treat me the same way.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don't really worry about the result if there's great commitment on the field. That's victory for me.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

For me, it's important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There's no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

I am in the hands of Deori Maa. Every time I come to Ranchi, I visit her temple. I still remember my first visit.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

I have formed the Mahendra Singh Dhoni Charitable Trust which organises cricket tournaments in Jharkhand to identify promising cricketers so that we can help groom them, either in India or abroad.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Author Bio

  • NameMahendra Singh Dhoni
  • DescriptionIndian cricket player
  • AliasesMahi
  • BornJuly 7, 1981
  • CountryIndia
  • ProfessionCricketer
  • AwardsPadma Shri; CNN-IBN Indian Of The Year