Mahendra Singh Dhoni Biography

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born on July 7, 1981, in Ranchi, Bihar (present-day Jharkhand) in a Hindu Rajput family to Pan Singh and Devki Devi. His paternal village is in the Langara block in Almora, Uttarakhand. His father, Pan Singh, moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi and worked in junior management positions at MECON.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Height, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Children

MS Dhoni was born on July 7, 1981, in Ranchi, Bihar (present-day Jharkhand) in a Hindu Rajput family to Pan Singh and Devki Devi.

Early Life

He was born on 7th July 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand (at that time Ranchi was a part of Bihar), India. Mahi is the nickname of MS Dhoni. He was born in a middle-class Hindu Rajput family. His father’s name is Paan Singh Dhoni and his mother’s name is Devaki Devi. Dhoni’s father worked in MECON as a junior manager.

Dhoni has two siblings. He has a sister, Jayanti, and a brother, named Narendra Singh Dhoni. Initially, it wasn’t the cricket that MS turned to. He was the goalkeeper of his school’s football team, DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir. One day, to fill in for the wicketkeeper of the cricket team, the coach sent him as a replacement. That was the turning point in his life. After that Dhoni adapted to cricket and cricket adopted Dhoni.

Dhoni has one elder brother, Narendra Singh Dhoni, and one elder sister, Jayanti Gupta. His brother is a politician, while his sister is an English teacher. He attended DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir located at Shyamali in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Dhoni was an athletic student but was more interested in badminton and football initially. He was the goalkeeper of his school football team.

Family

As the number on his jersey suggests, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born on 7th July 1981 in Ranchi Jharkhand His father, Pan Singh is a former employee of MECON. MS Dhoni’s mother, Devaki Devi is a housewife. Narendra Singh Dhoni is his elder brother, he is a politician. His elder sister Jayanti Gupta is an English teacher.

Pan Singh Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni Father

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Jayanti Gupta Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sister

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Wife

He got married to Sakshi Singh Rawat in 2010 and the couple has a daughter named Ziva. The former Indian cricket team captain, Dhoni is married to Sakshi Dhoni, formerly known as Sakshi Singh Rawat. MS Dhoni’s wife was born on 19 November 1988 in Lekhapani town in Tinsukia district, Assam, India. She got her pre-primary education at Lekhapani.

Sakshi Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Wife

Ziva Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Daughter

Girlfriend

Dhoni Indian captain’s success quickly turned him into a blue-eyed kid. He openly declared his infatuation with the “dimple girl” in 2007, even before Deepika Padukone made her Bollywood debut (Om Shanti Om), and reportedly requested SRK for a special screening of Om Shanti Om Captain Cool aka MS Dhoni dated Preeti Simonies which were, later on, speculated as the comedian Kapil Sharma’s girlfriend.

Dhoni and Preeti were seen together in public on a few occasions, but they never disclosed their relationship in public.

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Physical Height

His height is  5 ft 9 in approx and his weight is 78kg.

Net Worth

As of the year 2023, his net worth stands at an impressive $127 million (1040 Crore Rupees).

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