Dhoni India's New ODI Captain

After resigning of Rahul Dravid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is selected as a new One day international captain for the cricket nation of India. Dhoni is now leading India's twenty20 team.

The career of Dhoni s improving rapidly after joining with the ODI squad. Rising continued with his appointment on Tuesday as captain of India's one-day team for the home series against Australia and Pakistan. The selector also picked the squad for the first three ODIs against Australia, bringing in Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan but finding no place for Virender Sehwag.

Selector Vengsarkar said "He would have three former captains in the ranks who would give him full support. You are talking about having three captains - Azharuddin had five former captains under him when he led India in England," .

The key points in the selection of the 15-man squad were the return of Harbhajan and Pathan, the continued absence of Virender Sehwag and the dropping of Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel and Rohit Sharma from the side that toured England.

After appointment Dhoni said he was aware of the pressure and challenges that come with it. With PTI Dhoni told "I just heard the news in the afternoon and haven't had the time to reflect on that since I am preparing for the twenty20 games against England and South Africa,".

The career of Dhoni for one-day start in December 2004. He has scored 2477 runs in 84 ODIs at an average of 44.23 and a strike rate of 96.26. His highest score, an unbeaten 183 against Sri Lanka in 2006, is a record for a wicketkeeper and also the record for the most runs scored by a batsman while chasing. Dhoni had also occupied the top batsman's spot in the ICC one-day rankings in April 2006. Dhoni was the vice-captain of the ODI team on the tour of England.

Profile of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nick : Dhoni, Mahi
Date of Birth : July 7, 1981
Place of birth : Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Profession: Cricketer.


Major Teams: Team India, Bihar, Jharkhand.
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut: Versus Sri Lanka in December 2005 in Chennai. Made Valuable 30 runs (India 168 all out, match-drawn).
ODI Debut: India Vs Bangladesh at Chittagong, 1st ODI, 2004/05

India one-day squad
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt) ,Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Ramesh Powar, Piyush Chawla, RP Singh, Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh