Happy Birthday MS Dhoni: ‘Captain Cool’ turns 35 on Thursday

MS Dhoni is the only Indian captain to have led his side to all three major ICC tournaments. From winning the maiden T20 World Cup in 2007 on his captaincy debut to leading India to a World Cup victory on home soil and helping India maintain the top spot in the Test rankings, he is the most successful Indian captain. In 2013 Dhoni also became the only Indian captain to win the Champions Trophy.

MS Dhoni is the first non-Australian captain to win 100 ODI matches, and first Indian captain to achieve the mark. He is also the third captain to win 100 matches, after two Australians, Ricky Ponting, and Allan Border. Dhoni also became the fourth fastest batsman to complete 8000 runs in ODI during the fifth and final ODI against New Zealand. (Source: ICC)

In 2013, Team India won its first ICC Champions Trophy, which also made MS Dhoni to have all ICC Trophies in his kitty. India entered the final as the only unbeaten team, playing England on home soil and won the match by 5 runs. (Source: Reuters)

Winning the World Cup 2011 for the nation that came after a long wait of 27 years, MS Dhoni has scored 8918 runs from 278 one-day internationals he has played so far at a strike rate of 89.27. Wicketkeeper batsman best score of 183* came against Sri Lanka in Jaipur on October 31, 2005. (Source: PTI)

Under MS Dhoni's captaincy, India remained the number one Test team for 18 months from December 2009. Right hander batsman has scored 4876 runs in 90 Test matches that includes 9 centuries and 33 fifties. (Source: BCCI)

MS Dhoni may be one of the greatest captains that India have ever had but he has never shied away from the fact that he would like to play some role in the Army sometime after he calls time on his playing career. On 1 November 2011, the Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to MS Dhoni. After which he only became the second Indian cricketer following Kapil Dev to receive this prestigious honour. (Source: Instagram)

MS Dhoni's first bike Yamaha Rajdoot. Dhoni loves his first bike so much that even after having expensive bikes he still admires his Rajdoot. (Source: Instagram)

MS Dhoni a day before his birthday was sweating out in the gym. Dhoni also made some fun of his trainer saying he doesn’t count working on biceps and triceps as work but I have to do it anyway. (Source: Instagram)

MS Dhoni has always flaunted his love for bikes. As Dhoni does not play Test cricket anymore and is enjoying his break from cricket duties, he went for a ride in his home town when it was raining in Ranchi. (Source: Instagram)