Players / MS Dhoni

Mumbai v Chennai, IPL, Mumbai

'Mentally we were not into this game' - Dhoni

May 6, 2013: MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, has put his side's crushing loss to Mumbai Indians down to a lack of focus following their seven-game winning streak in IPL 2013

IPL 2013

Dhoni a 'clever' captain - Pietersen

May 3, 2013: England batsman Kevin Pietersen has said that MS Dhoni should take a lot of credit for Chennai Super Kings' success in the IPL in his role as the captain

Dhoni and the art of controlling an IPL match

May 3, 2013: As the game proceeds at breakneck speed around him, his ingenious use of resources often catches the eye

Chennai Super Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2013, Chennai

Dhoni takes stumbling Chennai home

Apr 25, 2013: You can be hero and villain on the same night. Ask Amit Mishra and Ashish Reddy

Delhi v Chennai, IPL 2013, Delhi

Clinical Super Kings thump Delhi

Apr 18, 2013: In the school of Chennai Super Kings cricket, they swear by a formula

Chennai v Mumbai, IPL 2013, Chennai

Pollard trumps Dhoni in close clash

Apr 6, 2013: Not many sides win a Twenty20 game from 83 for 6 in the first innings. Not many sides have Kieron Pollard, who once again showed how much damage he can cause

Australia in India 2012-13

Era of aggressive Test fields over - Dhoni

Mar 25, 2013: MS Dhoni has said that while fielding strategies and placements on India's slow, low turners have re-written the conventional textbook around attack and defence, the assessment of pitches and tactics appeared somewhat slanted

India v Australia, 4th Test, Delhi, 3rd day

Satisfied Dhoni plays down revenge talk

Mar 24, 2013: MS Dhoni has called the series win over Australia a 'big satisfaction' and that it wasn't about getting revenge for the 0-4 defeat when India toured in 2011-12

India news

My honesty helped earn Tendulkar's captaincy recommendation - Dhoni

Mar 20, 2013: MS Dhoni believes his forthrightness helped him earn a captaincy recommendation from Sachin Tendulkar

India news

'Didn't want to break down in front of Yuvraj' - Tendulkar

Mar 19, 2013: Sachin Tendulkar has said he was scared of breaking down in front of Yuvraj Singh when he met the latter in London after his treatment in the United States for a rare germ cell cancer

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 5th day

We felt the pressure during chase - Dhoni

Mar 18, 2013: MS Dhoni said he did not want to gamble by launching into his signature big hits, even though Australia had packed the inner ring with single-saving fielders, during the chase

Australia in India 2012-13

Positive change in Dhoni's captaincy - Gavaskar

Mar 6, 2013: Sunil Gavaskar has said the break after the England series has had a positive effect on MS Dhoni's captaincy and with this new approach Dhoni should lead the side till the 2019 World Cup

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 4th day

Captaincy success 'overhyped' - Dhoni

Mar 5, 2013: With the win in Hyderabad, MS Dhoni has become the most successful Indian captain in Tests

Australia in India 2012-13

Not the '90s again, please

Mar 1, 2013: The Chennai victory also brought home some warnings for India from past experiences

Madras state of mind

Mar 1, 2013: The first India-Australia Test was a hark back to old times in more ways than one

India v Australia, 1st Test, Chennai

Chennai knock Dhoni's best - Chappell

Feb 27, 2013: Former Australian captain Greg Chappell has rated MS Dhoni's double-century in Chennai as the best he had seen him bat in Tests

India v Australia, 1st Test, Chennai, 5th day

India have found a settled combination - Dhoni

Feb 26, 2013: India have found what their captain MS Dhoni calls a "settled batting and bowling combination" for the remainder of the three Tests in the series against Australia

India v Australia, 1st Test, Chennai, 3rd day

Kohli lauds Dhoni special

Feb 24, 2013: Asked whether No. 6 was an ideal batting position for Dhoni going into the future, Virat Kohli said it "might be the trick that will work with the batting order for us"

India v Australia, 1st Test, Chennai, 3rd day

Dhoni plays his defining innings

Feb 24, 2013: MS Dhoni played his best Test innings - his maiden double-century - to give India a significant advantage against Australia

India v Australia, 1st Test, Chennai

Dhoni's aggression swings balance

Feb 24, 2013: Stats highlights from the third day's play of the first Test in Chennai