The document outlines the career journey of Mahendra Singh Dhoni from humble beginnings as a football goalkeeper to becoming a celebrated cricketer and captain of the Indian national team. It highlights key milestones in his career, including his early cricket involvement, significant achievements, leadership qualities, and the awards he received. Dhoni's philosophy emphasizes teamwork, patience, and the empowerment of young players in sports.

3. The Contributor’s Vision of Career
1. Identity
2. Career Start
3. Career Choice
4. Career Development
5. Create Opportunity
6. Contributor Vision
7. Nature
8. Contributor Award
9. Contributor Achievement
10. Leadership Tips
11. Lesson Learnt
12. Dhoni’s Press conference
13. Virat Kohli talks about MSD

4. M S Dhoni
Full name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born: 7 July,1981
Born place: Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Nick name: Captain Cool

5. Career Start
 Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team.
Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni
impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and
became the regular wicketkeeper at the
Commando cricket club (1995–1998).
 Based on his performance at club cricket, he was
picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad
Trophy Under-16 Championship and he
performed well.

6. Career Choice
 Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th
standard.
 Dhoni was a Travelling Ticket Examiner
(TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from
2001 to 2003, under South Eastern
Railway in Midnapore (W), a district in
West Bengal.
 His colleagues remember him as a very
honest, straightforward employee of the
Indian Railways. But he choose cricket for
him career.

7.  In the Duleep Trophy finals, Dhoni was
picked over international cricketer Deep
Dasgupta to represent East Zone. He
scored a fighting half-century in the second
innings in a losing cause.
 Dhoni's talent was discovered via the BCCI's
small-town talent-spotting initiative TRDW.
Dhoni was discovered by TRDO Prakash
Poddar, captain of Bengal in the 1960s, when
he saw Dhoni play for Jharkhand at a match
in 2003, and sent a report to the National
Cricket Academy.
Career Development

8.  He was recognized for his efforts in the 2003/04 season,
especially in the One Day format and was picked for
the India A squad for a tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya.
Where Dhoni performed as excellent wicket-keeper then
Dhoni making a mark in the India A squad, he was picked
in the ODI squad for the Bangladesh tour in 2004/05.
 Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career,
getting run out for a duck on debut.

9. Create Opportunities
 Dhoni had few batting opportunities
in the first two games of the Sri Lankan
ODI series (November 2005) and was
promoted to No. 3 in the third ODI at
Jaipur.
 India lost Tendulkar early in third ODI.
Dhoni was promoted to accelerate the
scoring and ended the game with an
unbeaten 183 off 145 balls, winning the
game for India.

10.  Dhoni was named vice-captain of the ODI team for the
series against South Africa in Ireland and the subsequent
India-England seven-match ODI series. And also he was
elected as captain of the Indian squad for the World
Twenty20 in September 2007.

11. Vision
 India lose to Bangladesh in the
2007 ICC World Cup and go out,
Dhoni then decides that I want
to win the World Cup for the second
time since 1983 for the country.

12. Nature
 Dhoni always promote non-star player.
 He always discuss and give him suggest how to play in difficult condition.
 Dhoni always give credit of winning match to Team Player.
 Dhoni always give chance to young player.

13.  Dhoni acknowledges that ‘Helicopter Shot’
is not his, but he is from his friend Shantosh
Lal.

14. Award
 ICC ODI Player of the Year : 2008, 2009
 LG People's Choice Award : 2013
 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in sports, 2007–08
 Honorary doctorate degree by
De Montfort University in August 2011
 Padma Shri in sports, 2009

15. Achievement
 India topped the Test cricket rankings
for the first time, in 2009.
 India whitewash Australia in a test series.
 India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty-20
Cup.
 India won the 2011 ICC World Cup.
 India also won the 2013 ICC Champion
Trophy.

16. Leadership Tips From MSD
 TEAM FIRST
 BUILD AN OPEN CULTURE
 HAVE FAITH
 TACKLE ISSUSE NOT PEOPLE
 BE A COACH
 BE GEUINE
 BE HUMBLE
 BEYOND RELATIONSHIP
 BE CALM
 SHARE OF CREDIT
 BELIEVE IN EVERYMEMBER &
 TREAT EQUAL

17. Lesson Learnt
 Isolate yourself from the world
while taking decision.
 Calmness and patience is a virtue:
Cultivate them.
 Believe in the non-star and provide
them a stage to shine.
 Live the moment with self belief.
 Let more experienced and talented
people guide you even if they doesn’t
have any title.