July 07, 2026 03:14 am (IST)

Make this your homepage

Sports News

China tests ballistic missile from nuclear submarine in Pacific: Australia, New Zealand respond | Baruipur horror: Main accused in alleged rape and murder of minor girl arrested; senior cops dissatisfied with handling of the case | Defence stocks jump after Rs 52,000 crore DAC approval sparks buying frenzy | 'Harry Kane is a great player': Donald Trump after England knocked Mexico out of the World Cup | 'Referee gave a lot against us': Harry Kane reacts after England's dramatic win over Mexico | England hold nerve with 10 men to knock out Mexico in five-goal World Cup classic | 'Why can't citizens protest against the government? They are being made slaves by slapping cases': Bombay HC slams Mumbai Police, quashes activist's externment | 'First he cheats on me...': Siya Goyal's old pub video goes viral amid probe into fiancé Ketan Agarwal's alleged murder | Ronaldo's goal, Ramos' last-gasp winner send Portugal past Croatia, set up Spain clash | India-US trade deal almost done! Piyush Goyal hints at breakthrough

MS Dhoni turns 35

India Blooms News Service | | Jul 07, 2016, at 04:58 pm

Kolkata, July 7 (IBNS): In a cricket crazy nation like India, where millions turn up on match days to cheer for their favourite team and everyone seems to house an opinion, it's easy to lose one's cool, but only few have managed to keep it intact, none better than birthday boy Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who turned 35 on Thursday.

The Indian cricket Team ODI and T20I skipper was born in 1981 in Ranchi.

Dhoni is the only skipper to have lifted every ICC silverware at least once.

He is only the second Indian captain after the legendary Kapil Dev to take his team to a ICC World Cup win on home soil in 2011.

Starting off his international career as a flamboyant batsman with long tresses, Dhoni trimmed down both his flamboyance and tresses and settled for a more matured image, improving upon his skills behind the stumps.

A prolific runner between the wickets, he is equally adept at using the long handle and bludgeoning the cherries out of the park.

On his birthday, Twitter was set ablaze as messages poured in.

Here are some of the tweets:

BCCI: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAPTAIN @msdhoni here's wishing you loads of success and happiness #HappyBirthdayCaptainCool

Sushant Singh Rajput: HappyBirthday Captain.A totally Selfless cricketer &a wonderfully amazing person..Respect. #HappyBirthdayCaptainCool

Dharmendra Pradhan: #HappyBirthdayCaptainCool @msdhoni . May god bless you with good health, long life & an even more illustrated cricketing career.

Dr. Mahesh Sharma: We are proud of you @msdhoni .Many many happy returns of the day #HappyBirthdayCaptainCool

#MS Dhoni #MSD #MSD's Birthday #Dhoni turns 35 #Captain Cool

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.

India
International

Related Images

In Images: Messi's hat-trick sparks jubilant celebrations in Kolkata as Argentina rout Algeria 3-0 Jun 17, 2026, at 01:44 pm

In Images: Children in Kolkata play against the backdrop of a giant World Cup masterpiece Jun 15, 2026, at 01:45 pm

In Images: Giant Messi-Ronaldo cutouts turn a Kolkata club into a World Cup dreamland Jun 15, 2026, at 01:26 pm