Mahendra Singh Dhoni

New Delhi, Aug 19 : India's one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Olympians Anup Sridhar and Bajranglal Takhar were among the list of 12 sportspersons who were named for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award for the year 2007 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports here today.  

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has elected to field after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the second one-day international.  

Mendis - claimed three for 21. India one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has conceded it was not easy to read Sri Lanka's unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis during the opening ODI in Dambulla.  

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka: India one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni yesterday conceded it was not easy to read Sri Lanka’s unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis.  

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian captain, has said that Ajantha Mendis was an unusual bowler in comparison to Muttiah Muralitharan and that it's only a matter of time before batsmen are able to pick his variations easily.  

Dubai, Aug 16 : Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at the second spot in the batsmen's rankings as India goes into the ODI series against Sri Lanka on Monday aiming to avenge their defeat in the Test series.  

Dubai: Capta Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at the second spot in the batsmen's rankings as India goes into the ODI series against Sri Lanka on Monday aiming to avenge their defeat in the Test series.  

Ajantha Mendis remained an unsolved mystery for the Indian cricket team during the Test series but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni says the Sri Lankan spin wizard would not be much of a threat if openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir go after his loose deliveries in the one-dayers starting on...  

India's one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Monday chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, country's highest honour for a sportsperson.  

Hailing Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the “backbone of Indian cricket”, chairman of the Arjuna Award selection committee Milkha Singh said that Team India Twenty20 and ODI captain is a deserving recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.  

By Rex Clementine, Colombo, Aug 13: India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni rued the absence of star batsman Sachin Tendulkar for the five match ODI series against hosts Sri Lanka that begins next week.  

India's one-day international captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni fears the absence of top batsman Sachin Tendulkar could be crucial in the five-match series against Sri Lanka.  

The experienced Indian Test team may have come a cropper in Sri Lanka but ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday hoped that his boys will not let the country down in the shorter version of the game against the island nation starting August 18.  

Ranchi: The DAV School at which India"s one-day criket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni studied, plans to organise a grand function on Tuesday to celebrate him receiving this year"s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.  

New Delhi, Aug 4 India's one-day and Twenty20 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, making him only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to be bestowed the country's highest sporting honour.