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According to the SportsPro magazine Dhoni is 10th most valuable brand in field of sports worldwide and number 1 among all Asian superstars.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://e-news4u.com/news_details.php?/indian/skipper/dhoni/outscores/nadal/in/10/most/marketable/sportspersons/&id=6628 |title=The 2011 Top 100}}</ref>
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[[File:Sakshi Singh Rawat, Dhoni's wife at Mad-o-Wat salon promotional event.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Sakshi Singh Rawat, Dhoni's wife]]▼
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in [[Ranchi]], Bihar (now in [[Jharkhand]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/28081.html|title=Players and Officials – MS Dhoni|work=Cricinfo }}</ref> and he identifies as being a [[Rajput]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Interview - M. S. Dhoni |first=S. |last=Dinakar |url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2849/stories/20051203001202300.htm |work=Sportstar |publisher=The Hindu |volume=28 |issue=49 |date=9 December 2005 |accessdate=30 April 2012}}</ref> His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the [[Almora District]] of [[Uttarakhand]]. Dhoni's parents, moved from [[Uttarakhand]] to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in [[MECON Limited|MECON]]. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti and a brother Narendra.<ref name="dhonipersonal">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060429/saturday/main1.htm | title=Ranchi rocker | date=29 April 2006 |work=The Tribune |location=India | accessdate=12 May 2007}}</ref> Dhoni is a fan of [[Adam Gilchrist]], and his childhood idols were cricket teammate [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Bollywood]] actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and singer [[Lata Mangeshkar]].[[Shreya Ghoshal]] is his current favourite singer. He said this in front a press conference with Pune Mirror.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/245748.html| title=SAD, senility and nudes| date=30 April 2006 | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | accessdate=12 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/08/05/stories/2006080501430400.htm| title=Besides mane matters... | date=5 August 2005 |work=The Hindu |location=India | accessdate=19 May 2007 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080226124846/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/08/05/stories/2006080501430400.htm |archivedate=26 February 2008 |deadurl=yes}}</ref>
Dhoni studied at [[DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali]],(now the school is known as JVM, Shyamli, Ranchi) Ranchi, Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and [[association football|football]] and was selected at district and club level in these sports. Dhoni was a [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. 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.<ref name="dhonipersonal"/> Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th [[Education in India#Structure|standard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/208617.html | title='The cameras used to pass by, now they stop for me'| date=4 May 2005 | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | accessdate=12 May 2007}}</ref> MS Dhoni was a Train 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, straight-forward employee of the Indian Railways. But he also had a mischevious side to his personality. Once, while staying at the railway quarters, Dhoni and a couple of his friends covered themselves in white bedsheets and walked around in the complex late in the night. The night guards were fooled into believing that there were ghosts moving around in the complex. The story made big news on the next day.<ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-03/news/29377296_1_mahendra-singh-dhoni-railways-job-sourav-ganguly/ Mahendra Singh Dhoni: From a 'ticket collector' to Team India 'World Cup winning' captain]</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081109/jsp/calcutta/story_10081820.jsp/ Mahi of Midnapore]</ref><ref>http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-Railway-keeps-Dhoni-Dola-waiting/269251/</ref>
== Personal life ==
▲[[File:Sakshi Singh Rawat, Dhoni's wife at Mad-o-Wat salon promotional event.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Sakshi Singh Rawat, Dhoni's wife]]
Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat on 4 July 2010. Sakshi Dhoni, a native of [[Dehradun]], Uttarakhand. At the time of their marriage, she was studying Hotel Management and was working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal, Kolkata. After the retirement of Sakshi’s father from tea gardens, their family shifted to their native place, [[Dehradun]].
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