Individual award: ICC named MS Dhoni the 2011 Spirit of Cricket Award winner for leading India to withdraw the appeal and recall Ian Bell after a mistaken run-out at Trent Bridge. The IPL Fair Play Award is a team honour, so it is not a personal award to Dhoni.
About
MS Dhoni is an Indian wicketkeeper batter whose international profile combined right-handed batting, wicketkeeping and leadership. The ICC lists his role as wicketkeeper, right-handed batting style, right-arm medium bowling style and a 2004 debut; his international career ended in 2019.
Sources checked 14 Oct 2026. Highlights are dated records.
About MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni is an Indian wicketkeeper batter whose international profile combined right-handed batting, wicketkeeping and leadership. The ICC lists his role as wicketkeeper, right-handed batting style, right-arm medium bowling style and a 2004 debut; his international career ended in 2019.
Born in Ranchi on 7 July 1981, Dhoni rose from Jharkhand to the India side. Encyclopaedia Britannica records his 2004 international debut, his early 148 against Pakistan, and his progression into the Test team in 2005.
Dhoni became India's T20I captain in 2007 and led the side to the inaugural men's T20 World Cup title. He later captained India to the 2011 Cricket World Cup, sealing the final with an unbeaten 91, and led India to the 2013 Champions Trophy, according to the Chennai Super Kings profile.
His defining fair-play recognition came in 2011. After Ian Bell was mistakenly run out at Trent Bridge, the India team led by captain Dhoni withdrew the appeal and recalled Bell; the ICC records Dhoni as the 2011 Spirit of Cricket Award winner. The award year is 2011, while the ICC's retrospective article was published in 2020.
Dhoni has also been central to Chennai Super Kings since the IPL began. The official IPL records that he led CSK to five titles before handing the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad ahead of the 2024 season; CSK's own profile credits him with leading the franchise to five IPL titles and two Champions League titles. The IPL Fair Play Award is a team honour rather than an individual Dhoni award. This fair play profile keeps the award's official name—ICC Spirit of Cricket Award—rather than treating it as the IPL's team prize.
Fair play recognition and career milestones
Entries are ordered by their own dates. They describe verified records in this profile, not a live career-statistics feed or a guarantee of current selection.
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award winner
The ICC lists MS Dhoni as the 2011 winner after India, under his captaincy, withdrew the appeal and recalled Ian Bell following a mistaken run-out at Trent Bridge.
The official IPL announced that Dhoni handed Chennai Super Kings' captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad ahead of the 2024 season, after leading CSK to five titles.
Dated milestone: Arshdeep Singh became the first India men's bowler to reach 100 T20I wickets on 19 September 2025, dismissing Oman's Vinayak Shukla in the Asia Cup. This is a historical landmark, not a current career total.
About
Arshdeep Singh is an Indian left-arm medium-fast bowler whose international profile is built around wicket-taking in T20 cricket. The ICC lists him as a bowler, a left-handed batter and a player who made his international debut in 2022.
A season milestone for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, not a career total. The Times of India season table records 357 runs in 14 matches, with a 32.45 average and 132.22 strike rate.
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Shivam Dube is an India international all-rounder from Mumbai who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. The ICC lists his international debut year as 2019.
Photo: Encyclopaedia Britannica; background removed
