Mahendra Singh Dhoni with director Y P Singh at the music launch of the film "Kya Yahi Sach Hai"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Abha Singh with director Y P Singh at the music launch of the film "Kya Yahi Sach Hai"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Abha Singh with director Y P Singh at the music launch of the film "Kya Yahi Sach Hai"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Abha Singh with director Y P Singh at the music launch of the film "Kya Yahi Sach Hai"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Abha Singh with director Y P Singh at the music launch of the film "Kya Yahi Sach Hai"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Abha Singh with director Y P Singh at the music launch of the film "Kya Yahi Sach Hai"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni with director Y P Singh at the music launch of the film "Kya Yahi Sach Hai"

Mahendra Singh Dhoni with director Y P Singh at the music launch of the film "Kya Yahi Sach Hai"

Dubai, Sep 19: India captain M. S. Dhoni has moved up the order in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after producing a player of the series performance in the recently-concluded five-match series against England.

Dhoni finished the series as the leading run-getter with 236 runs at an average of little under 79.

London, Sep 13 : Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named as the captain of ICC World ODI team for 2011.

The decision was taken ahead of the ICC annual awards function by a panel chaired by former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd.

Lloyd said that Dhoni''s contribution to Indian and world cricket has been immense.

London, Sep 12: Indian captain M. S. Dhoni insists that his team was ready to go on and win the fourth ODI against England until the game was interrupted due to rain and was declared a tie using the Duckworth-Lewis system.

India appeared to have the upper hand after posting a score of 280-5 in their 50 overs, and the hosts were in trouble at 270-8 in 48.5 overs when bad weather intervened.

London, Sep 12 - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hoped that his boys would be able to win at least the fifth and the final ODI against England after the fourth ODI here at Lord's ended in a tie due to rain interruption.

India were staring at their first win on English soil but rain interrupted the match for the third time when the hosts needed 11 runs to win off seven balls with two wickets in hand.

But with the rain falling the Duckworth/Lewis method came into play and India were unlucky. England clinched the series with still a match left.

London, Sep. 10 : England sneaked out a three-wicket victory over World Cup champions India at The Oval on Friday in a rain-reduced third one-day international.

Chasing 218 from 43 overs under the Duckworth/Lewis system after an hour''s rain break in the day-night match, England survived a wobble in mid-innings to get over the line with seven balls to spare.

Manchester, Sep 1 - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said lack of partnerships cost the team a six-wicket defeat against England in the one-off Twenty20 international at the Old Trafford here Wednesday.

"Partnership is key, doesn't matter what format it is. Once you lose quick wickets, like we did after 12 overs, it doesn't help. You want to have at least five or six wickets in the slog overs," said Dhoni.

London, Aug 31: In the wake of a strenuous four-match Test series followed by the much anticipated start of a challenging ODI series against England, Indian skipper M. S. Dhoni has stressed on the need for adequate rest for the players.

India will face England in a Twenty20 international today in Manchester, while the five-match ODI series will begin from Saturday.

Leicester (UK), Aug 30 : Indian cricket team on Monday beat Leicestershire by 15 runs in the last practice T20 match at Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

Put to bat first, the visitors managed to score a decent 161 runs after losing five wickets and later restricted Leicestershire Foxes to 146.

Parthiv Patel who was included in the side in place of M. S. Dhoni was the top-scorer (40 off 31 balls).

London, Aug. 18 : Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has cautioned his country''s selectors and the cricket board not go for "panic" measures in the wake of the sides three nil Test series loss to England.

Speaking ahead of the fourth and final Test to be played at The Oval from today, Dhoni said that rebuilding could wait, and that what is important is to stick to basics and keep things simple.

London, Aug 17: Ahead of the fourth and final test, players of the Indian cricket team underwent a grueling practice session in London on Tuesday.

The Indian cricketers were seen playing football and sweating it out the nets at the Oval stadium.

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, ace batsmen, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli were seen engaged in stretching exercises after missing the practice since the last two days.

On Sunday the third and final One-Day International between India and Australia was dumped without a ball being bowled as a result of wet outfield which was caused by overnight rains. And to give the hosts a 1-0 series triumph, their first over the Aussies in above two decades.

This is the second such case in the three-match series however with the rejection of Sunday's ODI, Australia returned home devoid of winning a single game on their tour of India. Before the ODI series they had lost the two-match Test series 0-2.

The print media has boycotted Mahendra Singh Dhoni after he kept the press waiting for over an hour for a conference, after the ODI match was decided in favor of Sri Lanka on Sunday. While he kept the media waiting, he was spotted playing football with his team members at the Rangiri Stadium.

As per the standard procedure, the captains of the two playing teams are obliged to address the media within 30 minutes of the prize distribution ceremony.

Before this, India had seen its worst ODI defeat in terms of the number of balls remaining for the opposition where Sri Lanka won with 209 balls still remaining.