Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Here is a ballad about a boy from Ranchi

His name is M. S. Dhoni

He got selected while goal-keeping

But little did he know he would be wicket-keeping

He made his cricket debut in 2004

On this day 0 was his score

One year later in 2005

He scored 183: his all-time high!

His jersey number is 7

And he was born on July 7th

He became captain in 2007

Surely his lucky number is 7

Then came the 2011 world cup

Where the best teams fought for the cup

First came the group stage of this world cup

Which, India went through without a hiccup

Next is when things got hard

India played Australia in Ahmedabad

In this match they sold all the tickets

And India won by 5 wickets

Then India played their arch rival

In a match played for survival

India won this semi final

And went through to the final

In a match where the stakes were high

India played Srilanka in Mumbai

India needed 275

A target which was quite high

Gambhir came and hit 97 

To finish business from 2007 

Soon after this Gambhir was caught out

A miracle is needed is what everyone thought

After Gambhir came Virat Kohli 

And then came the hero Dhoni

Who hit a rapid 91

And thus, made India number 1

They said Dhoni finishes off in style

And adds one more to the pile

They said it was Sachin’s gift

After Dhoni hit a tremendous six

Dhoni stepped down from captaincy in 2016 

The number of centuries he hit was 16

As a player he was cool as a cucumber

Who hit shots to remember