Showing posts with label birthday celebrations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday celebrations. Show all posts

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Mahendra Singh Dhoni turns 30 today

Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Today Mahendra Singh Dhoni turns 30. He born in July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand in a Rajput Family. He likes bikes. A Hummer to add to the four cars and 23 high-speed motorcycles already parked in his garage in Ranchi.

India’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who led the team to a World Cup win after 28 years, turned 30, Thursday.

Dhoni, who is currently leading the Test team in the West Indies, is having a great year, which started with a maiden Test series draw in South Africa as India retained the No.1 Test spot. India, however, lost the closely fought ODI series 2-3.

Dhoni, who hails from Ranchi in Jharkhand, then led the Indian team to their second World Cup win after 1983. The India captain surprised everybody by promoting himself up the order and hit a valuable unbeaten 91 off 79 balls in the final against the Sri Lanka.

Dhoni then followed up the World Cup win by leading Chennai Super Kings to an Indian Premier League (IPL) triumph for the second time in a row.

Dhoni made his international debut in 2004 and was appointed the India captain in 2007 for the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa, which India won. Under him, India achieved the No.1 Test rankings and won two world titles.

From 56 Tests he has 2,948 runs at an average of 38.28. He has four Test hundreds and his highest is 148 against Pakistan. Dhoni has 6,049 runs from 186 ODIs and his highest is 183 not out, which is also the fifth highest ODI score. He has seven ODI hundreds.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Filipinos mark 65th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi

Filipinos mark 65th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi
About 70 activists rallied on Friday in front of the Myanmar Embassy in the Philippines, demanding the release of pro—democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of her 65th birthday.

The mostly women demonstrators carried large posters of the Nobel Peace laureate staring out from barbed wire.