document_title: MS Dhoni

question_text: number of odi wins for dhoni as captain

question_tokens: number of odi wins for dhoni as captain

text: MS Dhoni

text: Early life and background

text: Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand),[17] and he identifies as being a Hindu Rajput.[18] His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora District of Uttarakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved from Uttarakhand to Ranchi where his father Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti Gupta and a brother Narendra Singh Dhoni.[19][20] Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar[21][22]

text: Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Ranchi, Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports. Dhoni was a 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.[20] Dhoni focused on cricket after his 10th standard.[23] Dhoni was a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore (W), a district in West Bengal.[24][25][26] His colleagues remember him as a very honest, straightforward employee of the Indian Railways. But he also had a mischievous 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.[27][28][29]

text: Early career

text: Junior cricket in Bihar

text: In 1998 Dhoni was selected by Deval Sahay to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited (CCL) team.[30] Till 1998 Dhoni, who was in class 12th in school, had played only school cricket and club cricket and no professional cricket. One of the famous episode when Dhoni used to play for CCL was when Deval Sahay used to gift him Rs 50 for each six that he hit in Sheesh Mahal tournament cricket matches.[31] Playing for CCL he got a chance to bat up the order. He grabbed the opportunity and scored centuries and helped CCL move to A division. Deval Sahay impressed by his hard hitting shots and dedication, used his contacts in Bihar Cricket Association to push for his selection in the Bihar team.[32] Deval Sahay, an ex Bihar Cricket Association Vice-President, was the Ranchi District Cricket President at that time and was instrumental in pushing Dhoni to the big stage of Ranchi team, junior Bihar cricket team and eventually senior Bihar Ranji Team for the 1999–2000 season. In 1 year Dhoni moved from playing in CCL to the Bihar Ranji team. Dhoni was included in the Bihar U-19 squad for the 1998–99 season and scored 176 runs in 5 matches (7 innings) as the team finished fourth in the group of six and did not make it to the quarter-finals. Dhoni was not picked for the East Zone U-19 squad (CK Nayudu Trophy) or Rest of India squad (MA Chidambaram Trophy and Vinoo Mankad Trophy). Bihar U-19 cricket team advanced to the finals of the 1999–2000 Cooch Behar Trophy where Dhoni made 84 to help Bihar post a total of 357.[33] Bihar's efforts were dwarfed by Punjab U-19s' 839 with Dhoni's future national squad teammate Yuvraj Singh making 358.[34][35] Dhoni's contribution in the tournament included 488 runs (9 matches, 12 innings), 5 fifties, 17 catches and 7 stumpings.[36] Dhoni made it to the East Zone U-19 squad for the CK Nayudu trophy[37] but scored only 97 runs[38] in four matches as East Zone lost all four matches and finished last in the tournament. [39]

text: Bihar cricket team

text: Dhoni made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar in the 1999–2000 season as an eighteen-year-old. He made a half century in his debut match scoring 68* in the second innings against Assam cricket team.[40] Dhoni finished the season with 283 runs in 5 matches. Dhoni scored his maiden first-class century while playing for Bihar against Bengal in the 2000/01 season in a losing cause.[41] Apart from this century, his performance in the 2000/01 season[42] did not include another score over fifty and in the 2001/02 season he scored just five fifties in four Ranji matches.[43]

text: Jharkhand cricket team

text: Dhoni's performance in the 2002–03 season included three half-centuries in the Ranji Trophy and a couple of half-centuries in the Deodhar Trophy as he started gaining recognition for his lower-order contribution as well as hard-hitting batting style. In the 2003/04 season, Dhoni scored a century (128*) against Assam in the first match of the Ranji ODI tournament. Dhoni was part of the East Zone squad that won the Deodhar Trophy 2003–2004 season[44][45] and contributed with 244 runs in 4 matches,[46] including a century (114) against Central zone.[47]

text: In the Duleep Trophy finals, Dhoni was picked over international cricketer Deep Dasgupta to represent East Zone.[48] He scored a fighting half-century in the second innings in a losing cause.[49] Dhoni's talent was discovered via the BCCI's small-town talent-spotting initiative TRDW. Dhoni was discovered by TRDO Prakash Poddar, captain of Bengal in the 1960s, when he saw Dhoni play for Jharkhand at a match in Jamshedpur in 2003, and sent a report to the National Cricket Academy.[50]

text: India A team

text: He was recognised for his efforts in the 2003/04 season, especially in the One Day format and was picked for the India A squad for a tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya.[51] Against the Zimbabwe XI in Harare Sports Club, Dhoni had his best wicket-keeping effort with 7 catches and 4 stumpings in the match.[52] In the tri-nation tournament involving Kenya, India A and Pakistan A, Dhoni helped India A chase down their target of 223 against Pakistan A with a half-century.[53] Continuing his good performance, he scored back to back centuries – 120[54] and 119*[55] – against the same team. Dhoni scored 362 runs in 6 innings at an average of 72.40 and his performance in the series received attention from the then Indian captain – Sourav Ganguly[56] and Ravi Shastri amongst others. However, the India A team coach Sandeep Patil recommended Dinesh Karthik for a place in the Indian squad as wicket-keeper/batsman.[57]

text: ODI career

text: Start of ODI career

text: The Indian ODI team in the early 2000s saw Rahul Dravid as the wicket-keeper to ensure that the wicket-keeper spot didn't lack in batting talent.[56] The team also saw the entry of wicket-keeper/batsmen from the junior ranks with talents like Parthiv Patel and Dinesh Karthik (both India U-19 captains) named in the Test squads.[56] With Dhoni making a mark in the India A squad, he was picked in the ODI squad for the Bangladesh tour in 2004/05.[58] Dhoni did not have a great start to his ODI career, getting run out for a duck on debut.[59] In spite of an average series against Bangladesh, Dhoni was picked for the Pakistan ODI series.[60]

text: Start of "Dhoni" Era

text: In the second match of the series, Dhoni, in his fifth one-day international, scored 148 in Visakhapatnam off only 123 deliveries. Dhoni's 148 surpassed the earlier record for the highest score by an Indian wicket-keeper,[61] a record that he would re-write before the end of the year.

text: Dhoni had few batting opportunities in the first two games of the Sri Lankan bilateral ODI series (October–November 2005) and was promoted to No. 3 in the third ODI at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). Sri Lanka had set India a target of 299 after a Kumar Sangakkara century and, in reply, India lost Tendulkar early. Dhoni was promoted to accelerate the scoring and ended the game with an unbeaten 183 off 145 balls, winning the game for India.[62] The innings was described in Wisden Almanack (2006) as 'Uninhibited, yet anything but crude'.[63] The innings set various records including the highest individual score in ODI cricket in the second innings,[64] a record that still stands. Dhoni ended the series with the highest run aggregate (346)[65] and was awarded the Man of the Series award for his efforts. In December 2005, Dhoni was rewarded a B-grade contract by the BCCI.[66]

text: India scored 328 in 50 overs with Dhoni contributing 68 in their first match of 2006 against Pakistan. However, the team finished poorly scoring just 43 runs in the last eight overs and lost the match due to Duckworth-Lewis method.[67] In the third match of the series, Dhoni came in with India in a precarious situation and scored 72 runs off just 46 balls that included 13 boundaries to help India take a 2–1 lead in the series.[68][69] The final match of the series had a repeat performance as Dhoni scored 77 runs off 56 balls to enable India win the series 4–1.[70] Due to his consistent ODI performances, Dhoni overtook Ricky Ponting as number one in the ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen on 20 April 2006.[71] His reign lasted just a week as Adam Gilchrist's performance against Bangladesh moved him to the top spot.[72]

text: Two cancelled series in Sri Lanka, one due to the withdrawal of South Africa from the Unitech Cup due to security concerns[73] and the replacement three-match ODI bilateral series against Sri Lanka washed due to rain,[74] was India's prelude to another disappointing tournament – DLF Cup 2006-07. Dhoni scored 43 runs as the team lost twice in three games and did not qualify for the finals. India's lack of preparation showed in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy as they lost to West Indies and Australia, though Dhoni scored a half-century against West Indies. The story of the ODI series in South Africa was the same for both Dhoni and India as Dhoni scored 139 runs in 4 matches and India lost the series 4–0. From the start of the West Indies ODI series, Dhoni had played 16 matches, hit just two fifties and averaged 25.93. Dhoni received criticism on his wicket-keeping technique from former wicket-keeper Syed Kirmani.[75]

text: Preparation for 2007 worldcup

text: Preparations for the 2007 Cricket World Cup improved as India recorded identical 3–1 victories over West Indies and Sri Lanka and Dhoni had averages in excess of 100 in both these series. However,

text: 2007 Worldcup early exit

text: India unexpectedly crashed out the World Cup after losses to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the group stage. Dhoni was out for a duck in both these matches and scored just 29 runs in the tournament. After the loss to Bangladesh in 2007 Cricket World Cup, the house that Dhoni was constructing in his home-town Ranchi was vandalised and damaged by political activists of JMM.[76] The local police arranged for security for his family as India exited the World Cup in the first round.[77]

text: Dhoni put his disappointing performances in the World Cup behind him by scoring 91* against Bangladesh after India were left in a tight spot earlier in the run-chase. Dhoni was declared the Man of the Match for his performance, his fourth in ODI cricket. He was also later adjudged the Man of the Series after the third game of the series was washed away. Dhoni had a good Afro-Asia Cup, scoring 174 runs in 3 matches at an average of 87.00, with a blitzkrieg 139 not out of 97 balls, a Man of the Match innings, in the third ODI.

text: Dhoni was named vice-captain of the ODI team for the series against South Africa in Ireland and the subsequent India-England seven-match ODI series.[78] Dhoni, who received a 'B' grade contract in December 2005, was awarded an 'A' grade contract in June 2007. And also he was elected as captain of the Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in September 2007. On 2 September 2007, Dhoni equaled his idol Adam Gilchrist's international record for the most dismissals in an innings in ODI by catching five English players and stumping one.[79]

text: 2007 T20 Worldcup

text: He led India to the ICC World Twenty 20 trophy in South Africa with a victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in an intensely fought final on 24 September 2007, and became the second Indian captain to have won a World Cup in any form of cricket, after Kapil Dev.

text: During the series between India and Australia, Dhoni hit an aggressive 124 runs in just 107 balls, in the second ODI, and a measured knock of 71 runs in 95 balls, along with Yuvraj Singh, saw India home by 6 wickets, in the third ODI. Dhoni took his first wicket in international cricket on 30 September 2009. He bowled Travis Dowlin of the West Indies out during a match of the 2009 Champions Trophy.

text: Dhoni topped the ICC ODI Batsman rankings for several months in 2009. Michael Hussey from Australia replaced him at the top spot at the beginning of 2010.[80]

text: Dhoni had an excellent year in ODIs in 2009 scoring 1198 runs in just 24 innings at an astonishing average of 70.43. Dhoni was also the joint top-scorer in ODIs in 2009 along with Ricky Ponting, but the latter having played in 30 innings.

text: On 12 February 2012, Dhoni made an unbeaten 44 to guide India to their first win over Australia at Adelaide. In the final over, he hit a monstrous six which traveled 112 metres off the bowling of Clint McKay. During the post-match presentation, he described this six as more important than the one he hit during the ICC World Cup final in 2011.[81]

text: In November 2013, Dhoni became the second India batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to aggregate 1,000 or more ODI-runs against Australia.[82]

text: Dhoni stepped down as captain of India in the limited over formats in January 2017, just ahead of the ODI series at home against England.[83] In the second game of the series, he scored 134 off 122 balls, that included a 256-run partnership for the fourth wicket along with Yuvraj Singh. The hundred, his tenth in ODIs, was his first in over three years.[84]

text: Test career

text: Following his good one-day performance against Sri Lanka, Dhoni replaced Dinesh Karthik in December 2005 as the Indian Test wicket-keeper.[85] Dhoni scored 30 runs in his debut match that was marred by rain. Dhoni came to the crease when the team was struggling at 109/5 and as wickets kept falling around him, he played an aggressive innings and was the last man dismissed.[86] Dhoni made his maiden half-century in the second Test and his quick scoring rate (half century came off 51 balls) aided India to set a target of 436 and the Sri Lankans were bowled out for 247.[87]

text: India toured Pakistan in January–February 2006 and Dhoni scored his maiden century in the second Test at Faisalabad. India was left in a tight spot as Dhoni was joined by Irfan Pathan with the team still 107 away from avoiding a follow-on. Dhoni played his typical aggressive innings as he brought up his maiden Test hundred in just 93 balls after scoring the first fifty in just 34 deliveries.[88]

text: Dhoni followed the century up with some prosaic batting performances over the next three matches, one against Pakistan that India lost and two against England that had India holding a 1–0 lead. Dhoni was the top scorer in India's first innings in the third Test at Wankhede Stadium as his 64 aided India post a respectable 279 in reply to England's 400. However Dhoni and the Indian fielders dropped catches and missed many dismissal chances including a key stumping opportunity of Andrew Flintoff (14).[89] Dhoni failed to collect the Harbhajan Singh delivery cleanly as Flintoff went on to make 36 more runs as England set a target of 313 for the home team, a target that Indian were never in the reckoning. A batting collapse saw the team being dismissed for 100 and Dhoni scored just 5 runs and faced criticism for his wicket-keeping lapses as well as his shot selections.

text: On the West Indies tour in 2006, Dhoni scored a quick and aggressive 69 in the first Test at Antigua. The rest of the series was unremarkable for Dhoni as he scored 99 runs in the remaining 6 innings but his wicket-keeping skills improved and he finished the series with 13 catches and 4 stumpings. In the Test series in South Africa later that year, Dhoni's scores of 34 and 47 were not sufficient to save the second Test against the Proteas as India lost the series 2–1, squandering the chance to build on their first ever Test victory in South Africa (achieved in the first Test match). Dhoni's bruised hands ruled him out of the third Test match.[90]

text: On the fourth day of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua during India's tour of West Indies, 2006, Dhoni's flick off Dave Mohammed to the midwicket region was caught by Daren Ganga. As the batsman started to walk back, captain Dravid declared the innings when confusion started as the umpires were not certain if the fielder stepped on the ropes and Dhoni stayed for the umpire's verdict. While the replays were inconclusive, the captain of the West Indies side, Brian Lara, wanted Dhoni to walk off based on the fielder's assertion of the catch. The impasse continued for more than 15 minutes and Lara's temper was on display with finger wagging against the umpires and snatching the ball from umpire Asad Rauf. Ultimately, Dhoni walked off and Dravid's declaration was effected but the game was delayed, and Lara's action was criticised by the commentators and former players. Lara was summoned by the match referee to give an explanation of his actions but he was not fined.[91]

text: Dhoni scored two centuries in Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009, a series of three matches in which he led India to a 2–0 victory. With this feat, India soared up to the number one position in Test cricket for the first time in history. India scored 726–9 (decl) in the third match of this series, which was their highest Test total then.[92]

text: He played his last series in the 2014–15 season in India's tour of Australia captaining India in the second and third tests; losing the second and drawing the third, trailing the series 2–0 before the Sydney Test. Following the third Test in Melbourne, Dhoni announced his retirement from the format.[93] In his last Test, he effected 9 dismissals (8 catches and 1 stumping), and in the process, went past Kumar Sangakkara in the record for stumpings with 134 (in all three formats combined)[94] and also broke the record for effecting the most dismissals in a match by an Indian wicketkeeper.[95] He finished his last innings unbeaten making 24 runs.

text: Captain of India

text: Dhoni was named the captain of Indian squad for the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa in September 2007.[96] India were crowned champions as Dhoni led the team to victory against Pakistan in a thrilling contest.[97] He, then, went on to become the ODI captain of the Indian team for the seven-match ODI series against Australia in September 2007.[98] He made his debut as full-time Test captain of India during the fourth and final Test against Australia at Nagpur in November 2008 replacing Anil Kumble who was injured in the third test and who then announced his retirement. Dhoni was vice-captain in this series up to that point.[99] India eventually won that Test thus clinching the series 2–0 and retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Dhoni had previously captained India on a stand-in basis against South Africa and Australia in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

text: It was under his captaincy that India climbed to No. 1 in the ICC Test Rankings in December 2009. After that he managed to lead India in a series-leveling world championship of Tests against the South Africans in February 2010. India also managed to draw the Test series 1–1 in South Africa later that year.

text: After winning the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011 with his match winning knock of unbeaten 91, Tendulkar heaped praises on Dhoni, claiming him to be the best captain he has played under. Tendulkar mentioned that it was Dhoni's calm influence that was rubbing off on all his team-mates and described Dhoni's handling of pressure was incredible.

text: Only eleven players have captained ten or more Tests playing as a wicket-keeper. Dhoni leads the table with 60 Tests as captain, 35 ahead of Mushfiqur Rahim in second place.[100]

text: In March 2013, Dhoni became the most successful Indian Test captain when he eclipsed Sourav Ganguly's record of 21 victories from 49 Tests.[101] Ganguly also said in an interview to a news channel that Dhoni is the all-time greatest captain of India and he has a great record to support this credential.

text: In August 2016, Dhoni was selected as captain for India's first tour to the United States, where India played two T20Is against the West Indies in Lauderhill, Florida.[102] India lost the first match on 27 August 2016, during which Dhoni surpassed former Australian captain Ricky Ponting to become the most experienced captain in international cricket.[103]

text: Dhoni's final game as the Indian limited-overs captain was on 10 January 2017 in a warm-up game between England and India during the limited-overs leg of England's tour of India. Dhoni stated he will still fulfill his duties as captain in various domestic teams.

text: Match bans

text: As captain of the Indian cricket team, Dhoni has seldom been suspended due to his team's slow over rate. In December 2009 he was suspended for two ODI matches against Sri Lanka by ICC match referee Jeff Crowe as India was three overs short of the specified rate; Virender Sehwag acted as captain for the two matches in Cuttack and Kolkata.[104] In January 2012 Dhoni was banned for the fourth Test match against Australia in Adelaide as India was two overs short during the third Test in Perth.[105] Sehwag captained the team in the Adelaide test and Wriddhiman Saha kept the wickets. In the CB Series in February, Dhoni again faced a one match ban for slow-over rate against Australia.[106]

text: World Cup

text: Dhoni has captained India in two World Cups. Under his captaincy, India won the World Cup in 2011 and reached the semifinals in 2015.

text: 2007 Cricket World Cup

text: Dhoni played his first ODI World Cup in 2007 at the Caribbean. India made an early exit from the tournament in the Group Stage. In 2007 Cricket World Cup, India was placed in Group B with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bermuda. Rahul Dravid captained the team in this World Cup. In three matches India played, they managed to win only one against Bermuda while losing the rest from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In their first match against Bangladesh, India was all out in just 191 in 49.3 overs. Dhoni was out for 0. He stumped Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan and captain Habibul Bashar in the match but, India lost by 5 wickets. In the next match against Bermuda, India posted the then Highest Score in the World Cup 413/5 in a must-win match. Dhoni scored 29 off 25 Balls which includes Two 4s and One 6. India won the match by 257 runs. India was required to win their last group match against the Lankans but they lost by 69 runs. Chasing the target of 255, India crumbled to 185 all out in 43.3 overs. Dhoni was out for 0 for the second time in the tournament in his very first ball by Muttiah Muralitharan. Thus, India was out of the world cup in very first round. The Team was heavily criticized for their performance. Dhoni's under construction house in Ranchi was attacked by some 200 fans after the Bangladesh loss.

text: 2011 Cricket World Cup

text: Under Dhoni's captaincy, India won the 2011 World Cup. In the final against Sri Lanka, chasing 275, Dhoni promoted himself up the batting order, coming before an in form Yuvraj Singh. When he came to bat India needed more than six runs per over with three top order batsmen already dismissed. He started building a good partnership with Gautam Gambhir. Due to good strokeplay and active running between wickets, they kept up with the required run rate. Dhoni was on 60 off 60 balls, but later accelerated with a greater flow of boundaries, ending with 91 not out off 79 balls. Befitting the occasion, he finished the match of in style with a huge six over long-on off bowler Nuwan Kulasekara and won Man of the Match. Later in the post-match presentation, he admitted that he came up the order so as to counter the Muralitharan spin threat as he was very familiar with Murali's bowling, who was his team-mate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings. He had come after the dismissal of Virat Kohli, also a right-handed batsman. By partnering the left-handed Gambhir, he ensured a right-left combination at the crease that makes it difficult for bowlers to settle into a rhythm.

text: The bat used by Dhoni in the final match was sold for ₹ 72 Lac. The money goes to Sakshi Rawat Foundation, operated by Dhoni's wife Sakshi Rawat to help orphan children.[107]

text: 2015 Cricket World Cup

text: For the 2015 World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand, Dhoni was named the captain of the 30-member squad by the BCCI in December 2014.[108] Under his captaincy, India was able to go through to semi-finals with ease, beating Bangladesh in the quarter-finals. However, they lost to Australia in the semi-finals held at the Sydney Cricket Ground . The team won 7 consecutive matches in this world cup and won 11 all consecutive in world cups. With the win against Bangladesh, he became the first non-Australian captain to win 100 ODI matches, and first Indian captain to achieve the mark. He is also the third captain to win 100 matches, after two Australians, Ricky Ponting, and Allan Border.[109]

text: Indian Premier League

text: Dhoni was contracted by the Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 Million USD. This made him the most expensive player in the IPL for the first season auctions.[110] Under his captaincy, Chennai Super Kings have won two Indian Premier League titles and the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.[111] After the suspension of CSK for two years, he was bought by Rising Pune Supergiant for 1.9 Million USD in 2016, and was named captain. However his team finished in 7th place.

text: Playing style

text: Dhoni is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Initially, Dhoni appeared as a lower-order attacking batsman but he gradually changed his style of playing with the occurrence of pressure situation and his growing responsibility as a captain. He is a powerful hitter of the ball and one of the fastest man in running between the wickets.

text: His wicket-keeping skill is widely praised by cricket experts. He is quickest when comes to stumping.He has a world record of highest number of stumping by any wicket-keeper.He is the main wicket-keeper in the team but he occasionally bowls as a medium speed bowler.

text: Personal life

text: Dhoni married Sakshi Singh Rawat, his schoolmate in DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali.[112] a native of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on 4 July 2010.[113] 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 his tea growing business, their family shifted to their native place, Dehradun.

text: The wedding took place one day after the couple got engaged.[114][115] According to Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu, a close friend of Dhoni, the wedding was planned for months and was not a spur of the moment decision.[116] Dhoni became father on 6 February 2015 to a baby girl named Ziva.

text: Business interests

text: In February 2016, Dhoni launched lifestyle brand SEVEN. Dhoni owns the footwear side of the brand and is also the brand ambassador of SEVEN.[117]

text: International records

text: Test cricket

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Under Dhoni's captaincy, India topped the Test cricket rankings for the first time, in 2009.[118]
As captain, Dhoni holds the record for longest unbeaten run in Tests from his debut with 11 (8 wins and 3 draws) beating former Australian captain Warwick Armstrong's 10. In his streak, however, there was a period of injury in which Virender Sehwag led the side (for 3 draws). So India's unbeaten streak was for 14 tests, of which 11 were Dhoni's.[119]
Dhoni is the first Indian wicket-keeper to complete 4,000 Test runs.[120]
Dhoni is the most successful Indian Test captain with 27 Test wins, eclipsing Sourav Ganguly's record of 21.[101]
Dhoni has the erratic distinction of an Indian captain with most Test defeats overseas with 15.[121][122][123]
Dhoni's maiden century against Pakistan in Faisalabad (148) is the fastest century scored by an Indian wicket-keeper, and fourth overall.[124]
After hitting a six in third Test against England in Southampton, Dhoni completed 50 sixes as a captain, an Indian record.[125]
Dhoni shares the record for most dismissals in an innings (6, with Syed Kirmani) and in a match (9) by an Indian wicket-keeper.
Dhoni, with 248 dismissals in his career, ranks one in the all-time dismissals list by Indian wicket-keepers.
Dhoni is the second wicket-keeper to have effected 6 dismissals in an innings apart from a fifty in each inning of a Test after Denis Lindsay of South Africa.
Dhoni's 224 against Australia in Chennai is the second highest score by an Indian captain.[126] En route to 224, Dhoni registered the highest Test score by an Indian wicket-keeper when he was on 193, beating Budhi Kunderan's 192. It was also the highest score by a wicket-keeper–captain beating Englishman Alec Stewart's 164.

text: ODI cricket

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Dhoni is the first non-Australian captain and third overall to win 100 games.[109]
Dhoni's 183* against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the highest score by a wicket-keeper.[127]
Dhoni has the fifth highest batting average (50.96), among cricketers with more than 5,000 runs.[128] It is also the highest among wicket-keepers.
Dhoni holds the records of the most dismissals in an innings (6) and career (357) by an Indian wicket-keeper.[129]
Dhoni's 113 against Pakistan in Chennai in 2012 is the highest by a captain batting at number 7.
First Indian and fifth overall to hit 200 sixes in ODIs.
Holds the record for playing the most number of matches in ODI history as captain who has also served as a wicketkeeper(199)[130]
Most career runs in ODI history when batting at number 6 position(3613)[131][132]
Most career hundreds in ODI cricket when batting at number 7 position or lower(2)[133]
Most number (120) of unbeaten knock in international cricket history. He surpassed Muttiah Muralitharan who had remained not-out on 119 occasions.
Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were involved in a partnership of 100 not out which is India's highest eighth wicket partnership vs Sri Lanka in ODIs.
Most unbeaten innings and highest average in successful ODI run-chases. [134]
First wicket-keeper in the world to effect in 100 ODI stumpings.[135]

text: T20I Cricket

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He holds the record for playing the most T20I innings before scoring a fifty(66)[136]
First player to score 1000 runs in T20Is without even scoring a career half-century and also holds the record for scoring the most career runs in T20I history before first fifty(1153)[137][138]
Holds the record for playing the most number of matches in T20I history as captain who has also served as a wicketkeeper(72)[139]
Most matches as captain in T20I history(72)[140]
Holds the record for the most dismissals as wicketkeeper in T20Is(65)[141]
Most catches as wicketkeeper in T20 Internationals(42)[142]
Holds the joint record for taking the most catches as wicketkeeper in a T20I innings(4)[143]
Holds the record for playing the most consecutive T20I innings without a duck(65)[144]
He set the record for winning the most T20I matches as captain(41)

text: International Records(combined ODI, test and T20I)

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Dhoni is the first wicket-keeper to effect 150 stumping dismissals in three forms of the game.In fact, holds the record to effect most international stumpings (161)[145][146]
He has played the most number of international matches as captain(331)[147]
He has hit the most international sixes as captain(204)
Most Times Bowled in International Cricket While Playing as a Wicket-Keeper(9 times)

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Dhoni's results in international matches

Matches
Won
Lost
Drawn
Tied
No result

Test[148][149]
90
36
24
30
0
–

ODI[150]
285
158
109
-
4
14

T20I[151]
73
42
28
–
1
2

text: Captaincy record

text: Ms Dhoni is the only captain to win all ICC tournament cups.

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Captaincy Record in Test Matches

Venue
Span
Matches
Won
Lost
Tied
Draw

At Home Venues
2008–2013
30
21
3
0
6[152]

At Away Venues
2009–2014
30
6
15
0
9[153]

TOTAL
2008–2014
60
27
18
0
15[154]

text:
Captaincy Record in One Day Internationals

Venue
Span
Matches
Won
Lost
Tied
N/R

In India (At Home Venues)
2007–2016
73
43
26
1
3[155]

At Away and Neutral Venues
2008–2016
126
67
48
3
8[156]

TOTAL
2007–2016
199
110
74
4
11[157]

text:
Captaincy Record in Twenty20 Internationals

Venue
Span
Matches
Won
Lost
Tied
N/R

In India (At Home Venues)
2007–2016
20
10
10
0
0[158]

At Away Venues
2007–2016
23
13
10
0
0[159]

At Neutral Venues
2007–2016
29
18
8
1
2[160]

TOTAL
2007–2016
72
41
28
1
2[161]

text: Note – In the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, India played a Super 8 Match against West Indies. This match comes under the List of Matches played in Away Venues as the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was being hosted in West Indies

text: Outside cricket

text: Co-owner of Ranchi Rays

text: Along with Sahara India Pariwar, Dhoni is also a co-owner of Ranchi based Hockey club Ranchi Rays, a franchise of the Hockey India League.[162]

text: Co-owner of Chennaiyin FC

text: Along with Abhishek Bachchan and Vita Dani, Dhoni is also a co-owner of Chennai based Football club Chennaiyin FC, a franchise of the Indian Super League.[163]

text: Mahi Racing Team India

text: Dhoni's interest in bikes was often discussed in media.[164] He co-parternered Akkineni Nagarjuna in buying a Supersport World Championship team Mahi Racing Team India.

text: Biographical film

text: A biographical film based on the life of Dhoni, titled M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, was released on 30 September 2016.

text: Endorsements

text: Dhoni signed with Kolkata-based celebrity management company Gameplan Sports in April 2005.[165][166] Currently Dhoni has 20 endorsements, only Shahrukh Khan has more (21).[167] In 2007 Dhoni had 17 endorsements.[168] In July 2010, Dhoni tied up with Rhiti Sports Management and Mindscapes and has been promised a minimum guarantee of Rs 210 crore over the next three years.[169]

text: The following is the list of endorsements signed by Dhoni:-

text:
2005: Pepsico,[170][171] Reebok,[170][171] Exide,[171] TVS Motors.[172]
2006: Mysore Sandal Soap,[173] Videocon,[174] Reliance Communications,[175] Reliance Energy,[175] Orient PSPO Fan,[176] Bharat Petroleum,[177] Titan Sonata,[178] Brylcreem,[179] NDTV,[180] GE Money.[181]
2007: Siyaram.[182]
2008: Fashion at Big Bazaar alongside Bollywood actress Asin, Maha Choco, Boost (health food), Dainik Bhaskar[183]
2009: Dabur Honey, Kolkata Fashion Week.[184] Aircel communications, Nova Scottia Premium shirts.
2010: Amrapali[185]
2016: Exide Life Insurance[186]

text: International centuries

text: Test centuries

text:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Test centuries

#
Runs
Match
Against
City/Country
Venue
Start date
Result

1
148
5
 Pakistan
 Faisalabad, Pakistan
Iqbal Stadium
21 January 2006
Drawn

2
110
38
 Sri Lanka
 Ahmedabad, India
Sardar Patel Stadium
16 November 2009
Drawn

3
100*
40
 Sri Lanka
 Mumbai, India
Brabourne Stadium
2 December 2009
Won

4
132*
42
 South Africa
 Kolkata, India
Eden Gardens
14 February 2010
Won

5
144
63
 West Indies
 Kolkata, India
Eden Gardens
14 November 2011
Won

6
224
74
 Australia
 Chennai, India
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
22 February 2013
Won

text: ODI centuries

text: One Day International centuries for India

text:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's One Day International centuries for India

#
Runs
Match
Against
City/Country
Venue
Date
Result

1
148
5
 Pakistan
 Visakhapatnam, India
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
5 April 2005
Won

2
183*
22
 Sri Lanka
 Jaipur, India
Sawai Mansingh Stadium
31 October 2005
Won

3
109*
110
 Hong Kong
 Karachi, Pakistan
National Stadium
25 June 2008
Won

4
124
147
 Australia
 Nagpur, India
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
28 October 2009
Won

5
107
153
 Sri Lanka
 Nagpur, India
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
18 December 2009
Lost

6
101*
156
 Bangladesh
 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
7 January 2010
Won

7
113*
212
 Pakistan
 Chennai, India
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
30 December 2012
Lost

8
139*
229
 Australia
 Mohali, India
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium
19 October 2013
Lost

9
134
285
 England
 Cuttack, India
Barabati Stadium
19 January 2017
Won

text: ODI centuries for ACC Asia XI

text:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's One Day International centuries for ACC Asia XI

#
Runs
Match
Against
City/Country
Venue
Date
Result

1
139*
74
Africa XI
 Chennai, India
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
10 June 2007
Won

text: MS dhoni century in result for India:

text:
Total
Won
Win %
Lost
Lost%
Tie
Tie%
Draw
Draw%

Test
6
4
66.67%
0
0%
0
0%
2
33.33%

ODI
10
7
70.67%
3
33.33%
0
0%
0
0%

Total
15
10
66.67%
3
20%
0
0%
2
13.33%

text: Awards

text: Honorary awards and appreciations

text:
ICC ODI Player of the Year : 2008, 2009
ICC World ODI XI: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
ICC World Test XI: 2009, 2010, 2013
LG People's Choice Award : 2013
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honor given for achievement in sports, 2007–08.
Honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort University in August 2011.[187]

text: Test cricket

text: Man of the Match awards

text:
S No
Series
Season
Match Performance
Result

1
2nd Test – Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test Series
2008/09
1st Innings: 92 (124 balls, 8×4, 4x6); 1 Ct. ; 1 st.
2nd Innings: 68* (84 balls, 3×4, 1x6) ; 1 ct.
 India won by 320 runs.[188]

2
1st Test – Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test Series
2012/13
1st Innings: 1 st. ; 224 (265 balls, 24x4, 6x6)
2nd Innings: DNB
 India won by 8 wickets.[189]

text: One-Day International cricket

text: Man of the series awards

text:
#
Series
Season
Match Performance
Result

1
Sri Lanka in India
2013/14
346 Runs (7 Matches, 1×100, 1×50); 6 Ct. & 3 st.
 India Won the series 6–1.[190]

2
India in Bangladesh
2007
127 Runs (2 Matches & 2 Innings, 1×50); 1 Ct. & 2 St.
 India Won the series 2–0.[191]

3
India in Sri Lanka
2008/09
193 Runs (5 Matches, 2×50); 3 Ct. & 1 St.
 India Won the series 3–2.[192]

4
India in West Indies
2009
182 Runs (4 Matches with avg. of 91); 4 Ct. & 1 St.
 India Won the series 2–1.[193]

5
India in England
2011
236 Runs (5 Matches with an avg. of 78.66, 3×50)
 England Won the series 3–0.[194]

6
England in India
2011/12
212 Runs (5 Matches, 2×50 with 4 not outs)
 India Won the series 5–0.[195]

text: Man of the Match awards

text:
S No
Opponent
Venue
Date
Match Performance
Result

1
Pakistan
ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam
5 April 2005
148 (123 balls, 15×4, 4×6); WK 2 Ct.
 India won by 58 runs.[196]

2
Sri Lanka
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
31 October 2005
183* (145 balls, 15×4, 10×6); WK 1 Ct.
 India won by 6 wickets.[197]

3
Pakistan
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
13 February 2006
72 (46 balls, 12×4); WK 3 Ct.
 India won by 5 wickets.[198]

4
Bangladesh
Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka
10 May 2007
91* (106 balls, 7×4); WK 1 St.
 India won by 5 wickets.[199]

5
Africa XI
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
10 June 2007
139* (97 balls, 15×4, 5×6); WK 3 St.
Asia XI won by 13 runs.[200]

6
Australia
Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
8 October 2007
50* (35 balls, 5×4 1×6); WK 2 St.
 India won by 8 runs.[201]

7
Pakistan
Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
5 November 2007
63 (77 balls, 8x4); WK 1 St.
 India won by 5 wickets.[202]

8
Sri Lanka
National Stadium, Karachi
3 July 2008
67 (62 balls, 5x4, 1x6); WK 2 Ct.
 India won by 6 wickets.[203]

9
Sri Lanka
R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo
24 August 2008
76 (80 balls, 8x4); WK 2 Ct.
 India won by 33 runs.[204]

10
New Zealand
McLean Park, Napier
3 March 2009
84* (89 balls, 6x4); WK 1 Ct. & 1 St.
 India won by 53 runs (D/L).[205]

11
West Indies
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet
3 July 2009
46* (34 balls, 2x4, 1x6); WK 2 Ct. & 1 St.
 India won by 6 wickets (D/L).[206]

12
Australia
VCA Stadium, Nagpur
28 October 2009
124 (107 balls, 9x4, 3x6); WK 1 Ct, 1 St. & 1 Runout
 India won by 99 runs.[207]

13
Bangladesh
Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka
7 January 2010
101* (107 balls, 9×4)
 India won by 6 wickets.[208]

14
Sri Lanka
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
2 April 2011
91* (79 balls, 8x4, 2x6); 1 ct.
 India won World Cup by 6 wickets.[209]

15
England
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad
14 October 2011
87* (70 balls, 10x4, 1x6); 1 Ct. & 1 St.
 India won by 126 runs.[210]

16
Sri Lanka
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
14 February 2012
58* (69 balls, 3x4, 1x6); 2 St.
Tied.[211]

17
Pakistan
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
30 December 2012
113* (125 balls, 7x4, 3x6); 1 Ct. & 1 St.
 Pakistan won by 6 wickets.[212]

18
Pakistan
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
6 January 2013
36 (55 balls, 1x4, 3x6): 1 Ct. & 1 St.
 India won by 10 runs.[213]

19
Sri Lanka
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
11 July 2013
45* (52 balls, 5x4, 2x6); 1 Ct. & 3 St.
 India won by 1 wicket.[214]

20
South Africa
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
14 October 2015
92* (86 balls, 7x4, 4x6); 3 Ct. & 1 St.
 India won by 22 runs.[215]

21
West Indies
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound
30 June 2017
78* (79 balls, 4x4, 2x6); 1 St.
 India won by 93 runs.[216]

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document_title: White Walker

question_text: who plays the white walkers in game of thrones

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text: White Walker

text: Description[edit]

text: Martin introduces the Others in the prologue of A Game of Thrones (1996), describing them as "Tall ... and gaunt and hard as old bones, with flesh pale as milk" with eyes "deeper and bluer than any human eyes, a blue that burned like ice". Accompanied by intense cold, they wear armor that "seemed to change color as it moved", and wield thin crystal swords capable of shattering steel. The Others move silently, and they speak their own language; Martin writes that their voices are "like the cracking of ice on a winter lake".[4] In A Storm of Swords (2000), they are shown to be vulnerable to weapons made of dragonglass (obsidian),[5] as Samwell Tarly kills one this way:

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text: [T]he Other's armor was running down its legs in rivulets as pale blue blood hissed and steamed around the black dragonglass dagger in its throat ... where its fingers touched the obsidian they smoked ... the Other shrank and puddled, dissolving away. In twenty heartbeats its flesh was gone, swirling away in a fine white mist. Beneath were bones like milkglass, pale and shiny, and they were melting too. Finally only the dragonglass dagger remained, wreathed in steam ... Grenn bent to scoop it up and flung it down again at once. "Mother, that’s cold."[5]

text: In A Dance with Dragons (2011), Sam uncovers ancient record fragments which suggest that the Others are also vulnerable to something called "dragonsteel", and he and Jon Snow suppose that this is another word for Valyrian steel.[6]

text: Creatures killed by the Others soon reanimate as wights: undead with pallid skin, black hands and similarly glowing blue eyes.[4][7] Dragonglass has no effect on them.[8] Wights may be physically injured, but even dismembered parts remain animated, so they must be destroyed by fire.[7][8] The humans who live in the north beyond The Wall—called "wildlings" by the inhabitants of Westeros—burn their dead so that they do not become wights.[9]

text: Novels[edit]

text: In 2012, Chris Lackner wrote in Dose, "Fans of the novels are eagerly awaiting Martin’s final two installments of the seven-part series. In particular, they are eager to learn more about the White Walkers—or The Others—a mysterious, undead race seemingly bent on humanity’s destruction."[10]

text: Backstory[edit]

text: In the novels and the 2014 companion book The World of Ice & Fire, Martin establishes that, millennia before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire series, a pact existed between the Children of the Forest (elf-like creatures) and the First Men (mankind). This was weakened by the emergence of the Others, an enigmatic and malevolent nonhuman species who inflicted a night that lasted a generation and a winter that lasted decades.[11] After the Others were pushed back, the Children and the First Men raised The Wall, a vast barrier of stone, ice and magic from one coast of northern Westeros to the other, to bar the passage of the Others south.[12]

text: A Game of Thrones[edit]

text: As A Game of Thrones (1996) begins, the general belief across Westeros is that the Others are a legend to scare children, or else "gone eight thousand years".[7][13] But the Others have reemerged, and are gaining power–and wights–beyond the Wall.[4] In the Prologue, a ranging party from the Night's Watch come face to face with a group of the Others, who kill Ser Waymar Royce.[4] Reanimated as a wight, he then kills the ranger Will.[4] Out ranging beyond the Wall, Jon Snow and the Night's Watch find the corpses of two of their fallen brothers. Brought home to Castle Black, the dead men rise and kill several of their living fellows before they are destroyed.[7][14]

text: A Storm of Swords[edit]

text: Sam Tarly kills an Other with a dragonglass dagger in A Storm of Swords (2000).[5] His former comrade Small Paul is killed and reanimated as a wight. The undead Paul is unfazed by the dragonglass but Sam is able to put him down with fire.[8] Bran Stark recalls the story of the Night's King, a Stark and the 13th Commander of the Night's Watch who had been seduced by a female White Walker.[12] The Night's King and his queen enslaved the brothers of the Watch until the Starks and the wildlings joined to defeat him.[12]

text: The Winds of Winter[edit]

text: Martin said in 2012 that readers will see more of the Others in his forthcoming novel The Winds of Winter.[15] He noted in another 2012 interview, "[We’ll learn more about their] history, certainly, but I don’t know about culture ... I don’t know if they have a culture".[10]

text: TV adaptation[edit]

text: The White Walkers portrayed on HBO's Game of Thrones differ slightly in appearance from their literary counterparts, but Aaron Souppouris of The Verge named them among "the most visually iconic creatures on the show".[3] In the TV series, the primary White Walker has been portrayed by Ross Mullan.[3][16] Their apparent leader is the Night King, portrayed by Richard Brake and Vladimir Furdik, who appear in the episodes "Oathkeeper", "Hardhome", "The Door", "Dragonstone", "Beyond the Wall", and "The Dragon and the Wolf".[17][18][19] In "Hardhome", the effectiveness of Valyrian steel against the White Walkers is proven as Jon shatters one to pieces with a single stroke of his ancient sword Longclaw.[20][21] Unlike in the novels, the TV series has established that wights can be destroyed by dragonglass.[22]

text: In the season 6 episode "The Door" (May 2016), Bran Stark experiences a vision of the creation of the Night King by Leaf, one of the Children of the Forest, by stabbing a human prisoner in the chest with a dragonglass dagger. Leaf explains to an incredulous Bran that the Children were at war with the First Men.[23][24]

text: Merchandising[edit]

text: In 2012, Funko released a White Walker figure as part of their POP! Television line, which are 4.5 inch vinyl figures in the Japanese super deformed style.[25] The company later produced a Mystery Mini Blind Box figurine of a stylized White Walker.[26] Dark Horse released a 9-inch White Walker bust statue in 2013,[27][28] and later a 9-inch full figure statue.[29] In 2014, Funko released a 6.5 inch articulated White Walker action figure (with spear accessory) as part of their HBO-licensed Legacy Collection line, which features "some of the series’ most popular characters".[30][31] Dark Horse produced a Night King bust in March 2016,[32] which was followed by an 8-inch Night King figure by Dark Horse Deluxe in late 2016.[33] Funko also released a "Night King" POP! figure that same year.[34]


document_title: Egg spoon

question_text: why we do not eat egg with silver spoon

question_tokens: why we do not eat egg with silver spoon

text: Egg spoon

text: An egg spoon is a specialized spoon for use in eating boiled eggs. In comparison to a teaspoon it typically has a shorter handle and bowl, a more pointed tip and often a more rounded bowl.[citation needed]  These characteristics are intended to facilitate the removal of an egg's contents from the shell, through a small hole in one end.  For this purpose the egg spoon is easier to use than a normal teaspoon.[original research?]

text: Because the sulfur in eggs cause silver to tarnish, good silver egg spoons will have a gold wash over the bowl of the spoon. Egg spoons can also be made of horn, porcelain and stainless steel as well as any other material that does not react to the sulfur in eggs.

text: External sources[edit]

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document_title: Storm of the Century

question_text: where does storm of the century take place

text: Storm of the Century

text: Plot[edit]

text: A very powerful blizzard hits the fictional small town of Little Tall Island (also the setting of King's novel Dolores Claiborne) off the coast of Maine. The storm is so powerful that all access off the island is blocked, and no one is able to leave the island until the storm is over. While trying to deal with the storm, tragedy strikes when one of the town's residents is brutally murdered by André Linoge (Colm Feore), a menacing stranger who appears to know the town members' darkest secrets, and who gives no hint of his motives other than the cryptic statement "Give me what I want, and I'll go away."

text: Linoge is imprisoned in the town's holding cell by part-time constable Michael Anderson (Timothy Daly), but he uses his various abilities to affect the town, driving people to commit suicides and inflict terrifying dreams. After walking from his cell, Linoge's campaign of terror culminates in an enchantment that places all eight of the town's small children into unconsciousness. While looking for Linoge, Mike notices his name is an anagram for Legion, a collective group of demons mentioned in the Gospel of Mark and Gospel of Luke, having been exorcised by Jesus and cast into a herd of swine. Linoge eventually calls a town meeting, and it is here that Linoge states he desires one of the eight children he has enchanted. He reveals his true form (an impossibly ancient, dying man), explaining that he is not immortal, and needs someone to carry on his "work." He states that he cannot simply take the child he desires, but he can punish. If they refuse, he threatens to force them to march into the sea two-by-two, as he claims to have done at Roanoke Island, North Carolina, centuries before. With his demands set, he leaves them with half an hour to make their decision.

text: Although Mike begs the town to refuse Linoge's request, appealing to their common decency and the fact that they may be aiding in a great evil, all of the townspeople except him vote to give Linoge what he desires. Linoge has one parent of each child draw one of eight "weirding stones," with Mike's wife Molly drawing the black. Contemptuously thanking the town, Linoge transforms into his true form and suggests that the less they say to the outside world about the events with him, the happier they will be. With a final remark to Molly that Ralph will eventually come to call him "father", Linoge flies off into the night with his new protégé.

text: Most of the film's epilogue is narrated by Mike, as he explains how he leaves Little Tall the following summer. Unable to live with those who sacrificed his child, Mike divorces Molly and settles in San Francisco as a US Marshal. Nine years after the storm, Mike notices an old man and a teenage boy walking by, humming Linoge's favorite tune "I'm a little teapot". He calls out to the boy, realizing it is his son, now corrupted by Linoge. He chases after them into an alley, but they are gone.

text: Mike considers telling Molly about what he saw, but ultimately decides against it, sometimes thinking that was the wrong decision, "but in daylight, I know better."

text: Cast[edit]

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text:
Tim Daly as Constable Michael "Mike" Anderson
Debrah Farentino as Molly Anderson
Dyllan Christopher as Ralph Emerick "Ralphie" Anderson
Colm Feore as Andre Linoge
Jeffrey DeMunn as Town Manager Robert "Robbie" Beals
Nada Despotovich as Sandra "Sandy" Beals
Spencer Breslin as Donny Beals
Denis Forest as Kirk Freeman
Nicky Guadagni as Jenna Freeman
Casey Siemaszko as Alton "Hatch" Hatcher
Soo Garay as Melinda Hatcher
Skye McCole Bartusiak as Pippa Hatcher
Ron Perkins as Peter Godsoe
Becky Ann Baker as Ursula Godsoe
Cayda Rubin as Sally Godsoe
Nancy Beatty as Octavia Godsoe
Richard Fitzpatrick as Jonas Stanhope
Kathleen Chalfant as Joanna Stanhope
Myra Carter as Cora Stanhope
Rita Tuckett as Martha Claredon
Adam Zolotin as Davey Hopewell
Gaylyn Britton as Mary Hopewell
Michael Rhoades as Stan Hopewell
Steve Rankin as Jack Carver
Torri Higginson as Angela Carver
Stephen Joffe as Buster Carver
Adam LeFevre as Ferd Andrews
Peter MacNeill as Sonny Brautigan
Beth Dixon as Tess Merchant
Leif Anderson as Johnny Harriman
Marcia Laskowski as Linda St. Pierre
Harley English-Dixon as Heidi St. Pierre
Richard Blackburn as Andy Robichaux
Jeremy Jordan as William "Billy" Soames
Lynne Griffin as Jane Kingsbury

text: Screenplay[edit]

text: The screenplay for the miniseries was written by Stephen King expressly for television, and was published by Pocket Books just prior to the initial airing of Storm of the Century on ABC, while the mass market edition of the screenplay was published only as a trade paperback. A hardcover edition was published concurrently by the Book of the Month Club. The book contains an introduction in which King describes the genesis of the idea as it occurred to him in late 1996, beginning to write it in December 1996, and debating the format the story should take, either a novel or a screenplay, ending up writing a "novel for television".[1]

text: Release and reception[edit]

text: Storm of the Century aired on ABC on February 14–18, 1999. It was released on DVD on June 22 the same year.[2]

text: The miniseries was well received by critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes counts six positive out of eight reviews.[3]


document_title: Presidents of the United States and control of Congress

question_text: who has had control of the house and senate

text: Presidential impact[edit]

text: Many presidents' elections produced what is known as a coattail effect, in which the success of a presidential candidate also leads to electoral success for other members of his or her party. In fact, all newly elected presidents except Zachary Taylor, Richard Nixon, and George H. W. Bush were accompanied by control of at least one house of Congress.

text: Presidents by congressional control and terms won/served[edit]

text:
No.
President
President's Party
Senate with
Senate opposed
House with
House opposed
Congress with
Congress opposed
Congress divided
Years served
Elections won

1
George Washington
None
8
0
6
2
6
0
2
8
2

2
John Adams
Federalist
4
0
4
0
4
0
0
4
1

3
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican
8
0
8
0
8
0
0
8
2

4
James Madison
Democratic-Republican
8
0
8
0
8
0
0
8
2

5
James Monroe
Democratic-Republican
8
0
8
0
8
0
0
8
2

6
John Quincy Adams
Democratic-Republican
0
4
2
2
0
2
2
4
1

7
Andrew Jackson
Democratic
8
0
8
0
8
0
0
8
2

8
Martin Van Buren
Democratic
4
0
4
0
4
0
0
4
1

9
William Harrison
Whig
0.1
0
0.1
0
0.1
0
0
0.1
1

10
John Tyler
Whig
Independent
4
0
2
2
2
0
2
4
0

11
James Polk
Democratic
4
0
2
2
2
0
2
4
1

12
Zachary Taylor
Whig
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1

13
Millard Fillmore
Whig
0
3
0
3
0
3
0
3
0

14
Franklin Pierce
Democratic
4
0
2
2
2
0
2
4
1

15
James Buchanan
Democratic
4
0
2
2
2
0
2
4
1

16
Abraham Lincoln
Republican
National Union
4
0
4
0
4
0
0
4
2

17
Andrew Johnson
National Union
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
0

18
Ulysses Grant
Republican
8
0
6
2
6
0
2
8
2

19
Rutherford Hayes
Republican
2
2
0
4
0
2
2
4
1

20
James Garfield
Republican
0
0.5
0.5
0
0
0
0.5
0.5
1

21
Chester Arthur
Republican
4
0
2
2
2
0
2
4
0

22
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
0
4
4
0
0
0
4
4
1

23
Benjamin Harrison
Republican
4
0
2
2
2
0
2
4
1

24
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
4
1

25
William McKinley
Republican
4.5
0
4.5
0
4.5
0
0
4.5
2

26
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican
7.5
0
7.5
0
7.5
0
0
7.5
1

27
William Taft
Republican
4
0
2
2
2
0
2
4
1

28
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
6
2
6
2
6
2
0
8
2

29
Warren Harding
Republican
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
1

30
Calvin Coolidge
Republican
6
0
6
0
6
0
0
6
1

31
Herbert Hoover
Republican
4
0
2
2
2
0
2
4
1

32
Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic
12
0
12
0
12
0
0
12.1
4

33
Harry Truman
Democratic
6
2
6
2
6
2
0
7.8
1

34
Dwight Eisenhower
Republican
2
6
2
6
2
6
0
8
2

35
John Kennedy
Democratic
2.8
0
2.8
0
2.8
0
0
2.8
1

36
Lyndon Johnson
Democratic
5.2
0
5.2
0
5.2
0
0
5.2
1

37
Richard Nixon
Republican
0
5.6
0
5.6
0
5.6
0
5.6
2

38
Gerald Ford
Republican
0
2.4
0
2.4
0
2.4
0
2.4
0

39
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
4
0
4
0
4
0
0
4
1

40
Ronald Reagan
Republican
6
2
0
8
0
2
6
8
2

41
George H. W. Bush
Republican
0
4
0
4
0
4
0
4
1

42
Bill Clinton
Democratic
2
6
2
6
2
6
0
8
2

43
George W. Bush
Republican
4.5
3.5
6
2
4.5
2
1.5
8
2

44
Barack Obama
Democratic
6
2
2
6
2
2
4
8
2

45
Donald Trump
Republican
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
1
1

No.
President
President's Party
Senate with
Senate opposed
House with
House opposed
Congress with
Congress opposed
Congress divided
Years served
Elections won