FAVORITE SPORTS PERSONALITY

INTRODUCTION

My favourite sports personality is Mahendra Singh Dhoni . He is an Indian Cricketer

and the current captain of India's National Cricket Team . He has lead his Team to many

wins . Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi .

Dhoni is a right-handed Batsman and Wicket-keeper . Dhoni is one of the number of wicket-

keepers who have come through the ranks of junior and India A cricket teams to represent the

national team . M.S.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

which was closely followed by Andrew Symonds Dhoni is the present captain of the Chennai

Super Kings team. India scored 328 in 50 overs with Dhoni contributing 68 in their first

match of 2006 against Pakistan . Dhoni was named the captain of India Twenty 20 squad for

the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa in September 2007.India were

crowned champions as Dhoni led the team to victory against Pakistan in a thrilling contest .

He, then went on to become the ODI captain of the Indian team for the seven-match ODI

series against Australia in September 2007.

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 retired from

cricket after the third test . India eventually won that Test thus clinching the series 20 and

retained the Border-Gavasker Trophy . Dhoni had previously captained India on a stand-in

basis against South Africa and Australia in 2008 and 2009 respectively. It was under his

captaincy that India climbed to No. 1 in the ICC Test Rankings in December 2009.

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 After that he managed to lead India in a series leveling world championship of Test

against the South Africans in Feb 2010. As a result India managed No. 1 spot in the ICC Test

Rankings . Dhoni was handed a 2 match ban from playing in the ODI series against Sri Lanka

for the team's slow over-rate during the second one-dayer in Nagpur (18 December 2009) by

ICC match referee Jeff Crowe .

There are many sport persons in the world. The entire sports people are not favorite to

me. My favorite sport person is an Indian cricketer. He is Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He in one

of the greatest cricketers of the world. He is an internationally celebrated person. He is

mainly a batsman. Occasionally, he also bowls. Actually, he is an all round performer. He is

different from others. He has good relations with his teammates. He is very friendly and

amicable. For having these exceptional qualities in him.

I like him very much. He is popular all over the world for his violent bating. He has

also much popularity to raise run quickly. He is the wonder of the cricket world and a fear of

the opposite players. As a cricketer, he is very successful. He has a world record of making

centuries and runs in One Day Cricket. He is the highest run maker both in ODI and in test

match. I like him for his outstanding performance and achievements. I think his records

would never be touched by any cricketer.

ANOTHER PERSONALITY

The young Indian women tennis sensation Sania Mirza, was born in Mumbai on

November 15, 1986. Presently the highest ranked Indian, Sania started playing Tennis at the

tender age of six at the Nizam club in Hyderabad. Born to parents, father Imran Mirza a

sports journalist and mother Nasima, it was Sania's father Imran who initiated her into the

game and who has always encouraged her to be the best. She started practicing under CK

Bhupati, India's top tennis player Mahesh Bhupati's father.

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 She learnt the professional game at Sinnet Tennis Academy in Secunderabad before

moving to Ace Tennis Academy in the USA. Now she is managed by Mahesh Bhupati's

company Global Sports and has a specialist advisor Bob Brett who was Boris Becker's coach

earlier. Sania played her first international tournament in 1999 when she represented India at

the World Junior Championship at Jakarta. Mirza's big boost came in 2002 when Paes

decided to take her as his mixed doubles partner at the Asian Games. The duo went on to

claim the bronze medal.

The rise has been steady since then. In 2003, Sania at 16years did India proud by

becoming the youngest and first ever Indian to figure in the main draw of the girls' doubles

junior Wimbledon tennis championship and winning the Grand Slam title. Sania partnered

13-year-old Russian Alisa Kleybanova and defeated Katerina Bohmova of the Czech

Republic and Michaela Krajicek of the Netherlands 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. It was after a long haul of

51 years that an Indian girl figured again in the final of a Grand Slam, the last being Rita

Dabur, who had finished runner-up in the singles event in 1952.

A winner of 21 International Tennis Federation (ITF) titles, Sania won over Petra

Mandula of Hungary defeating her 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the women's singles at the

Australian Open grand slam. With this victory, she has become the first Indian woman to

reach the third round of a Grand Slam event. Sania Mirza outlasted the Ukraine's Alonya

Bondarenko to win the Open WTA tour event in her native town Hyderabad and became the

youngest and first Indian woman to win a WTA Tour title. This 18-year-old girl became the

brand ambassador of Lotto Sports Italia and the company said that it would soon launch a

signature line series. With its launch, Sania would become only the fourth player after Andre

Agassi of USA, Germany's Steffi Graf and Stephen Edberg of Sweden to have a signature

line of her own.

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CONCLUSION

To end off , Dhoni is a very talented and wonderful player that I like . I am always his

fan . Hats off for Mahendra Singh Dhoni .

On the personal front, Sania likes dancing and listening to Rap, hip-hop and Hindi

remix, likes cricket and swimming. She is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from

India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 18 in doubles. Mirza's powerful

forehand strokes, confidence and positive attitude combined with good looks and charm have

floored Indians and attracted sponsors in hordes. She is very religious and never misses her

daily prayers and Quran reading. She is now living with her parents and her little sister Anum

in the posh suburbs of Jubily Hills, Hyderabad. Mirza, who idolises German tennis great

Steffi Graf, has dreams of being the Wimbledon singles champion one day. Sania Mirza is

married to Shoaib Malik Pakistani cricketer.

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