Honorary Awards and Appreciations
- ICC World ODI XI: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- ICC ODI Player of the Year : 2008, 2009
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour given for achievement in sports, 2007–08.
- Honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort University in August 2011.
- The Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to have received this honor.
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