He made his ODI debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh , and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka . Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards , including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 ( the first player to win the award twice ) , the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007 , the Padma Shri , India 's fourth highest civilian honour , in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan , India 's third highest civilian honour , in 2018 . He was named as the captain of the ICC World Test XI in 2009 , 2010 and 2013 . He has also been selected a record 8 times in ICC World ODI XI teams , 5 times as captain . The Indian 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 receive this honour
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