Here's one way to spend 15 months of your life. You could experience five continents and eight countries, taking about 50 flights, covering approximately 112,000 kilometres. Along the way you could take part in 47 one-dayers, 11 Tests and eight Twenty20s, in a period spanning 105 days of international cricket. If you're more ambitious, you could also captain your country, pulling off two historic wins in the process. If you're fit enough, you could keep wicket, squatting and straightening all day, totalling a mind-boggling 26,906 sit-ups. You could push yourself to the limit and shrug aside back strains, leg aches, and finger sprains. Welcome to the world of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is not only the world's most highly-prized cricketer - going by the money he fetched at the IPL auction - but also the busiest.
India's fitness report at the end of the Australia tour highlighted the problems of Sachin Tendulkar, Ishant Sharma, and the two Singhs - Yuvraj and Harbhajan. But the stunning part was right at the end: Dhoni had finished the 80-odd day-long tour with only a finger sprain. Given his schedule, it's some surprise he continues to stand upright. We knew about his power and dash; the last year has told us a bit about his endurance.
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