MS Dhoni, the captain of the Chennai Super Kings, is regarded as a down-to-earth person guy as well as a sports star. The great India captain surprised one of his admirers recently by attending his birthday festivities.
In one Instagram video, MS Dhoni can be seen taking cake from the hands of the birthday kid, who claims to be a die-hard follower of the cricketer. The video’s caption read:
“Luckiest man on earth.”
For the uninitiated, the video was released by none other than Subodh Singh Kushwaha, who frequently uploads photos and videos of MS Dhoni near the latter’s Ranchi home. The ‘Mahi’ cricket coaching academy is managed by the fan.
Dhoni was recently spotted working out in the gym after being retained by CSK as skipper for the IPL 2024 auction, which is set to take place in Dubai on December 19.
“People think of Dhoni as a captain only but as a batter, he was at the top” – Muttiah Muralitharan on MS Dhoni
Muttiah Muralitharan, a former Sri Lanka spin maestro, praised MS Dhoni’s batting and sacrifices for the team. He ranked the Ranchi-born batsman as one of the best hitters in the world.
Muralitharan, who formerly played for CSK alongside Dhoni, recently told Jio Cinema:
“People think of Dhoni as a captain only but as a batter, he was at the top. He was such a good player and when he started when he was playing, no other players could play like him because [he was] so dangerous, then because of his captaincy, he mellowed down and he knew how to finish matches for the team.”
Muttiah Muralitharan
He continued:
“For the sake of the team, Dhoni gave up his flair. But his record in one day and T20 is no better than any way he is [among] top-class players who have the same record.”
Muttiah Muralitharan
MS Dhoni scored a total of 10,773 runs in 350 One-Day Internationals. This includes hitting the century 10 times and reaching half-century 73 times. When playing Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) he accumulated 1,617 runs in 98 games, including two scores of fifty plus. The 42-year-old cricketer also boasts of over 5,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
