“Ticket Collector MS Dhoni”

 Dhoni was born on 7 July 1981 in Ranchi, his family moved to Jharkhand from uttrakhand before his birth. His paternal village is Lvali in Almora District of Uttrakhand.

 Dhoni studied at the DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir in Ranchi. He was having keen interests in sports since childhood. Dhoni excelled in football and badminton before taking up cricket full-time. He also played at the district and club level in both football and badminton. Dhoni’s skills in football caught the attention of his childhood coach Keshav Bannerjee, as he was an excellent goalkeeper and Bannerjee urged him to try his hand at cricket and wicket keeping after this Dhoni made his debut in the Ranji Trophy for Bihar against Assam in 1999-2000 season and scored 68 not out in his maiden innings and finished the season with 283 runs in five matches. Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from Test cricket in December 2014 but not before he scoring 4876 in 90 matches at 38.09 with six hundreds and 33 fifties. Cricketer Virat Kohli took over the captaincy after Dhoni's retirement. In world cricket Dhoni is the only captain to win all three ICC trophies - 2007 World T20, 2011 World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy and he is the most successful Indian Test captain with 27 Test wins. But, here are some facts about the former Indian captain which will leave you stunned.

We know a lot about MS Dhoni like his ability to finish games, his lightening-quick stumpings along with his Sharp cricketing insightfulness, turning any match in India’s favor. We also know how things took place with wife Sakshi and how he became India's most desired name in cricket world from being an ordinary ticket collector at the Kharagpur railway station.

But, we bet, these unknown facts about the former Indian captain will leave you stunned.

1. He was recommended as captain of Indian Team by Sachin Tendulkar.
2. Dhoni is only the second Indian after Kapil Dev to receive an honorary rank.
3. Dhoni was given the title of Lieutenant Colonel by the Indian Territorial Army On November 1, 2011.
4. He sported long hair during his recent years of international cricket. He once revealed that the hairstyle was inspired by Actor John Abraham.
5. His pet dogs - Zarah a Labrador and Sam an Alsatian, played a major role in his personal life.
6. Dhoni learnt the helicopter shot from his friend Santosh Lal, who was a former Jharkhand cricketer.
7. Dhoni have a devotion to god and is frequent in temples. His favourite temple is in the Deori Mandir on National Highway 33, Ranchi.
8. He is a Kishore Kumar fan and has a very refined taste in music. He loves listening to old classic Hindi movie melodies.
9. He is very fond of chicken. Another favourite of his is hot chocolate fudge
10. Dhoni is also a WWE buff. His favourite wrestlers are   Bret 'The Hitman' Hart and Hulk Hogan.

By-Saksham Gupta

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