10 Secrets of MS Dhoni that you wouldn't know

Former Indian skipper MS Dhoni has been a big inspiration for all budding cricketers across the world and he has been a household name to every aspiring citizen of this nation. Dhoni despite winning so many accolades for his national side as skipper, has been attacked by the media and the public for his controversies in the past.Here, in this article, we will have a look at some of the secrets of Dhoni in his career.1. Dhoni's Sacrificing a goat in 2008 at Ranchi temple: MS Dhoni after winning the CB Tri-Series in 2008 allegedly sacrificed a goat at Ranchi temple to celebrate his success as skipper. His act of sacrificing a goat angered the whole nation and Dhoni made sure he never repeated such antics later.#PAGE_BREAK#2. His love for having Butter Chicken as food: MS Dhoni has some rigid and weird eating habits. His favorite food is butter chicken and when he orders that particularly then he would eat the gravy only and not the chicken pieces. In case if he ate those chicken pieces then he would avoid having rotis.#PAGE_BREAK#3. Use of illegal gloves as a wicket-keeper in CB Series 2008: MS Dhoni was accused of using illegal keeping gloves by the apex cricket board during a league stage match against Australia. India, however, went on to lose that game by 18 runs and later ICC warned Indian skipper Dhoni of a penalty if he used those gloves again without inspection.#PAGE_BREAK#4. Unfulfilled dream of MS Dhoni: MS Dhoni stated that his role model has always been Sachin Tendulkar. When he was a young kid, he always used to watch Sachin and wanted to play like him. Although he dreamed of playing like him, later Dhoni realized that he cannot play like Sachin and that dream remained unfulfilled.#PAGE_BREAK#5. Rumours of Dhoni being involved in CSK's match-fixing saga: CSK was banned from playing IPL in 2016 & 2017 after being found they have been involved in a 2013 betting scandal. SP Kumar being the investigator of CSK's match-fixing saga said that a bookie named Kitty had confessed that "Gurunath Meiyappan informed that MS Dhoni agreed to lose the match by scoring just 140 runs as a team total" and thus confirmed the cricketer's involvement in match-fixing saga. This matter grabbed the headlines back then, but it wasn't followed up, and post that SP Kumar was also transferred from internal security to railways post his interrogation with that bookie named Kitty.#PAGE_BREAK#6. Dhoni experimented with football and badminton also: Before pursuing cricket as his full-time career, MS Dhoni also used to play as a goalkeeper for his school football team and even tried playing badminton. MS Dhoni's goal-keeping skills helped him later to play as a wicket-keeper for his national side in cricket.#PAGE_BREAK#7. MS Dhoni being an employee of India Cements: Back in 2012 days, MS Dhoni was caught in a conflict of interest case as he was playing as a skipper for CSK and also worked as an employee of the India Cements. N Srinivasan being the ICC Chairman and BCCI president was also the MD of India Cements.Dhoni's relationship with Srinivasan had a lot of controversies as once Srinivasan vetoed his recommendation to help Dhoni to retain his place as captain when his place was under threat. #PAGE_BREAK#8. Dhoni doesn't believe in data and analytics for team selection: People who have worked closely with MS Dhoni and CSK have mentioned that their team selection never relies on data and analytics. Dhoni selects his team purely based on instinct and gut feeling only. His on-spot decisions and team selections have been very much successful despite not relying on performance analysis.#PAGE_BREAK# 9. Dhoni's relationship with Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone: Dhoni married Sakshi Singh in 2010, but before that, he was rumoured to have had a relationship with Deepika Padukone in 2007. Later both of them denied having dated each other and Dhoni was also involved in being linked with others like secretly dating Preeti Simoes (Former Creative director) also there was news going on that he was dating South Indian actor Raai Laxmi in 2009 days.#PAGE_BREAK#10. Dhoni not using mobile phone in his playing days: Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle in a recent interview revealed interesting details on how MS Dhoni doesn't use a mobile phone. He said "Dhoni is just from another planet. His room is never locked. Anybody on the team can walk into his room. Anytime room service will be ordered, there will be something there. The room is never locked."

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10 Secrets of MS Dhoni that you wouldn't know