Dhoni was born in Ranchi, Bihar and belongs to a Hindu Rajput family with its roots in Uttarakhand. He is the youngest of three children of Paan Singh and Devki Devi. His native village Lawali is in Jubilee tehsil of Lamgra block of Almora district of Uttarakhand. His parents migrated from Uttarakhand to Ranchi, Jharkhand, where his father worked as a pump operator in a junior management position at MECON Colony, located in Doranda area of Ranchi. Unlike Dhoni, his uncles and cousins spell their surname as Dhoni.
Earlier, Dhoni was a goalkeeper for the football team of his DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir School, but seeing his goalkeeping skills, coach Keshav Ranjan Banerjee, who inspired Dhoni to become a cricketer, encouraged him to play cricket for his school team. Being selected for his exceptional wicketkeeping skills allowed him to become the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando Cricket Club (1995–1998). Based on his performances in club cricket, he was selected for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy under-16 championship for the 1997/98 season, where he performed well.
In 1998, Dhoni was selected by Deval Sahai, former vice-president of the Bihar Cricket Association and Ranchi district cricket president, to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited team. Till 1998, Dhoni, who was in 12th standard, had never played professionally. Cricket. In CCL, he got the opportunity to bat higher up the order where he put up exceptional performances which helped CCL move to A Division.
Dhoni is crazy about Indian Army. While spending a day with the Parachute Regiment in Ranchi, Dhoni said, “Since childhood, I wanted to join the Army. Seeing the soldiers, I felt that one day I would also become like that. The India Cements Limited company is headed by former BCCI president and owner of the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, N Srinivasan.
Impressed by his performance, Deval Sahai insisted on his selection in the Bihar team. Dhoni was transferred. Ranchi team, Junior Bihar cricket team and finally Senior Bihar Ranji team within a year. He married Sakshi Singh Rawat on 4 July 2010. The wedding took place in Dehradun a day after the couple’s engagement. Dhoni and his wife have a daughter, Ziva Dhoni.
The real love story of the couple is slightly different from the love story portrayed on the silver screen in the Mahendra Singh Dhoni biopic. Both the fathers were partners in Macon Ltd. Although both Dhoni and Sakshi attended the same school in Ranchi for some time, their love story did not last there as they did not meet in school as Sakshi was Dhoni’s junior.
The two met in 2007 when MS Dhoni’s wife Sakshi was doing her internship at the Taj Bengal Hotel in Kolkata. The former Indian skipper was in the city for the match against Pakistan at the Eden Gardens. The two were introduced by their common friend and manager Yudhajit Dutta. As shown in the film, Sakshi got a chance to meet the famous cricket star at Taj Bengal.
Dhoni’s manager Yudhajit Dutta introduced Sakshi to the cricketer on Sakshi’s request. It was Sakshi’s last day of internship at the hotel and Yudhjeet had organized a farewell party for her. He also invited MS Dhoni to the party. That’s how they met for the first time. After Sakshi leaves, Dhoni asks Yudhajeet for his number and starts messaging him.
The former captain of the Indian cricket team has had a journey like no other. From rags to riches and seeing ups and downs in his daily life, he has had a career like no other. In his low and happy days, he has been accompanied by his loving wife Sakshi Dhoni, formerly known as Sakshi Singh Rawat. Born on 19 November 1998, Sakshi hails from Lekhapani town in Tinsukia district of Assam, India. Lekhapani is the place from where he completed his pre-primary education.
Dhoni and Sakshi went to the same school in Ranchi, which is fascinating. But Sakshi was younger than him, so he never got a chance to meet her at school. During his internship at the Taj Bengal in Kolkata, Dhoni’s manager and their mutual friend Yudhajit Dutta put them in touch with each other. In March 2008, they finally started going out together. They had a great time dating, and they were even able to keep it a secret.
The ring ceremony took place on 3 July 2010 at “Hotel Saksham” in Dehradun. Two days later, they got married at the “Vishanti Resort” near Dehradun. Many of Dhoni’s friends from sports, politics and film industry attended the wedding and extended their best wishes to the couple. Sakshi looked very beautiful in the red and green lehenga she wore for the wedding. She was the bride of Sabyasachi. when the witness came
