Dhoni is widely regarded as one of the greatest captains in the history of cricket.
MS Dhoni’s achievement as a cricketer is surreal, to say the least. The 43-year-old has etched his name as one of the finest captains in the history of the game.
Dhoni is the only skipper in the world to have won all three ICC white-ball trophies – 2007 World T20, 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy.
While Dhoni retired from international cricket in 2020, he continues to feature in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Chennai Super Kings (CSK). He has captained CSK to as many as five IPL titles and two Champions League T20 (CLT20) titles.
The CSK star recently opened up about his childhood in Ranchi, revealing that he would be afraid of his father as a kid but he also never felt insecure as a child.
“When we were kids, there was no insecurity in life. We had the same routine day after day and there was no scope for insecurity. I don’t think we were insecure about anything. Everything was the same, there was no showoff, no mobile phones around!” Dhoni said in an interview with Raj Shamani.
He added, “We had a very regimented childhood. The school was in the colony itself which meant that there was no badmasshi in younger days. My teachers had also taught my elder brother, and there was an 10-year age gap between us. So they literally knew the full family. The only competitive thing in early days was games we played in my colony, where if you lost one day, you had to win the next day!"
Dhoni also spilled beans on his relation with his father. “Papa se darr bohot lagta tha (I used to be really scared of my father). He was very strict. He was regimented; always supposed to be on time. But that’s also why I am regimented. It’s not like he used to beat us or something. But that fear was there. My friends would climb walls in the colony, but I never dared. If my father sees, then we are gone! We never knew what the consequences would be, but we were afraid nevertheless,” he remarked.
CSK haven’t been at their best in the ongoing IPL season and are currently occupying ninth spot in the points table, with only one win in four matches.
Dhoni has registered scores of 0*, 30*, 16 and 30* in four innings but his batting approach has come under severe scrutiny this season.