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MS Dhoni: Bihar ex-teammate spills beans on a ‘funny’ name they once gave to MS Dhoni

Gurpreet Singh
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MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s former teammate from Bihar reveals the reason they came up with a rather funny name for the Indian Cricket legend.

The fact that MS Dhoni shares a healthy relation and camaraderie with his former friends and teammates is a given. One of the many reasons he is admired and respected by billions, is because of the fact that he has always stayed humble and grounded, not forgetting his roots, despite having everything that it takes for most, to be the other way around.

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Before his sustained stint with the Indian national side, Dhoni played his Ranji Trophy matches for Bihar until 2004, when he made his debut against Bangladesh, where he was unfortunately run-out.

One of his former teammates from Bihar, Satya Prakash- the one who we saw in the movie, MS Dhoni- The Untold Story has come up with a funny name he and his friends used to call MS Dhoni, because of his aggressive nature of batting back then.

Satya Prakash is the same person because of who MS Dhoni got the job of a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) at the Kharagpur Railway Station, in West Bengal. He is the same person who broke into tears after Dhoni, with utmost respect, offered him a cup of tea in his hotel room, after getting admitted into the Indian men’s National side (as per the movie)

What was the ‘funny’ name

In a recent interaction with Sportstar, his former teammate Satya Prakash gave quite some insights on the ‘Captain Cool’ of Indian Cricket. He also talked about how he changed his nature of play when he started playing for his country.

“We used to call him atankwadi (terrorist). He used to hit 40-50 runs in 20 balls. But he became a saint when he played for the country and changed his approach. He is a good learner”, he said.

Satya Prakash was also in all-praise of Dhoni’s captaincy and his command over the English language.

“Dhoni rarely captained in the past, but see how he became the captain of some all-time great players. He always spoke in Hindi, but now he speaks fluently in English. We friends never really gauged his potential:, he added.

Dhoni is currently all set with his preparations for the upcoming 2019 World Cup, where he will yet again play an imperative role with his bat and the wicket-keeping gloves for India. Along with Hardik Pandya down the order, he will look to play the role of a finisher, plus an innings stabiliser by coming up the order, in case the Indian top-order misfires.

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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