MS Dhoni spends time with tribal runners in Maharashtra

Tribal runners from Shirpur taluka of Dhule district in Maharashtra received the best compliment of their lives from India cricket icon MS Dhoni. Meanwhile, Dhoni was in the city, for a commercial shoot at Mehboob Studios at Bandra.

Dhoni met the young sportsperson for 15 minutes talking about their difficulties and their training process. Further, Dhoni gifted them an autographed bat.

“We never expected to meet such a big cricket star. He asked us about our difficulties and enquired about our training. When we told him that these days, due to our exams, we train from evening till midnight, he encouraged us to work hard to achieve our goal,” Narayan Pawara said to mid-day.

Meanwhile, Narayan is a 19-year-old runner who won the Singapore U-19 10-km run last December. Along with Narayan, Somnath Pawara, Jagan Pawara, Chetna Patel and Ashwini Chaudhary, also met Dhoni.

“I was speechless after seeing him, but I somehow managed to tell him how I completed the Singapore 42km marathon by mistake instead of running 21km. I wore the same shoes gifted to me by Dhoni for that event. The bat he gave us too will always remain special,” Somnath said talking about his meeting.

Meanwhile, Dhoni opted to take a break from India recent tour to Sri Lanka. He is now gearing up for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) starting from April 7. Further, Dhoni will lead Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming IPL.

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