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😂👻Being remembered by his colleagues as a very honest and straightforward employee, he also had a mischievous side to his personality. Once, while staying at the railway quarters, Dhoni and a couple of his friends covered themselves in white bedsh...

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Ch.3 ▪︎Early Career

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by DrRuchiSharma83

by DrRuchiSharma83

As a child, all Dhoni got from his dad was, "Khel khud apni jagah hai, lekin padhoge likhoge toh kisi layak banoge".

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Being a student he was an athletic, but was more interested in badminton and football initially. To begin with, he excelled in badminton and football and was selected for district and club level. Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team. It was by sheer chance that his football coach once sent him to fill in as the wicketkeeper of the cricket team of a local club. Though he had not played cricket, he charmed everyone with his performance and secured a permanent spot as the regular wicketkeeper in the Commando cricket club team for three years during 1995-98. He continued to perform well and was selected for Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship team during the 1997-98 season.
He started to take cricket seriously only after completing 10th standard. He was a cricket sensation in his school and everyone used to shower him with praise. However, when he didn't make it to the U-19 team, everyone around him was disappointed, but, Dhoni decided to throw a party. Why? Because he appreciated the reality check of the snub and worked harder to get to where is now.
At the age of 22 Dhoni was a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur railway station from 2001 to 2003, under South Eastern Railway in Midnapore (W), a district in West Bengal. When Dhoni got a job offer from the Indian Railways, his dad was overjoyed and MSD took the job just to
make his dad happy.
He made his ODI debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.