Former Indian cricketer MS Dhoni celebrated his 42nd birthday on 7th July. On that day, social media was flooded with wishes for the cricket legend from his fans as well as his teammates, who made sure to celebrate the day. Making the day better for fans, Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) teammate Mohit Sharma shared a video of the former Indian cricket team captain singing. In the unseen video, Captain Cool sings the famous Bollywood song “Salaam-e-Ishq Meri Jaan” from Amitabh Bachchan’s film “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar”.
The video shared by Mohit Sharma is garnering a lot of likes on Instagram and has garnered over 1.1 million views, earning it the status of a viral video. Furthermore, the comment section of the video was flooded with praises for MS Dhoni. Many fans even compared him with famous Bollywood singer Arijit Singh.
Although instances of MS Dhoni singing in public are rare, his love for Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar’s songs is well known. The cricketer has expressed his love for his songs many times and has also tried to bring them alive in his own voice. Dhoni was also recorded singing the song “Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar” while bidding goodbye to his international cricket career.
Before retirement, MS Dhoni’s cricket career was full of many records. Dhoni scored 10,773 runs in 350 ODIs at an average of 50.57. With a highest score of 183*, he scored 10 centuries and 73 fifties for India. Sachin Tendulkar leads with 18,426 runs, making him India’s fifth highest run-scorer in ODIs. He is the 11th most successful batsman in ODI history. His statistics are even more interesting because he was batting lower down the order and still managed to score over 10,000 runs at an average of over 50.
Captain Cool featured in 98 T20Is for India and scored 1,617 runs at an average of 37.60 and a strike rate of 126.13. He has two fifties to his name in this format, the best of which is 56. He captained India in 72 T20Is, winning 41, losing 28, drawing one and not winning two. His win percentage is 56.94. In 2007, he led India to victory in the first ICC T20 World Cup.