The get-together on Dhoni’s special day became even more special by the presence of Bollywood super star Salman Khan, who could also be seen in one of the many video clips from the party going viral on social media.
As a gesture of respect, after Dhoni had cut the cake, Sakshi touched her husband’s feet. MSD put his hand up to bless Sakshi, as their friends enjoyed the light-hearted moment.
One of the moments that catches attention while watching the videos is Dhoni asking “yeh eggless hai na” to make sure that the cake is without eggs, possibly ensuring it for his vegetarian friends at the party.
Salman later also sent out a social media post to wish Dhoni on his birthday.
Dhoni’s birthday celebrations, however, kicked off early elsewhere in India as well, with fans at Nandigama in Andhra Pradesh putting up a 100-feet cut-out of MSD to mark the occasion.
India’s most successful wicketkeeper-batsman and iconic skipper played 90 Tests, quitting red-ball cricket in 2014. He scored 4876 runs in Test cricket at an average of 38.09, including 7 hundreds and 33 fifties, with a highest of 224.
He continued to play white-ball cricket for India before calling it a day in the international arena on 15th August 2020 after playing 350 ODIs and 98 T20Is.
He scored 10,773 runs in 50-over internationals at an average of 50.58, including 73 fifties and 10 centuries. In T20Is, he finished with 1617 runs at an average of 37.6, including two half-centuries.
He remains the only Indian captain to have won every ICC prize — the Test mace, Champions Trophy (2013), ODI World Cup (2011) and T20 World Cup (2007).
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