Indian captain MS Dhoni's first love, cricket, now has some serious competition. The 28-year-old heartthrob of millions got engaged to Sakshi Singh Rawat, a Kolkata girl in her early 20s at a quiet ceremony in Dehradun on Saturday night. Family sources in Ranchi confirmed the development.
It is unsurprising that Dhoni, known as Captain Cool, chose a hill station for the no-frills ceremony. The function, according to sources, took place at Bhagirathi Resorts at Selaqui, about 20 km from the hilltown.
The engagement took place at 6.30 pm. Rings were exchanged in the presence of relatives from both sides who arrived in three busses. India players Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh were also present.
Sakshi, who studied at the famous Welham Girls' School in Dehradun, is studying hotel management in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Sources said the couple had been seeing each other for nearly two years. The couple holidayed together in Mussoorie and Dehradun last year. Sakshi's chemistry teacher at Welhams, Sujata Paul Maliah, who was also her class teacher in Standard X, praised her as "very pretty girl...She is like a little bird, chirpy and full of life".
"She was fairly good in studies as well as extra-curricular activities. Dhoni is lucky to have got her," Sujata Paul Maliah added.
Some sources claimed that Dhoni and Sakshi knew each other since their early school days, from DAV, Shamily in Ranchi.
Asked whether any date for marriage has been fixed, a family member said, "Not yet. But maybe after the Australian series at home."
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