Exclusive: Little known facts about Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Besides football, Dhoni could play any form of sport he touched. He was a brilliant badminton player. He was excellent in carrom. In cricket, he was not far behind although he didn’t take it too seriously until he reached Standard VII. In fact, Dhoni practises badminton even today because he believes that if he can return a quality smash which comes back at the speed of 240 kilometres an hour and even more, he can toy with a fast bowler’s average delivery which comes to him at 100 kilometres less than that speed.