Dhoni and Girlfriend Sakshi Rawat Ties Knot Tonight

Dhoni and Girlfriend Sakshi Rawat Ties Knot Tonight

Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni, one of India's most eligible bachelors, has finally been taken. Dhoni, who got engaged to his childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat on July 3, is tying the nuptial knot tonight in Dehradun.

Dhoni, one of India's most successful captains, is getting married just three days before his 29th birthday.

Dhoni and Sakshi school friends at DAV Shamily in Ranchi.

Sakshi who hails from Aurangabad is a hotel management graduate.


Dhoni and Sakshi, who hails from Aurangabad, had been school friends at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. "Their fathers worked together in MECON, and the Rawats moved to Dehradun after retirement," a close friend revealed.

The two had been dating for past two years. Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina were present at his engagement and are likely to attend the wedding, also BCCI bigwigs including President Shashank Manohar and N Srinivasan are also there to attend the wedding.

Dhoni's friend and Bollywood actor John Abraham is also present there.

The couple is expected to host a reception in Mumbai on July 7, which also happens to be Dhoni's 29th birthday.

Dhoni was earlier linked with actresses Deepika Padukone and Asin and with southern star Lakshmi Rai. However, none of them ever confirmed anything and these reports died as rumours.