Sakshi Singh Rawat Dhoni Gets Engaged
In a big development that will delight the fans, but break the hearts of thousands of young girls, Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni got engaged to his long-time friend Sakshi Singh Rawat in Dehradun.
The engagement was held tonight at Hotel Bhagirath in Dehradun. Family members of both families and a few close friends attended the engagement ceremony, which was kept secret till the last moment.
Dhoni and Sakshi studied together at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. They have good family relations, as both their fathers worked in MECON. The Rawat family moved to Dehradun after Sakshi’s father retired.
The engagement was held tonight at Hotel Bhagirath in Dehradun. Family members of both families and a few close friends attended the engagement ceremony, which was kept secret till the last moment.
Dhoni and Sakshi studied together at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. They have good family relations, as both their fathers worked in MECON. The Rawat family moved to Dehradun after Sakshi’s father retired.
Sakshi is a Management graduate and based in Kolkata. It is not immediately known when Dhoni and Sakshi will tie the knot. A formal announcement on Dhoni’s engagement will be made later. Breaking News Online wishes all the best to the couple.
The Engagement of MS Dhoni and Sakshi Rawat took place in a Restaurant of Dehradoon City and sources has said that there were none of other personalities invited who are related to cricket world. It all took place so quietly that no one even know about this news of Dhoni Engagement. It was in the news that Dhoni is having affair with some girl of North India but was never confirmed by anyone.
The Engagement of MS Dhoni and Sakshi Rawat took place in a Restaurant of Dehradoon City and sources has said that there were none of other personalities invited who are related to cricket world. It all took place so quietly that no one even know about this news of Dhoni Engagement. It was in the news that Dhoni is having affair with some girl of North India but was never confirmed by anyone.
29-year-old Dhoni and Rawat had been school friends at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. Their fathers worked together in MECON, and the Rawats moved to Dehradun after retirement. Maybe after the Australian series – they will marry.
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday got engaged to his childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat at a private function in a hotel in Dehradun with just family members and close friends present.
The marriage is likely to take place after India’s home series against Australia in October.
The engagement for Dhoni, one of India’s most successful captain, comes just four days before his 29th birthday.
“Dhoni and his school friend Sakshi got engaged at Hotel Bhagirath in Dehradun,” a close family friend said in Ranchi.
“Besides the family members of Dhoni, a few close friends of the cricketer were present during the engagement ceremony,” he added.
Dhoni’s engagement was kept a closely guarded secret and sources said that none of his cricketer friends and other celebrities was present.
It was only late in the night that the news of his engagement broke.
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,” the friend said.
Asked whether any date for marriage has been fixed, he said, “not yet, may be after the Australian series.”
The Indian captain is currently enjoying a rare break with the next three-Test series against Sri Lanka scheduled to begin from July 18 at Galle.
The Indian team will play a warm-up game before that.
Dhoni, who made his international debut against Bangladesh in December 2004, has so far played 43 Tests, 166 ODIs and 25 T20s.
Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Cup Twenty20, CB Series of 200708, and the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 20.
He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent IPL 2010. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
Under his charismatic leadership, India attained the number one status in Test cricket and managed to be the number two this year in ODI rankings.
Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour in 2009.
Fans of Dhoni here celebrated his engagement news by bursting crackers.
“We are very happy and elated after learning the news,” said a fan.
“We don’t know whether Dhoni, a football-lover himself, has seen Germany mauling Argentia in the World Cup quarter-final. But the news from Dehradun about Dhoni’s engagement has doubled our celebration,” said another fan.
Dhoni had often been seen dribbling with the football during practice with fellow cricketers