MS Dhoni on cricket, and life after cricket
For his first magazine interview in five years, MS Dhoni chats with Mark Nicholas for All Out Cricket about things across different spheres of his life - the World Cup win, the disastrous tour of England later that year, captaincy, his love for the army,
03-Sep-2014
For his first magazine interview in five years, MS Dhoni chats with Mark Nicholas for All Out Cricket about things across different spheres of his life - the World Cup win, the disastrous tour of England later in 2011, captaincy, his love for the army, his 35 motorbikes, and much more.
"Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
"I love my country," he says. "I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order. The point is that while I am an Indian cricketer I will devote myself to that cause. Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am. Therefore I want to play in all formats of the game and to play as much as possible because before long it will be over. Then I'll focus more on the Army!"