Delhi Capitals (DC) players were asked to describe ‘Captain Cool’ in one ‘word’ ahead of their game against CSK in Chennai and all the replies came straight from the heart.
Veteran Indian pacer Ishant Sharma terms Dhoni as his ‘Big Brother’ and for Axar Patel he is ‘Mr Cool’.
Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh calls former Indian captain ‘Legend’ and young Sarfaraz Khan is a “big fan” of Dhoni.
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DC Young players named him ‘legend’, ‘thalaiva’ and even ‘god’ in a video posted on their Twitter handle.
Dhoni, who is an IPL legend, has scored 5054 runs in his 244 matches at an average of 39.48 despite batting down the order. His best score is 84* so far.
Dhoni, who has been part of CSK since the inaugural 2008 season of IPL besides a two-season stint with now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiants, has a massive yellow army support which breaks into cheers every time he walks onto the field.
