MS Dhoni decided to call it a day from International Cricket!

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Let's just, keep aside those heavy statistics of match-winning and those innumerable moments that he made us proud!

Today, let's just talk about the kind of human being he is! The kind of aura he possessed that reflected through the kind of relationships he kept on and off-field!

One of the most celebrated duos of Indian Cricket is undoubtedly weaved between Yuvaraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. They are arguably the best batsman duo on-field and were best friends off-field too those days. They understood each other better than anyone else and this understanding let the scoreboard moving for India when the openers failed. The duo that won numerous matches just by holding on to each other, those moments of them hugging each other with huge smiles and teary eyes after all the big win just flash before my eyes even today. Stories of their bond resonated from the videos of both having each other's back in dressing rooms, parties, and press conferences! Later something happened and suddenly everything turned upside down! There was clear visibility of changing equations between the two, and I still feel it disheartening to see them 'act like' nothing has happened yet we all know everything has changed! Post their hard twist, both become more reserved, more quiet, and a little more sad every day! 

Like I have read it somewhere "When a friendship ends it's not you who is losing me or me who is losing you, It is us losing us"

And I feel it every time they talk about each other! Hope everything will be back in place one day, and I will be able to see the much happier, much prettier, and the best version of Yuvi-Mahi! ❤️

   Pic credit: Yuvaraj Singh Twitter handle 

Moving on to the second one whom I personally felt, kept a very special bond with Mahi is the present Indian Skipper Virat Kohli. This bond is more of a kind of guide or elder brother more than a friend! Kohli always speaks high about Dhoni whenever he talks about him, he openly admits how he looked up to him being one of the most brilliant cricketing brains of the nation and a successful captain! Unlike others, every insta post Kohli shares about Dhoni clearly reflects the respect he has for him. He often talks about the amount of trust and faith he has on Dhoni that while batting together he won't mind running between the wickets with a blindfold if Dhoni asks him to do so! And this trust can be seen whenever they came up together, like going for a two instead of one if Dhoni urges to do so. The way both communicate with just smiles and nodes on the field is a treat to watch. Kohli says Dhoni is the one person from the team who understands him and helped him pushing his limits during the early days of his career, which he is forever thankful to him. 

Kohli always keeps stressing the line "He will forever be my Captain" as a token of respect and admiration. 

 Pic Credit: Suresh Raina Instagram handle

The third and most important person, I would choose is Suresh Raina. 

Minutes after MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket, Raina joined him. 

"We had already made up our minds to retire on Saturday. Dhoni's jersey number is 7 and mine is 3 - put it together and it makes 73. And on August  15, India completed 73 years of Independence, so there couldn't have been a better day. After announcing our retirement, we hugged and cried a lot." these were Raina's words after retirement.

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The whole cricketing world was left in shock and tears, yet I just wish everybody deserves a friend who backs them up like Suresh Raina backs up MS Dhoni. He just defined a new dimension for friendship. There will always be a lot of people who promise to be there for you but a few who actually prove it through their deeds. I would say, Dhoni-Raina is friendship goals! This southpaw never failed to be there for Dhoni ever since they met. From being bachelor friends to married ones and finally to be father's, they did it all together. Whether it is the pics of Gracia and Ziva enjoying each other's company or Priyanka and Sakshi cheering for them on galleries, they set a once in a blue moon kind of friendship goal!

I wish everybody deserves a Raina in their lives actually, the world needs more of Raina's to be a happier place! To celebrate his friend's success than himself, to back you up in every twist and turns of life, to lend a hand in testing times, and at last to sustain.

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They say "Indian cricket enjoyed one of its most successful phases when MS Dhoni was the captain of the side" but I would rather choose to say MS Dhoni enjoyed the best of friendships when he played for the Indian side ❤️ ✨

#Cheerachi

For more details Visit:

MS Dhoni announces retirement from International Cricket - Cricket News - Sportstar - Sportstar (thehindu.com)

MS Dhoni retires from all international cricket (icc-cricket.com)

Suresh Raina reveals reason behind him and MS Dhoni choosing 15 August to announce retirement - Firstcricket News, Firstpost

Suresh Raina announces retirement - Sportstar (thehindu.com)

Birthday Love Captain!

This day is the much awaited day of my life since years...! 

I must say even more exciting than my own birthday!

July 7! 

This day some 39 years ago God would have been really happy that he planned to make something really special. Like once in a blue moon kind of thing! And yes, he made it! He made MS Dhoni! ✨

People says that their life will always be remembered like before and after MSD, but for me, when I look back...there is nothing before MSD! Life seems to kickstart from 2005 I guess🥴 From the day of his first international century! That 148 runs knock was indeed the first and most beautiful gift he has ever given me, because from that day back in April 2005 I started believing in a one man army! It still makes me awestruck when I look back, all these years how I managed to trust a single man to win every match he played in a game of 11 players! 🤷

Still wonder how I used to believe that if Dhoni is in the crease then there is always a chance to win! 

Always...even if I know it's too late! 

For most people they love him for what he was and what he has become! But for me, I love him for what he made me!

Being a girl, it was for him that I raised my voice for the first time against boys😝 

Remembering those childhood days when I would quarrel with every single human on earth if they say something bad about Dhoni! 

(My 8th classmates😂 I am sorry for all those trouble) 

It was for him that after 12th I made up my mind to took up Journalism as a career!

(You may find this insane, but it's true)

I aspired to be a sports journalist just to get a glimpse of him! Not like every other fan out there, I wanted to spend some quality time with him, to sit with him and talk about his life, his career and possibly everything under the sky!

That's when I realized if only I become a sports journalist someday I would be lucky enough to interview him✨

Without any second thoughts I choose this life that I am living today😊 all because of this man!

It was through him when he brought the World Cup to India after 28 years, that I realized dreams do come true when you have the power to chase them!

It was him, who taught me to get up and stand every time life knocks me down! Just like he lead CSK to win 2018 IPL title after a ban of two years! 

The one thing that I always wanted to learn from him but failed miserably is to keep calm during testing times...I still look up to him and hope I will learn that skill one day! ✨

In short, this man was the biggest inspiration of my life for past 15 years and will continue to be so for the rest of my life! 

People says "Inspirations can come from anywhere" and I agree that to the core...

Because for me Inspiration is that imaginary line that you set for yourself, that nobody else but only you could see!

And this man helped me pushing my limits!

Remembering Sushant Singh Rajput, the man who gave his 100 percent to give life to Dhoni on Big Screens💖 I will forever be indebted to you! You will be in my heart till my last day and beyond that! Thank you Sushant! 

Here is wishing a lifetime of love and happiness to the man who continue to inspire me in ways unimaginable 💗

Happy Birthday MSD💖✨

#Cheerachi

Those Sparkling Eyes...

Even after being born in the southern most part of the country, Kerala! I have always been fond of Bollywood...it will not be an exaggeration if I say I have watched Hindi movies more than Malayalam ones! I did that, and it made me happy!

Been a fan of #SRK since childhood, even before I could remember!

More than films I used to be a cricket fan back then, #MSD being my favorite ever!

The day when I came to know his biopic is gonna hit the big screens, I can say I was the most excited fan ever!

Then when I saw the posters and trailers I got to know that Sushant Singh Rajput is playing that role! I recollected my memory of seeing him in Kai Po Che some 2-3 years back and also in Pavitra Rishta even before that!

I hoped if he could do justice with the character, but still I doubted that!

But once when I saw the movie for the first time, (obviously I have seen it a hundred more times since then) I was left spellbound 😍

I couldn't see Sushant anywhere in that movie, I could only see Dhoni 😍

I was surprised with the work he has done...that where possibly could that charming, energetic and always smiling fellow hide behind the boots of this calm, composed and serious man! It was amazing...❤️

Later I saw this stunning man in PK and Chhichhore before he took his last breath!

I felt cheated when I heard the news of his suicide some one week after I saw the movie Chhichhore 🥺 I was left in shock and tears!

As I was an emotional fool, it hit me hard!

I couldn't talk to people for two days, eat or sleep properly, with his news kept coming on my facebook, twitter and insta newsfeeds I was even terrified to open any of them! I try to shut myself from the world for a while, I kept weeping over time and again whenever I saw something related to him, When my friends tried to console me all I could wish was if he could have got a single friend who cared for him, a single friend who could console him the way they do to me!

The whole world started to feel like a big lie to me,

I stopped believing in happy faces,

I had severe trust issues,

I could no longer believe in the sole idea of happiness,

It turned out that films are fake, all of them are!

Because the guy who taught me to fight against suicide, just ended his life on a knot!

I wish people could have been a bit more caring, a bit more sensitive and above all a bit less fake😞

Sometimes I feel that he left so early because within this short span of time he achieved everything that he could possibly can or ever dreamt of!

May be, even after getting all those he found himself sad! He must have felt that he failed himself, he couldn't find the happiness he always logged for! And may be that's when he took his own life!

Then again, he didn't thought it necessary to pen down a "Suicide Note" , May be he doesn't wanted to blame people, he doesn't wanted to be discussed and investigated further, he doesn't wanted to...🙂

Gem of a Person he was!

The last thing I could remember thinking of him is his innocent smile🦋 

#Cheerachi