Published 11:50 IST, May 28th 2020

MS Dhoni has excellent shooting skills: Rajyavardhan Rathore's son Manavaditya

MS Dhoni: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's 21-year-old son Manavaditya recalled an incident when the former India captain impressed him with his shooting skills.

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Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni is one of most adored sportspersons in India. 38-year-old is also one of greatest captains to have graced sport. MS Dhoni is kwn for his cool and calm demeaur on field, which is also cited as one of reasons behind his success. MS Dhoni is only captain in world cricket who has won all three ICC events (T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup & Champions Trophy) as captain. India became a force to be reckoned with under MS Dhoni's captaincy.

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Rajyavardhan Rathore's son Manavaditya lauds MS Dhoni's shooting skills

Besides his leadership, he is also a great finisher and a skilled gloveman. However, MS Dhoni is someone who wears many hats. right-hander relishes trying his hands in different sports be it golf, football, shooting or even online mobile games like PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty.

Recently, India's Olympic silver medallist and former Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's 21-year-old son Manavaditya recalled an incident when MS Dhoni impressed him with his shooting skills. Manavaditya, who is a recipient of 3 gold medals at 63rd National Shotgun Shooting Championship, was involved in an Instagram live session with CSK star Suresh Raina. During live session, Manavaditya expressed his adulation for MS Dhoni.

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Manavaditya also revealed about MS Dhoni's excellent shooting skills. Manavaditya said that he has a lot of respect for MS Dhoni. Manavaditya recalled an incident when Dhoni had given a visit to his residence. He furr said that MS Dhoni tried his hands at shooting and added that CSK captain hit bullseye all time. Manavaditya also praised Dhoni saying his personality is quite strong and unique.

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Even MS Dhoni has expressed his love for shooting in past as he tweeted a video back in 2018. He wrote: "Shooting gun is much more fun than shooting ads."

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In an interview with ESPNcricinfo in 2014, MS Dhoni's old friend and business manr Arun Pandey revealed that due to CSK captain's obsession with Indian armed forces, Dhoni developed a huge interest in shooting. So much so that when Dhoni was playing for India, Pandey revealed that he carried with him his shooting kit and always went to a shooting range on January 1 on occasion of New Year's, in whichever part of world he was, to play sport.

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11:50 IST, May 28th 2020