MS Dhoni shunned business class seat to sit with TV crew in flights: Sunil Gavaskar

Former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar recently revealed an interesting habit of veteran wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni during domestic flights. He said that Indian team rewards its top-performing cricketers on chartered flights by giving m an option of taking one of business class seats. He n added that in spite of MS Dhoni being captain of team from 2008-2016, cricketer would rarely sit in business class and would rar spend time with television crew in ecomy class.

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Sunil Gavaskar reveals Indian team's travel culture

While writing for Mid Day, Sunil Gavaskar hailed Indian team’s way of rewarding ir players on chartered flights. Gavaskar wrote that during international matches in India, both teams usually travel in a chartered flight from one venue to next and y are also accompanied by technical television crew. He added that business class seats are dominantly occupied by captains and coaches of side while remaining Indian players sit in ecomy class. However, Indian team rewards its top-performing players from ir previous matches with a chance to sit in business class.

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Sunil Gavaskar hails MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli for “building team spirit”

legendary batsman continued that MS Dhoni hardly ever sat in business class even when he was captain of side. He furr wrote that 2011 World Cup-winning skipper preferred sitting with television crew in ecomy class. According to him, present Indian captain Virat Kohli usually follows same routine and cited his examples from India’s tour of Australia in 2018-2019. He hailed Indian team’s gesture by describing its importance in building “team spirit” among players.

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MS Dhoni donation and status of IPL 2020

ongoing coronavirus pandemic prompted Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to postpone upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) season until furr tice. As cricketers and Indian citizens continue to remain indoors amid coronavirus-induced India lockdown, MS Dhoni donated a sum of ₹1 lakh to a Pune-based NGO in order to lend a helping hand in combating contagious disease throughout country.

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