MS Dhoni ventures into farming and animal husbandry, targets UAE as 1st overseas market

India's beloved ex-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been keeping a low profile since he announced his retirement on August 15, 2020. After a b IPL 2020 season that saw his Chennai team end with ir lowest ever score, Dhoni has turned his attention to or hobbies. wicketkeeper-batsman, who has always displayed a love for gardens and nature in his house and life, has seemingly started to pour all his energies into his organic farming and animal husbandry venture since his return to India after IPL 2020. He will next be seen playing for Chennai in IPL 2021.

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MS Dhoni turns to farming ahe of IPL 2021

According to reports, MS Dhoni has been spending upwards of 6-7 hours managing his 43-acre farmhouse ever since end of IPL 2020 season. farmhouse, located in Sembo village of Jharkhand, is Dhoni's passion project and is being used to grow a variety of exotic and common vegetables and fruits such as strawberries, papaya, bananas, tomatoes, broccoli, cabbage and peas. Besides this, Dhoni has also taken an interest in animal husbandry and will be breeding and rearing cows, chicken and soon, fish. 

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Reportedly, Dhoni has received about 75 cows of  Sahiwal breed (indigenous to Punjab) and plans on raising 2000 'Kaknath' chickens.  breed is famed for its dark black colouring and its high-protein, low-fat nutritional makeup. Dhoni's organic farm products are alrey said to be selling well locally and are set to be exported to UAE by  Agriculture Department of Jharkhand. Anor agency,  All Season Farm Fesh agency, has been chosen to ship products to Gulf and or Asian countries. 

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MS Dhoni net worth

An icon of Indian cricket, MS Dhoni's net worth, is estimated to be around $170 million as per a reported by Celebrity Net Worth. At time of his retirement, in 2019, Dhoni was earning an estimated ₹5 crores as salary from BCCI. As one of most popular cricketers in country, Dhoni earns a whopping ₹15 crores from his IPL team. His lifetime earning from just IPL amounts to about ₹1,52,84,00,000.

In 2019, Dhoni was fifth on  Forbes India Celebrity 100 list. He also boasts of major endorsement deals with brands like Aircel, Pepsi, Spartan Sports, Reebok, Gulf Oil, McDowell's Soda, TVS Motors, Sony Bravia, Sonata Watches and more. Dhoni has also taken up farming and animal husbandry full-time post-retirement, along with launching Dhoni acemy in Ahmedab in association with Indian sports management firm Aarka Sports.

Disclaimer: above MS Dhoni net worth and MS Dhoni IPL price information is sourced from various websites and media reports. website does not guarantee a 100% accuracy of figures.

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