WATCH: School students from Ladakh post heartfelt request to MS Dhoni on Instagram

Former India skipper MS Dhoni has a mass fan following despite retiring from international cricket. The 43-year-old is set to play his 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) when he turns out for Chennai Super Kings (CSK). On Thursday, a few young school children from Ladakh came up with a heartfelt appeal to India’s former skipper. 

Children from Turtuk Valley School posted a message on Instagram where they invited Dhoni to visit their school. The video started with a young student saying, “Namaste Dhoni bhai, hum sab Turtuk se hai, humein aapse milna hai. Hum aapke bahut bade fan hai aur aap humse milne Turtuk aayega, hamare school main aapko invite karte hai.”

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The official Instagram handle of Turtuk Valley School tagged India’s former skipper and wrote, “Dear @mahi7781, your biggest little fans from Turtuk Valley School have a special request: come visit us in Leh and teach us your legendary helicopter shot." The school also asked followers to tag Dhoni in the comment box. 

Shikhar Dhawan makes huge statement on India’s captains 

Former India batter Shikhar Dhawan spoke about playing under different captains. Dhawan is currently playing in the Legends90 league for the Delhi Royals side. The 39-year-old was in conversation with ANI recently, where he gave his views on different captaincy styles. 

Dhawan, while speaking about MS Dhoni’s leadership style, said to ANI, “All of them have their own characters and nature. Dhoni is very relaxed. He doesn't talk much. He talks during the meeting. Even before the match, every captain talks. He is very relaxed. Even after the match, he doesn't talk much. So, Dhoni bhai's presence was very strong, and of course, when I played under him, he had already become an experienced captain and had achieved so much already. He knew in and out about how a team is run and how a player is prepared."

The former India batter, while speaking about Virat Kohli, said, “Virat is intense. He has a different energy. Virat has changed the culture of fitness a lot because he is so fit, so that culture came that you have to be fit; our yo-yo test was done. So Virat moved that thing forward. At the same time. He kept on getting mature as a captain as well. When he captained in his first test match and later, with that experience, one keeps getting refined. So Virat's intensity is quite strong."