Dhoni used to be a typical ranchi loafer. Some of my friends used to live in Ranchi years back when Dhoni had recently become a part of the A team. The guy would don leather from top to bottom and come on his bike to impress the girls in the area. After one particular tour where he did very well, my friends wanted to meet him so he agreed to come to the flat on the condition that they leave him alone with some girl for an hour after after he met them
. Young guys as they were, they got frightened and said no.
Tbf, my friends who followed him at the time say he was always going to be a big star. Had a habit of placing bets and making money for hitting the ball out of the ground in some school that they played in. There was another wk batsman, a left hander, who was rated higher than Dhoni at the time but he had a bike accident and passed away.