{"id":484797,"date":"2026-03-19T22:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484797\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:54:12","slug":"strength-behind-my-mans-success-sakshi-pens-heartfelt-post-for-ms-dhonis-father-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484797\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Strength behind my Man&#8217;s success&#8217;: Sakshi pens heartfelt post for MS Dhoni&#8217;s father | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ms-dhoni-with-wife-sakshi-pti-photo.jpg\" alt=\"'Strength behind my Man's success': Sakshi pens heartfelt post for MS Dhoni's father\" title=\"MS Dhoni with wife Sakshi (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>MS Dhoni with wife Sakshi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chennai-super-kings\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a> wicket-keeper batter and former India captain MS Dhoni\u2019s wife Sakshi Dhoni recently shared an emotional birthday message for her father-in-law Pan Singh Dhoni, highlighting his role in Dhoni\u2019s journey. She posted a picture and praised his life story, calling it inspiring and crediting him for shaping Dhoni into the person he is today.  <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Shashi Tharoor &amp; Samson\u2019s Redemption Story: From Setbacks to GloryIn her message, Sakshi reflected on Pan Singh\u2019s struggles and achievements, showing how much he means to the family. She wrote, &#8220;From a young boy who left his village alone with courage&#8230; to building a legacy that the whole nation respects &#8211; your journey is pure inspiration. The strength behind my Man&#8217;s success and because of you he is what he is today. We love you. Happy Birthday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni\u2019s role and ongoing discussions<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, discussions around Dhoni\u2019s role in the IPL continue. Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers suggested that Dhoni should bat higher up the order for Chennai Super Kings. He said, &#8220;It&#8217;s very tricky and not straightforward. Brands are built over years, and CSK have built this empire over many years with this MS Dhoni figure that&#8217;s always been there.&#8221;He added, &#8220;We know he can be impactful with the bat, but if he&#8217;s batting that low and not captaining, it feels like he&#8217;s almost just making up for a spot for the wrong reasons.&#8221;I do feel Ruturaj and Sanju are the perfect players to take over from MS (Dhoni). My only issue is where MS fits in and if he&#8217;s not going to have that big impact batting at 4, 5, 6 sometimes, then rather be out of the squad.&#8221;Let someone else, that can maybe bowl and bat and have a bigger impact in the game, to come in there and then MS can almost sit on the side as a mentor and still guide the guys.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/microsite_v2\/website-toisa,path-book_pass_2026.cms?utm_source=TOI&amp;utm_medium=Masthead_sports\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Banner Insert\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" title=\"\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/129493222.cms.jpeg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MS Dhoni with wife Sakshi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings wicket-keeper batter and former India captain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[172073,28021,1721,172075,172076,172071,172072,172074,172070,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-484797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-ab-de-villiers-commentary","tag-chennai-super-kings","tag-cricket","tag-dhoni-family","tag-ipl-cricket-news","tag-ms-dhoni-birthday-message","tag-ms-dhoni-role-in-ipl","tag-pan-singh-dhoni-legacy","tag-sakshi-dhoni-emotional-post","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}