Former Indian captain MS Dhoni had studied in DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir in Ranchi and he left that school long back but still inspires the students of his school. The school gave him the opportunity to play professional cricket and later on, he paved his way to the Indian Cricket Team.

Ram Roshan Sharan, a class 10th student, and his classmate Harsh Pradhan are among the aspiring cricketers from the school located at Ranchi’s Shyamali colony. Both of them spend 3 to 4 hours daily on the ground under the guidance of Keshav Ranjan Banerjee, the first coach of Dhoni.

Coach Keshav Banerjee’s responsibility has been increased as a lot of parents now want their child to become MS Dhoni. But he replies that he cannot produce another Mahi.

As quoted, by PTI, Banerjee said, “Earlier I used to get players from higher classes only but now they are learning from class 6 onwards. I have a bigger pool of players to choose. Players like Dhoni are rare. I cannot produce another Dhoni. These kids are very talented but most of the parents now want their wards to be next Dhoni. I don’t have any magic wand. But kids work very hard taking inspiration from Dhoni and I am sure they will be successful and make me feel proud.”

However, the students continue to get inspired from Mahi and now are aiming to make it to the Indian team. Talking about the same, Ram Roshan said, “I met Mahi one and a half year ago at JSCA indoor stadium. He told me only one thing that ‘keep working hard and your dreams will be fulfilled’. It has become my guru mantra for life.“

When the World Cup Trophy came to their school, Harsh Pradhan, the 10th std student, started pursuing cricket with the dream of playing for the country.He said, “The World Cup 2011 trophy came to our school and I felt pride when I saw that. I was in awe of Mahi’s performance in the final and I decided that I will also emulate him.”