Former Indian skipper, MS Dhoni and his lovely wife, Sakshi are celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary on Saturday. The couple got hitched in Dehradun on July 4 in 2010. MS and Sakshi’s wedding was a pleasant surprise for the whole country as their marriage was a hush-hush affair in Sakshi’s native city.
Dhoni and Sakshi got blessed with an adorable daughter on February 6, 2015, and they named her ‘Ziva’. The couple is celebrating a decade of being married inside the confines of their farmhouse in Ranchi due to the coronavirus crisis. They have been spending time at the lavish property during the lockdown.
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Fans have been active on social media, wishing the high-profile couple and some of the fans went in recall how their marriage pleasantly surprised the whole nation. Here are some of the reactions:
India's Most Eligible Bachelor @MSDhoni, Got Married To His Love, Sakshi Singh Rawat On 4Th July, 2010.❤
It Was A Surprise For Whole India As The Wedding Was Not Publically Announced.
–#DhoniBirthdayCDP pic.twitter.com/7SF6JELo3d— MSDian Datta😎 (@MSDian_Datta) June 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/iampranavi7/status/1277147150791503872?s=20
Dhoni : Will you marry me Sakshi ?
Sakshi : Are you sure Mahi ?Dhoni : As sure as I'm getting a century in the next match !
Happy Anniversary Mahi and Sakshi ♥️! @msdhoni @SaakshiSRawat #HappyAnniversayMahiandSakshi pic.twitter.com/oVFtF9oPCr
— Yatharth 🦁 (@certifiedmsdian) July 4, 2020
Happy 10th marriage anniversary Mahi-Sakshi ❤️❤️.#MSDhoni #SakshiDhoni #marriageanniversary pic.twitter.com/WchBZIByXT
— CHANDAN SINGH RATHORE. (@Chandansa7773) July 4, 2020
aapakee jodee kee raunak salaamat rahe,
aapaka ghar mein khushiyon se aabaad rahe,
na aae jindagee mein koee gam,
mubaarak ho aapako shaadee kee saalagirah💓👑🎂
💓HAPPY 10 TH ANNIVERSARY 💓
MAHI 💓 SAKSHI🎉#HappyAnniversaryMaHiSaKsHi #HappyAnniversary @msdhoni @SaakshiSRawat pic.twitter.com/kQkf9RFqUv— Isika Mahi (@IsikaMahi) July 4, 2020
Happy wedding anniversary!
#Dhoni_and_Sakshi🎂🎂🎂
Dhoni got married on 4 July 2010@msdhoni #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/4HAir9FG92— PRABHAKAR CHOUDHARY🇮🇳 (@prabhakar099) July 4, 2020
Dhoni and Sakshi invited very few guests at their wedding, which included some close friends and Bollywood actors John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, along with their family members and a few of his Indian cricketers. Although both Sakshi and Dhoni knew each other since childhood, they fell for each other after MS started playing for India. Dhoni and Sakshi’s father worked in the same company, MECON, in Ranchi.
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Both their families knew each other, and the young buds went to the same school in Ranchi. Dhoni and Sakshi lost their connection in their teenage but hey reconnected after meeting at the Taj Bengal in Kolkata in 2007. Sakshi was interning at the hotel in the City of Joy.
Currently, MS is on a sabbatical from cricket and it has been extended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He played his last game for India in the 2019 World Cup semi-final loss against New Zealand in Manchester on July 9.