MS Dhoni Sakshi Singh Rawat engagement: Marriage would take place in October

Indian Cricket team captain, Mahindra Singh Dhoni, had been engaged to his girlfriend Sakshi Singh Rawat. The engagement ceremony was held in Dehradun on July 3, 2010.

A family friend of MS Dhoni talked about the engagement. The ceremony was held at Hotel Bhagirath in Dehradun. Only family members and close friends attended the ceremony. Fellow cricketere Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra were present in the ceremony.

MS Dhoni and Sakshi Rawat were school friends in Ranchi and there fathers were colleagues in MECON. Then the Rawats moved to Dehradun after retirement. However, another news report said that Sakshi Singh Rawat is a twenty year old student at the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) in Aurangabad. She recently completed her training at Taj Bengal’s front office.

The two met at Bipasha Basu’s house at the success party of Race Hindi movie. Sakshi was invited by John Abraham who is a common friend. It has also been reported that Dhoni cropped his hair for Sakshi likes short hair. She also attends Dhoni’s haircutting session.

The two were seen on her 21^st birthday on November 19, 2009. The even went on a rickshaw drive together in Aurangabad. Dhoni also gifted her an iPhone.

The marriage date has not been confirmed yet but it is speculated to be held in October 2010 after Dhoni returns from the Australian series.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was signed up by Chennai Super Kinds fro $1.5 million making him the most expensive player in the history of IPL during the first season. Dhoni is currently the captain of the Chennai Super Kings team.