Indian cricketer M.S. Dhoni recently visited the corporate office of India Cements Limited (ICL) in Chennai. Dhoni, who is also the vice-president of the company, met former BCCI president and ICL owner N. Srinivasan during his visit Monday. The wicketkeeper-batsman was in the city for the first One-Day International against Australia.
Dhoni shares a close bond with Srinivasan, who owns the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings. It was Srinivasan who decided not to remove Dhoni as India captain after the team lost the first three Tests of the four-match series in Australia in the 2011-12 season. The BCCI selectors headed by former Indian player Mohinder Amarnath wanted to strip Dhoni of captaincy and elevate Virat Kohli as skipper. But Srinivasan in his powers as BCCI chief vetoed the decision of the selection panel and Dhoni continued as India captain till he retired from Tests in December, 2014. The Ranchi stumper gave up captaincy of the Indian ODI and T20 teams in January, paving the way for Kohli to lead India in all three formats of the game.
Dhoni also spent some time with other ICL staff members during his visit. He had a session in the gym inside the office too.
India Cements shared pictures on Facebook and wrote, "MS Dhoni (VP-Marketing, The India Cements) visited the corporate office and spent time with the ICL family. He met the senior management team, met with teams in various departments (marketing, finance, HR, manufacturing etc.) He spent some time at the cafeteria during lunch time which allowed his colleagues to take selfies with him which will be always cherished in their memories."
Both Super Kings and Rajasthan Royal Kings are set to stage a return in the next year's IPL, after serving a two-year suspension imposed by the Supreme Court for the 2013 spot-fixing and betting scandal.
India Cements had made the highest bid of $1.5 million for Dhoni in the inaugural IPL auction in 2008 as their icon player. Dhoni led CSK to IPL and Champions League triumphs twice.
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