As the nation celebrates the indomitable spirit of motherhood on Sunday, old video of former Indian cricketer MS Dhoni goes viral through which he in contrast mothers with soldiers and talked about their contribution.
Notably, in 2016, in an ODI match towards New Zealand in Visakhapatnam, Team India gamers don the India jersey with their mom’s title initials as a tribute for all of them and it was in the course of the toss of the match when Dhoni in contrast the contribution of mothers with that of soldiers.
In the video, the Ranchi-born cricketer can be seen flaunting the title of his mom on the again of his jersey.
Check out the video right here:
‘Mother’s contribution’ as vital as a soldier’s, says India Captain @msdhoni in the course of the toss #Sandesh2Mothers #Sandesh2Soldiers pic.twitter.com/4vRrq1IWtH
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 29, 2016
#TeamIndia sporting their mothers’ names on the jersey within the fifth and closing ODI #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/pWcMAKMchB
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 29, 2016
“It was always how emotionally I was connected to my mom. The mother’s contribution is something which we don’t appreciate it that often,” quoted the previous skipper. To additional add, Dhoni additionally in contrast the contribution of mothers to that of soldiers stating that it must be appreciated in the identical manner as that of a soldier, “getting up each morning and thanking them”.
Interestingly, within the match, India scored 269/6 of their allotted 50 overs. Purnima’s son Rohit Sharma smashed 70 runs whereas Saroj’s son Virat Kohli scored 65 runs. MS Dhoni (son of Devaki) added 41 runs. In reply, New Zealand have been bowled out for simply 79 runs in 23.1 overs. Chandrakala’s son Amit Mishra took 5 wicket-haul.
India gained the five-match collection 3-2 and notably, the ultimate ODI was the final match that Dhoni featured in because the skipper of the workforce.
