Dhoni dreams to be a painter
India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni fuelled retirement speculation on Tuesday after sharing his dream of becoming a painter, although his ambitions for a career change seemed far from serious.
The 37-year-old Dhoni, who is England-bound for the World Cup starting next week, displayed a few of what he said were his paintings in a video posted online on Monday.
“I wanted to share a secret with all of you. Right from when I was a kid I always wanted to become an artist,” Dhoni said in the video.
“So decided I have played a lot of cricket and it’s time for me to take up what I really wanted to become. And I started getting into painting.”
The wicketkeeper-batsman said that he would soon hold an art exhibition as he wants to pursue his painting career “very seriously”.
But the paintings that he showed off looked suspiciously childlike, prompting suggestions from some that the father of a four-year-old daughter may be pulling some legs.
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