MS Dhoni ate Daal-Roti, slept early - The untold Anecdotes of Dhoni by Aakash Chopra

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The legend of MS Dhoni has mesmerised people world over, and he is an equal inspiration off the field as well.

Recently, JioCinema expert Aakash Chopra fondly narrated few incidents about MS Dhoni as a roommate from their time staying together on India A's tour of Zimbabwe & Kenya in 2004.

Chopra shared some never told before anecdotes of how the future World Cup-winning captain went out of his way to accommodate him.

"As roommates, you need balance. So, I asked him, 'What time do you want to sleep?' He said, 'Whenever you want switch the lights off.' So, for the whole tour, he slept at 9:30 PM. I don't know when he usually slept, but with me in the room, he'd sleep at 9:30 PM because I wanted to sleep early," recalled Chopra.

Chopra then recalled how shy Dhoni was even when it came to ordering his meals.

"If I asked him about ordering food, he never picked up the phone and ordered. Poor him, he ate vegetarian food even though he wasn't one, just because I was vegetarian. He was so shy... He would go down and have pastry to fill his stomach because with me, he was just getting daal-roti," he added.

Chopra also discussed Dhoni's large-heartedness and how he never looked at teammates as rivals.

"He used to bowl to Dinesh Karthik in the nets. I used to ask him, 'why are you doing this? He is your competition.' He used to say, 'No, he isn't my competition. If you want to bat, you may do so I just wanna bowl'."

MS Dhoni has always been a superb team man and Chopra has shed light on some of those. The former Indian captain is a source of inspiration and will be doing so again when he steps up to captain Chennai Super Kings in the IPL next year.