India’s The greatest captain of all time, MS Dhoni, reportedly refused to accept money from BAS brand cricket equipment manufacturers for using their bats during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which turned out to be the last time. that Dhoni stepped on the field for an international game. BAS is the same company that sponsored him in the early days of his career.

This valuable information was revealed by BAS owner Somi Kohli in a YouTube video uploaded by a famous cricket influencer named Sports Launchpad. In that video, the elderly owner spoke about how BAS decided to sponsor MS Dhoni during his debut.

Somi Kohli mentioned the fact that Dhoni himself had gone to his office to discuss sponsorship before an ODI series against Pakistan at home in which he scored his first ton in the second ODI at Vishakhapatnam on April 5, 2005.

There was no looking back for MS Dhoni after that breakthrough as he became the captain of the team and helped clinch India’s first major ICC trophy since the 1983 World Cup in the form of the ICC T20 World Cup. inaugural 2007 in the South. Africa before landing the elusive ICC Cricket World Cup trophy in 2011 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2 years, surpassing England in the end in your own backyard.

He earned 350 ODI caps for the national team, 90 in the longer format and 98 in the shorter format. But that inevitable sad day not only for India but also for the global cricket fraternity came on August 15, 2020 when MSD took to Instagram and wrote: “Thank you very much for your love and support at all times. As of 7:29 p.m. I am considered Retired.”

But we are lucky that the 42-year-old is still playing in the Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings. His habit and addiction to winning trophies is still as fresh as it was then and this year his aim will be to add a sixth IPL trophy in what will probably be his last IPL season.

Even MS Dhoni was seen fighting in the nets and also wore the Prime Sports sticker on his bat, which was a tribute to his old friend Paramjit Singh and a sign of what a humble human being Dhoni is. Another story of his humility emerged today when BAS owner Somi Kohli revealed that MSD refused to accept a lucrative deal for putting the sticker on his bat.

“He just said put your stickers on my bats and send them,” Somi Kohli reveals a conversation with MS Dhoni

Somi Kohli, while speaking on Sports Launchpad channel, revealed the conversation he had with MS Dhoni regarding the endorsement deal which the Ranchi-born cricketer refused to accept.

“Dhoni did not mention any money. He simply said, “Put your stickers on my bats and send them.” I tried to convince him: ‘You are giving up such a lucrative contract.’ He rejected a contract worth millions of rupees. I asked his wife Sakshi, his father, his mother. He even told the CA of him and Paramjit of Ranchi. They all went to his house before the World Cup. But he said: No, it’s my decision,” Somi Kohli said via Sports Launchpad.