Mahendra Singh Dhoni: The reason for staying away from social media

Last Updated:February 03, 2025, 07:55 IST

Mahendra Singh Dhoni does not keep the phone and does not remain active on social media. BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla said that Dhoni is a theorist person and avoids cheap and silly things.

Mahendra Singh used to think of selectors several times to contact Dhoni.

New Delhi. It is a very difficult task to contact former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who gave India three ICC Trophy. They do not keep phones and talk to them is very difficult. When Dhoni meets, he talks openly but is hardly available to talk on the phone. Many former cricketers have shared this thing. Even the selectors were difficult to contact Dhoni.

Rajiv Shukla, Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Sunday answered a question of Indian cricket that every fan wants to know. Why is MS Dhoni not active on social media, who has created his own identity in the cricket world? Everyone has to know the answer to this. Responding to this, Shukla said that former Indian captain Dhoni is a ‘theorist’ person and he avoids any kind of ‘cheap’ and ‘foolish’, so he does not even keep a personal phone.

Dhoni was very active on Twitter (now x) earlier. However, in recent years, he does not interact at all, except for his family’s post. This is completely different from existing cricketers. Except Dhoni, the social media accounts of the rest of the popular players are full of every day’s work and the post of brand promotion.

“This is his nature,” Shukla told YouTuber Beerbieceps on Sunday in a video. “He does not even keep a mobile phone. Even BCCI selectors used to have trouble thinking how to contact them that you have been selected for this team or you have to go. He never keeps his mobile phone with him. This is their nature. I have seen that he is a theorist person and is a commitment to take everything seriously. There is nothing cheap or silly in them. “

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s fans are present all over the world. Even after retiring from international cricket, people are interested in knowing about them. No information about Dhoni comes out soon. Despite not being active on social media, Dhoni has 49.2 million followers on Instagram (with just 111 posts) and 8.6 million followers on X.