Dhoni: A story of a Ticket collector from Kharagpur

 

Mahender Singh Dhoni with Late DRM Animesh Kr. Ganguly with his wife Subhra Ganguly and son Santodeep in Kharagpur

 

It is well known fact that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is belong from Ranchi Jharkhand, but the Cricketer Dhoni start his career from a small railway town Kharagpur as a ticket collector.

Unable to  find a Job in Ranchi ,he went to kharagpur in 2001 through sport quota to get a job .Satya Prakash Krishna his team mate from Jharkhand introduce him with late Animesh Kumar Ganguly, Divisional Railway Manager on that time. He got a ticket collector job in Kharagpur in SERly.
Now the Ganguly family shifted to Kolkata. On that time S.E.RLY. Cricket team needs a wicketkeeper batsman. Late Mr.Animesh kumar Ganguly took Dhoni to SERSA stadium and checked him for 60 deliveries to check his batting ability and after that appoint him as a ticket collector.

Dhoni share his room with Robin kumar, who was the captain of S.E.Rly. Team on that time and one more friend Dipak singh.

Late DRM Animesh Kr. Ganguly and his wife Subhra Ganguly with Pan singh(Dhoni's father) in Kharagpur

Dhoni comes to DRM’s bunglow’s lawn every day for cricket practice with their team mates. Dhoni called mummy to Subhra Ganguly, who is wife of late Mr.Animesh kumar Ganguly  . Ganguly family’s other members also liked Dhoni.

Animesh daughter’s was so friendly with Dhoni some time she used to comb his hair. Dhoni was regular on dining table with DRM family’s.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his sister and father in Kharagpur

Dhoni was addend’s Animesh’s daughter’s marriage on 2007 in Kolkata .Dhoni showed first time his leadership skill in 2002 for his local team Durga sporting (local team from kharagpur) in winter. In that six over tennis ball match at goalkholi ground his team bowled out at only 30 runs due to some wrong umpire decisions. His team wants to quite game due to wrong decision, but Dhoni intervene and manage the team to use all his energies in bowling and last Durga sporting able to draw the match and winner decided by toss. Mahender singh dhoni’s team durga sporting won this match in toss, this was his first leadership skill, through which his team won the game. This was the first miracle by Dhoni.Mahi was also used to bowl on that time.

Animesh Kr.Ganguly with his son and Dhoni in his bunglow in Kharagpur

Dhoni with his Jharkhand Ranji trophy teammate Satyaprakash Krishna in red cap at DRM Bunglow in KGP

Animesh's daughter Laxmi with Dhoni in KGP DRM bunglow

Subhra ,Animesh wife present gift when Dhoni elected in Indian team in 2003

 Subhra Ganguly with his son and daughter

 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (fourth from left) with his tennis ball teammates Siddhartha Chatterjee (first from left) and Kaushik Chakroborty (second from left) at the Silver Jubilee School grounds in Kharagpur after winning a six-a-side tennis ball tourney

 Dhoni Practicing in KGP

This second hand bike was bought by Dhoni at Rs.4500 when he was in Kharagpur

When Sourav Ganguly played as Indian captain and Yurajsingh was the young talent of Indian team, on that time Dhoni played for Sangha shree another local team from kharagpur with tennis ball.
He never charged any remuneration from this club, he just played as because his other colleagues attach with these local teams. But later on he charged rs2000for each match and become the most expensive tennis ball player from kharagpur town.

Khargpur town had fond memories of Dhoni .Citizens from Kharagpur watched him cycling, sipping tea in road side shop and playing cricket in kharagpur grounds.
He has playing for tennis ball tournament in Traffic ground, BNR ground, Silver Jublee School and Hijli high school ground, Golkholi ground. He won the first man of the match trophy in tennis ball tournament in Panskura and got the trophy from Bengal team spinner Shiv Shankar singh on 2002. Dhoni is fond of bike he used to ride bike, when he went for tennis ball tournament in Mecheda, Digha and near about places.