5 Indian sports personalities who love dogs

#2 Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni also keeps pets

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has proved to be the most successful Indian captain of all time. But captaining India is a stressful job, even if you are called ‘Captain Cool’.

Adopted a rescued pup from Hope and Animal Trust Ranchi .v call her Leah in English and Liya in Hindi pic.twitter.com/Kf2AdCum0q

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) August 1, 2013

Therefore, the wicket-keeper keeps himself at peace as he is a die-hard animal lover. The cricketer is known to have two dogs named Zarah and Sam at his Ranchi home. But there have also been reports which have suggested that Dhoni has come forward and adopted street dogs. Dhoni is known to always keep his calm on the field in big encounters, and this could be due to the fact that Dhoni shares his stress with “man's best friend!”

Thts prince for all who don't know. He was also born on the 7 the but not July pic.twitter.com/hZ5BDelrjq

— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@msdhoni) October 12, 2013

Dhoni’s wife Sakshi is also fond of dogs as she had adopted two female and one male street dogs. Dhoni’s mother has also confessed about Dhoni’s love for a parrot. She said, “After the parrot died, he (Dhoni) had wept and wept.”