'We had a very regimented childhood' - MS Dhoni on his early days in Ranchi

MS Dhoni opened up on his childhood in Ranchi, Jharkhand on a podcast recently. The former India skipper and Chennai Super Kings legend talked about the relationship he had with his friends and family during the time and revealed certain interesting facets of his early life.

The 43-year-old discussed the childhood period in detail during the interview. He revealed that he was born in a regimented household and shared about the games he used to play with his friends in the colony.

“When we were kids, there was no insecurity in life. We had the same routine day after day, and there was no scope for insecurity. I don’t think we were insecure about anything. Everything was the same, there was no showoff, no mobile phones around!” Dhoni said on Raj Shamani's podcast.

“We had a very regimented childhood. The school was in the colony itself which meant that there was no badmasshi in younger days. My teachers had also taught my elder brother, and there was an 10-year age gap between us. So they literally knew the full family. The only competitive thing in early days was games we played in my colony, where if you lost one day, you had to win the next day!,” the five-time IPL winner added.

If my father sees, then we are gone! - MS Dhoni

While discussing his childhood Dhoni also revealed that he was afraid of his father who he claimed to be very strict. He also mentioned an incident where his friends would climb the walls in the colony but he used to avoid it because of his father.

“Papa se darr bohot lagta tha (I used to be really scared of my father). He was very strict. He was regimented; always supposed to be on time. But that’s also why I am regimented. It’s not like he used to beat us or something. But that fear was there. My friends would climb walls in the colony, but I never dared. If my father sees, then we are gone! We never knew what the consequences would be, but we were afraid nevertheless," Dhoni concluded.