Veteran pacer Mohit Sharma has opened up on former India captain MS Dhoni‘s love for PlayStation. Mohit, who also played under Dhoni’s leadership at the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), has revealed that the legendary wicketkeeper-batter can spend two-three hours playing games in his hotel room. Dhoni’s love for gaming is a secret to none. Even his teammates have often talked about Dhoni’s obsession with PUBG (now Battlegrounds Mobile India). Mohit is the latest cricketer to speak about Dhoni’s fascination for video games.

“I think the sessions in Mahi Bhai’s room might have been reduced as he has started visiting the team room. Do-do teen-teen ghante akele akele baith ke khelte rahenge (He loves PlayStation and can play alone for three hours),” Mohit said on 2 Sloggers Podcast.

Mohit also said that while Dhoni’s room was always open for his teammates and friends, he revealed that he was scared to go inside it initially. However, he also joked about going to Dhoni’s room for free food.

“Initially, I was scared to visit Dhoni’s hotel room. But one day, someone asked me to go to his room. When I went for the first few times, I realized that you get free food here. So, I would go there to save my daily allowance (laughs),” he added.

Mohit played with Dhoni at CSK for four seasons and shared some interesting anecdotes on the former India captain.

“Unko bahut gussa ata hai, bahut galiya khayi hai hum logo ne (He also gets angry, we’ve heard a lot of abuses from him). But he always says, what happens on the field, stays there. Later, he will make you understand but never be angry with you. I have heard a lot from him. Being a fast bowler, you tend to lose focus. Pay attention to what’s happening behind you. If he waves at you and you are facing towards some other end. If someone from the public says something and you react. Because of things like this, I’ve copped a lot of flak from him,” he recalled.

MS Dhoni is sort of enigma in Indian cricket. The most successful Indian captain ever, Dhoni is also a loved figure across the cricket world. But his connection with Chennai is more special that with any other place. He is not only a former Chennai Super Kings captain, but is the city’s most loved son. he guided the team to five IPL titles before handing over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad. Mohit Sharma played with MS Dhoni for a long time in CSK and shared some interesting anecdotes on the former India captain.

“Unko bahut gussa ata hai, bahut galiya khayi hai hum logo ne (He also gets angry, we’ve heard a lot of abuses from him). But he always says, what happens on the field, stays there. Later, he will make you understand but never be angry with you. I have heard a lot from him. Being a fast bowler, you tend to lose focus. Pay attention to what’s happening behind you. If he waves at you and you are facing towards some other end. If someone from the public says something and you react. Because of things like this, I’ve copped a lot of flak from him,” said Mohit on the ‘2 Sloggers’ podcast.

“Deepak Chahar has also received a lot of abuses. He too has a story. In 2019, Deepak was playing, and I was not. The game was in Chennai, and everyone was sweating profusely. He bowled a knuckle ball that I think was a full toss or something, which was hit for either a four or a six. Dhoni bhai told him not to bowl it again. He said, ‘ok Mahi bhai’. After bowling the next 2-3 ball, he bowled the knuckle ball again. He bowled a knuckle ball yet again,” Mohit recalled.

“Mahi bhai came up to him, kept his arms around Deepak’s shoulder, said a few things to him and went back. We obviously didn’t know. So when the match got over, we asked what happened? He said, ‘You know what he said? He said a few wonderful things (likely abuses), and then he added ‘Bewakoof tu nahi hai, bewakoof main hu (You’re not the fool, I am). So that is a tale we always remember. Now it’s Deepak’s turn and he will be part of that queue. At the same time, Dhoni bhai loves Chahar equally.”

There is still no clarity on whether MS Dhoni will play in IPL 2025 or not.