Dhoni to donate his house to cricket fans

Tuesday, 16 June 2009 00:20

Written by essbee, onion uttapam news

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain of India's cricket team has decided to donate his under-construction house in his hometown Ranchi to India's cricket crazy fans. This house will be declared as a museum of 'constantly evolving fan art' and fickle-minded cricket fans of India will be allowed to design, destroy, rebuild and re-destroy his house as per their changing fancies.

After humiliating exit from T20 world cup, Dhoni apologized to his fans for his team's poor show and offered his under built house to his fans to vent their anger. "There is no excuse for our poor performance which has really disappointed the fans. I apologize for the team's poor performance and also offer my house in Ranchi, which is still under construction, to my fans so that they can attack it again and give vent to their anger at my poor showing." said MS Dhoni after India's defeat to England.

dhonishouse-m In 2007 when India was ousted from World Cup, furious Indian cricket fans had stormed Dhoni's house and brought down its walls and pillars, demanding the withdrawal of prime residential property worth five million rupees, granted to him by the government of Jharkhand. But after India's victory in the T20 world cup in the same year, they came forward to rebuild the house.

"I dedicate this loss to my house in Ranchi which has resolutely faced the brunt of my fans wrath. I'm now offering this house to my fans who are free to do with it as they please. If at the end of my cricketing career, it remains unbuilt, I would consider my captaincy and cricket career as a failure."

Dhoni also said that his under-construction house will store hundreds of his ready made effigies which can be burnt by his fans whenever India under his captaincy doesn't fare well in any international competition. There will also be a storeroom filled with garlands which the fans can use to garland his effigies when India under his captaincy wins any international competition.

For the first time, Dhoni spoke on the controversial issue of his absence at the Padma Shree award ceremony. "I believe that this award, like the plot in Ranchi, belongs not to me but to the cricket fans of India who feel they have the right to demand that government of India take back whatever award or reward has been granted to me, whenever me or my team performs badly"

He added that from now onwards, the Padma Shree award would also be kept at the same house for the benefit of his fans. "They can take it away or hand it back to the President of India whenever my team fails."