India veteran speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar lavished praise on legendary wicketkeeper batter MS Dhoni for his calmness and nature with teammates. Bhuvneshwar, who is currently featuring for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, compared MS Dhoni with Argentina captain Lionel Messi.
Bhuvi, who made his international debut under MS Dhoni's captaincy, revealed that his favourite footballer is Lionel Messi and he can see Messi's shadow in MS Dhoni.
"MS Dhoni and Lionel Messi because I have spent time with Dhoni, and spending time with him is always fun. So I know his nature. Everyone knows who spent time with him. I've seen Lionel Messi on TV or whatever game I have seen. So I think he is different, and just like Messi, MS Dhoni is different," said Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Ranveer Allahbadia's podcast.
Bhuvi further stated that a wicketkeeper plays an important role in picking wickets and Dhoni has done captaincy for many years and he knows what the chances are of the ball going where or he knows where the line and length of a bowler is so you can set angles in such a way
"There is a big role of the wicket-keeper (on picking wickets). When a keeper is keeping they know all the angles. Dhoni has done captaincy for so many years and at that level so he gets to know what are the chances of the ball going where or he knows where the line and length of a bowler is so you can set angles in such a way," said Bhuvneshwar Kumar during the podcast.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and MS Dhoni are currently featuring in the IPL 2025, where the speedster is featuring for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), and Dhoni is leading Chennai Super Kings (CSK) after their regular captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the tournament because of an injury.