Pan Singh: When he is at home, he eats very little. He doesn't have the time.

But when he was young he had one favourite, milk! He likes milk very much. He likes Alu Bhujia (the way it is made in his home) too. He never ate meat. At one point in time, we were eating meat at home, but he never did.

Jayanti: He doesn't eat green vegtables. For him, vegetarian meant only potatoes!

Pan Singh: He liked milk. But ever since he started playing, he eats everything. He would get his quota of milk there too, but here I used to get him fresh kathal milk (directly from the cattle shed). I would personally oversee while the animal was being milked.

In other places, he gets packaged milk. It smells a bit. He used to say that in the beginning, he would pinch his nose and drink that. Then he got used to it. But after a while with the team, he got into the habit of eating meat.

Photograph: Dhoni as a child (top). With his brother Narendra (right).

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