Usually, I don’t have many people who I admire except for my family. I find the source of inspiration from my family only, yet there is one person who is always very much close to my heart. And it is none other than Mahindra Singh Bumi, and people lovingly call him as Mahi. This is the favorite cricketer of mine. He has played cricket for team India, currently, he has retired, yet he plays IPL. So it is great to watch him playing cricket. He is a cricket keeper, and It’s a pleasure watching him on the TV. I admire him a lot due to certain characteristics. He highlights and, um, which includes few, which are my favorite. That is he’s very calm and composed. Every time you see, he never boils, every time he has a cool temperament, which prevents arguments in the team, and he holds the team spirit up right to the point. Moreover, he has a very good wicket keeping skills, and there are many instances where He has finished the game and made the team 1. He has led India win the World Cup under his captaincy four times and It is extremely powerful thing. He has achieved Badmashree award because of his great captaincy. He served in military for few years when he’s out of cricket. I adore him so much. The highest affinity, I have highest affinity for him as compared to other cricketer because of his nature, he is very much friendly, and he behaves very well with his fans and He understands that he has stardom, but he is never overconfident of it, and he never, um, shows superiority complex He has a very inferior nature, which makes him different from others, and I am so proud to be his fan And one day, I would definitely love to meet him. And when I meet him, I know I’ll be over the moon, and I’m waiting for that moment.
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Usually, I don't have many people whom I admire except for my family. I find the source of inspiration from my family only, yet there is one person who is always very much close to my heart. And it is none other than Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and people lovingly call him as Mahi. He is my favorite cricketer. He has played cricket for Team India, currently, he has retired, yet he plays IPL. So it is great to watch him playing cricket. He is a wicketkeeper, and it's a pleasure watching him on TV. I admire him a lot due to certain characteristics. He highlights, um, which includes a few that are my favorite. That is he's very calm and composed. Every time you see him, he never boils, he always has a cool temperament, which prevents arguments in the team, and he holds the team spirit up right to the point. Moreover, he has very good wicketkeeping skills, and there are many instances where he has finished the game and made the team win. He has led India to win the World Cup under his captaincy, which is an extremely powerful thing. He has achieved the Padma Shri award because of his great captaincy. He served in the military for a few years when he was out of cricket. I adore him so much. The highest affinity I have is for him compared to other cricketers because of his nature. He is very friendly, and he behaves very well with his fans. He understands that he has stardom, but he is never overconfident about it, and he never shows a superiority complex. He has a very humble nature, which makes him different from others, and I am so proud to be his fan. One day, I would definitely love to meet him. And when I meet him, I know I'll be over the moon, and I'm waiting for that moment.
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