ms dhonis marriage to sakshi singh rawat takes india by surpriseteam india skipper and one of the most eligible bachelors in india is taken on saturday evening mahendra singh dhoni got engaged to sakshi singh rawat at a ceremony in dehradun attended by close friends and family in what was supposed to be a closely guarded secret but was leaked out at the last minute the bulk of the team india cricketers were themselves informed on saturday post engagement that a quick wedding was taking place on sunday hush and rush the dhonis played the typical hide and seek on the night of the engagement as the news leaked and the frenzy began to build up the ceremony took place in component hotel selaqui an industrial town 20 kilometres away from dehradun officials from the hotel informed dhoni and his family flew from ranchi to doon airport they had booked the hotel on july 2 and checked in on july 3 at 6 am the engagement was supposed to take place in the hotel at night but at the last minute they shifted the venue to bhagirath resort dhoni made a quiet exit from the rear entrance of the hotel in the evening dressed in a sherwani sakshis cousin ips officer abhilasha bisht is looking after the arrangements the hotel authorities were given strict instructions not to inform the press and that there should be no floral decoration at the venue sakshi whodhoni and sakshi are said to have known each other from their days at dav school shamily in ranchi the two were apparently seeing each other for some two years now it was reported that the cricketer met the hospitality student at a party hosted by bipasha basu to celebrate the success of race at that time the ihm aurangabad graduate was training as front desk personnel at the taj bengal and was invited to the party by john abraham sakshis cousin abhilasha bisht had confirmed that the family knew dhoni but had denied that there was anything more between the couple however rumours mills worked overtime and there were reports from time to time about their courtship it was said that dhoni cut his long hair short since sakshi liked it that way and that she attended all of his hairstyling sessions sakshi was also seen with dhoni on her 21st birthday on november 19 when they also went for a rickshaw drive in aurangabad apparently dhoni had also gifted her an iphone dhonis wedding has put to rest rumours of his linkup with actress asin in the past the indian skipper has also been lined to deepika padukone and lakshmi rai im out of it nowone person whos both pleased and relieved that ms dhoni has tied the knot is southern actress lakshmi rai who has frequently been linked with the cricketer whenever i was asked about my relationship with dhoni i said we were just friends and that he would announce his engagement