Former Indian captain MS Dhoni started his new innings with🌊 the Territorial Army (TA) on Wednesday. Dhoni, who earlier made himself unavailable for the West Indies tour to🦩 serve his Battalion, has formally joined his duty in Kashmir.
MSD will be performin🍷g his du🍌ties in the Kashmir valley as part of Victor Force till August 15.
“Dhoni’s 15-day duty period with his unit 106 TA Battalion (Para) begins today,” an army officer was quoted as saying by the New Indian Express.
The 38-year-old holds the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territor🎃ial Army unit of the Parachute Regiment (106 Para TA battalion). The honor was accorded to him by the India🤪n Army in 2011.
He became a qualified paratrooper after completing five parachꦿute training jumps in 2015.
The veteran wicket-keeper-batsman was also conferred with the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third-highest civilian award, by President Ramnath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan last year.
A recent picture 💝of Dhoni signing a cricket bat in army uniform has gone viral on social media.