Former Indian cricketer recalls moment when MS Dhoni broke bowler's fingers by hitting the ball too hard

The former legendary Indian skipper MS Dhoni is all geared up for the upcoming 16th edition of the Indian T20 League. He will be seen leading the Chennai-based franchise for the 14th time in his cash-rich league. Dhoni also started practising for the tournament and some videos of him in the nets also went viral on social media.

We all are aware of Dhoni's power as his six-hitting ability is well known in the world. Meanwhile, recently, former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa revealed that Dhoni broke former Indian cricketer Sridharan Sriram's fingers during India A camp in 2003.

"The first time I saw MS Dhoni was during an India A camp in 2003 at the NCA in Bengaluru. MS was batting in the middle of the Chinnaswamy Stadium against Munaf Patel, who at that point in time was quick with a slingy action. There were other fast bowlers like Aavishkar Salvi. And MS was hitting huge sixes. He brought out the helicopter shot. Some of the balls even landed outside the stadium.

"In fact, he actually injured Sridharan Sriram. He stepped out and smashed it straight to the bowler. Sriram stuck his hand out and it hit him. We thought he was running after the ball but he crossed the ball and kept running towards the dressing room. He immediately knew that he had broken his hand. I think he ended up with two broken fingers. We all got an idea of how hard MS hits the ball. Then I knew that he will play for India," Uthappa said on Jio Cinema.

We became friends in 2004: MS Dhoni

The former Chennai batter also recalled the time when they became friends in 2004 and mentioned that they became very close to each other in his first international tour in Abu Dhabi and spent a lot of time together with each other.

"We became friends in 2004 but didn't play together that much. I was still a U19 cricketer and MS was playing India A. I used to meet him here and there like the Challenger Series. My first international tour was in Abu Dhabi. We became very good friends there. After that, we spent a lot of time together in the West Indies." Uthappa said.