India’s most loved singer Lata Mangeshkar left behind a teary-eyed nation as she breathed her last at the age of 92 on Sunday Morning. Lata Mangeshkar was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital on 8th January. Initially, she was kept on a ventilator, and she showed signs of recovery, however, a few days ago her health deteriorated and doctors shifted her to the ventilator again. On Sunday morning, the Bharat Ratna passed away leaving everyone heartbroken.
Her demise has left the whole country in shock. Social media has been flooded with tweets and posts from her fans who are paying rich tributes to the legendary singer. Several cricketers also took to their Twitter and paid their heartfelt condolences to the ‘Nightingale of India’.
Lata Mangeshkar was a huge cricket fan herself and her love for the Indian cricketers is known to all. Here, in this article, we bring you an interesting story of Lata Mangeshkar and former Indian skipper MS Dhoni.
The story dates back to 2019 when it was reported that Lata Mangeshkar was not happy with the legendary captain MS Dhoni and she had even tweeted to the former Indian skipper with a special request.
Well, it was after team India’s loss in the semifinal of the ICC ODI World Cup in 2019, there was a lot of speculation regarding MS Dhoni retiring from international cricket. As per the reports, Dhoni was considering retiring from international cricket and Lata Mangeskar, being a great cricket fan, took to social media and expressed her displeasure regarding the news. She had wrote:
“Namaskar M S Dhoni ji.Aaj kal main sun rahi hun ke Aap retire hona chahte hain.Kripaya aap aisa mat sochiye.Desh ko aap ke khel ki zaroorat hai aur ye meri bhi request hai ki Retirement ka vichar bhi aap mann mein mat laayiye. @msdhoni”
Here, check out the Tweet:
Namaskar M S Dhoni ji.Aaj kal main sun rahi hun ke Aap retire hona chahte hain.Kripaya aap aisa mat sochiye.Desh ko aap ke khel ki zaroorat hai aur ye meri bhi request hai ki Retirement ka vichar bhi aap mann mein mat laayiye.@msdhoni
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) July 11, 2019