The Inventor of Helicopter Shot, Not Dhoni; Here is His Story;

After release of M.S. Dhoni-The Untold Story, so many facts about Dhoni's personal & professional life. For this might the tag line of the movie is The Untold Story. This is also appreciated by peoples very much & doing good in box office.

The film reveled the real fact of Dhoni's signature shot or the Helicopter shot. But this shot is not invented by Dhoni himself. It was called the "Thappad Back Shot", Dhoni learned it from his childhood friend "Santosh".

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Dhoni & Santosh Lal were childhood friend & best friends ever. They have spent so much time together & played cricket , also they traveled to many states for playing so; One of their friend Nishant Dayal said: 

"He and Dhoni were the best of friends since childhood. They would play tennis ball games endlessly. They both worked for Railways. Santosh was fearless as a batsman. Over the years, Dhoni may have patented the "helicopter shot" but growing up, there was someone who was better at it. Dhoni always admired his batting style. And Santosh taught him to play the helicopter shot," adds Dayal. "

Dhoni is so good heartened that after  becoming a Star, we was very much good friend with Santosh. When Dhoni was playing for Indian cricket team, Santosh was playing Ranji for Jharkhand. 
A very sad news is Santosh was succumbed to pancreatitis in the age of 32. Dhoni had arranged an air ambulance for him to shift Delhi for the treatment of his best buddy. But unfortunately, Santosh failed to survive.

But one thing we would like to say that his soul may Rest In Peace & Thanks for teaching Dhoni the Helicopter shot to entertain the cricket viewing world;

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