Laxmi and Dhoni’s dating reports were also made rounds in the news during the IPL in 2008. The two met in 2008 when Dhoni along with Suresh Raina came to attend her birthday party. Raai was so smitten by Dhoni that she even said in an interview that she would marry Dhoni if he proposes to her.
Talking to an English newspaper a few years ago, Raai Laxmi had said, “I’ve begun to believe that my relationship with Dhoni is like a stain or a scar which won’t go away for a long time. I am surprised that people still have the energy and patience left to talk about it even now. Every time TV channels dig into Dhoni’s past, they make it a point to bring up our unnamed relationship. I dread to think that someday my kids in future will see it on TV and ask me about it!”
“It’s so strange that people are unnecessarily focusing on my past. While I and Dhoni have moved on, it looks like some people are still deeply stuck with it. It’s been eight years that chapter got over for me,” says Raai