Dhoni pays surprise visit to Army Public School in Srinagar

Former India skipper M S Dhoni paid a surprise visit to Army Public School here and stressed the importance of education and sports during his interaction with the students.

New Delhi: Former India skipper M S Dhoni paid a surprise visit to Army Public School here and stressed the importance of education and sports during his interaction with the students.

Dhoni, who holds an honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel, visited the school located inside the Chinar Corps headquarters in the Badamibagh Cantonment in a low key and unannounced event yesterday.

The Chinar Corps put out a photograph of the former Indian Captain on its Twitter handle late last evening.

"Lt Col (Hony) Mahendra Singh #Dhoni interacting with the enthusiastic children of #APS #Srinagar; emphasised upon importance of #studies and #sports," the tweet accompanying the picture reads.

Lt Col (Hony) Mahendra Singh #Dhoni interacting with the enthusiastic children of #APS #Srinagar; emphasised upon importance of #studies and #sports @adgpi @NorthernComd_IA @msdhoni pic.twitter.com/VWlmi2sdHZ

— ChinarCorps.IA (@Chinarcorps_IA) November 22, 2017

Dhoni is currently enjoying his off-time before he gets back in the India squad for limited over series against Sri Lanka.