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South African Olympic gold medal winner finds inspiration in MS Dhoni

| | May 06, 2017, at 09:35 pm
Durban, May 6 (IBNS): A South African Olympic medal winner has joined the list of people who admire Indian cricketer MS Dhoni.

Caster Semenya posted her feelings about Dhoni on her Twitter page.

She confessed her respect towards the Indian cricketer after watching the movie made on him M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story.

The South African athlete tweeted: "@msdhoni i have just watched your film.. Inspiring story it is.. #msdhoniuntoldstory… Salute.."

Semenya is a 2016 Rio Olympics gold medal winning runner.

Dhoni is currently busy playing the IPL for Rising Pune Supergiant.

He has scored 204 runs from 11 outings so far.

The team management handed over the captaincy of the side from Dhoni to Steve Smith ahead of the tenth edition of the tournament.

Under Dhoni's leadership, India had won the ICC World T20 in 2007 and ICC World in 2011.

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