Hometown support

A day before India's quarter-final match against Bangladesh in the ICC World Cup 2015, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hometown sent out a message of thanks with a difference. Public sector engineering consultancy firm Mecon announced that it would rename its stadium in Ranchi's Shyamali colony (Dhoni grew up in the same colony) after the Indian skipper. The stadium would be known as MSD Mecon Stadium from January 1, 2016.
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First Published: Mar 19 2015 | 9:04 PM IST
