Dhoni Weds Sakshi

Security persons guard a gate to prevent people from entering a building where Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to get married in Dehradun, India, Sunday, July 4, 2010. According to local news reports, Dhoni is set to marry his girlfriend Sakshi Rawat at a private ceremony in the outskirts of Dehradun Sunday night.(AP Photo)

Indian policemen arrive to barricade a road leading a venue where Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to get married in Dehradun, India, Sunday, July 4, 2010. According to local news reports, Dhoni is set to marry his girlfriend Sakshi Rawat at a private ceremony in the outskirts of Dehradun Sunday night.(AP Photo)

Dhoni Weds Sakshi In Presence Of Teammates, Close Friends

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tied the nuptial knot with childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat on Sunday night in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, including a few of his team mates, at a farmhouse in Dehradun.

The wedding at the picturesque Vishranti Resorts at Bidhauli, about 25km from Dehradun, was strictly a private affair with only 50 60 close relatives from both the families of the bride and the groom, along with few of Dhoni's India team mates, attending.

Dhoni tied the nuptial knot with childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat yesterday in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, including a few of his team mates.

Kandoli, 25km from here, is a sleepy and non descript village deep inside the dense forests where narrow muddy lanes were filled with scores of cricket fans and media persons who tried to have a glimpse of the ceremony.

Many people come here to solemnise their marriage in the resorts. But such a huge gathering of media persons and police was seen for the first time, said 50 year old Kashmiri Lal, a resident of the village

Earlier, Vishranti Resorts had came to the limelight when Devyani, who was allegedly linked with slain Nepalese Prince Dipendra, believed to have stayed there for a few days soon after the massacre of the royal family at Kathmandu in 2002.

While Bipasha could not attend as she was busy shooting in Diu, John had attended the marriage. Television channels have reported that Dhoni and Sakshi had attended the premiere of Bipasha's film 'Race' in Mumbai in 2008. PTI

Dhoni married Sakshi in a low key ceremony in Dehradun on July 5 with only four of his teammates among the exclusive guests.

Dhoni surprised his followers by getting married within 24 hours of his engagement to Sakshi Singh Rawat.

Dhoni and Sakshi had studied together and though they were seeing each other for around three years, the high profile cricketer managed to keep the relationship a secret from the prying media.