Agra: Years after playing the helicopter shot, cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his first para jump from an Indian Air Force aircraft at the airbase here on Wednesday morning.
According to reports, the Indian cricket team’s ODI and T20 captain – also a Lieutenant Colonel – trained with the skydiving team at Paratroopers Training School before his first jump at 7 am.
Mahender Singh Dhoni does para jumping in Agra pic.twitter.com/hSxqKmIetU
— ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015Dhoni jumped from an AN-32 aircraft from 1250 feet and landed on the ground, with a parachute, in 70 seconds.
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Retired from Test cricket, the World Cup-winning skipper is currently at a two-week training for para jumping while the Indian team is playing a series in Sri Lanka.
Dhoni – who was conferred the honorary Lieutenant Colonel rank in 2011 – had expressed his desire to serve in the Army after cricket.
Apart from Dhoni, shooter Abhinav Bindra also shares the same rank. Indian cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar is also an honorary Group Captain in the IAF.
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