The Astrological Reasons For MS Dhoni's Wedding

The speed with Indian cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni got married -- barely 24 hours after getting engaged to Sakshi Singh Rawat -- may have been at least partially due to astrological reasons, a source who attended the wedding said. The hush-hush affair was initially planned for 2011 but had to be preponed due to several reasons.

According to his astrologer, Dhoni, who turns 29 on July 7, has entered one of the most auspicious years of his life and both the families thought this would be the best time to formalise the couple's relationship.

Besides, the packed international schedule next year would have made it difficult for Dhoni, who's crucial for India in all three formats, to make time for a wedding. Apparently, Sakshi's family was also not comfortable with the media gossip surrounding Dhoni's link-ups with various Bollywood and south Indian actresses. Though Dhoni never commented on these link-ups that only fuelled speculation further.

Though the couple had been together for almost three years, both the engagement and wedding caught the media by surprise. In fact, even among cricketers, Dhoni's close friend R P Singh was the only one who knew about the wedding in advance. Even Harbhajan Singh got to know of it only on Friday -- a day before Dhoni got engaged, the source said.

R P Singh, who is training in the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, took leave days in advance to be there at the ceremony. The wedding, for which only a few close family members and friends were invited, was a simple affair minus any alcohol. The food served for the guests was Indian and all the arrangements were made by Dhoni's Delhi-based sister Jayanti.