Sushant Singh Rajput, the portrayer of MS Dhoni in his biopic, shocked the entire world on Sunday after when he died by suicide. The actor was only 34-year-old when he hanged himself in his room in Bandra, Mumbai. His performance in the biopic earned him praise from including the man – MS Dhoni himself.

The Hindi cinema actor worked tirelessly to master all the nuances of MS Dhoni. He worked with Keshav Banerjee and Kiran More to perfect the minute details of the game. And the rest was history. It was a massive box office hit which gave him instant fame and accolades from all parts of the country.

Ranji Trophy khel jaoge tum – MS Dhoni on Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant Singh Rajput, who brought life to the story of MS Dhoni, even earned praise from the cricketer. During an interaction, the co-producer of the movie, Arun Pandey, who is also Dhoni’s business manager, said the former India cricketer predicted that Sushant can also play in the Ranji Trophy.

“I still remember that child-like smile on Sushant’s face when Mahi, after watching a training clip of the actor playing the helicopter shot on his phone, said in jest: ‘Arre tu to bilkul photocopy kar diya, Ranji Trophy khel jaoge tum,’” Pandey said as reported by Indian Express.

Adding further, Arun Pandey recalled how Sushant Sing Rajput had long sessions with MS Dhoni trying to pick his brain. Pandey also talked about one day when Dhoni said to Sushant that he is asking too many questions.

“He would have long sessions with Dhoni too. Again, the questions kept on coming. If he wasn’t satisfied with any answer or if Dhoni was evasive, he would slightly twist the same question and try his luck again.

Once I remember, Dhoni rolled his eyes and said: ‘Arre bhai, kitne questions poochta hai tu!’ I remember Sushant’s reply. He said, ‘Bhaisaab, everybody is going to search you in me, I will have to do everything the same way as you do’,” Pandey added.