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Dhoni Backing Messi

Pics : Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a football and Lionel Messi fan

The biggest soccer festival, FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil is around the corner and all the crazy fans across the world are set for this huge carnival. The FIFA fever also had its impact on Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This is nothing new to know that he is an avid footballer apart from being a seasoned professional cricketer. Meanwhile, Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been the latest celebrity to join the photo-blogging website Instagram, has posted an autographed Barcelona jersey from Lionel Messi. The Indian captain is a known football enthusiast and a Manchester United follower . And it is this love for football that star Ports appointed Mahendra Singh Dhoni as Brand ambassador to promote the Barclays English Premier League in 2013.