Smooch ado about Mahendra Dhoni

KOLKATA, May 6: Hasina Nasreen Shiuli had her five minutes of fame, but the blush on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's face will have lingered far longer. On Sunday, as the Jharkhand blaster was about to leave the Eden Gardens, he was smeared with kisses by the 18-year-old from Behrampore.
Hasina had been frequenting the BC Roy Club House for the past three days, trying to draw Dhoni's attention.Claiming to be a huge fan of the Jharkhand player, the girl had cried hoarse from the stands with "I love you, Dhoni" messages.
Not that the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman paid too much attention to it, but even a glance from his hero was making Hasina break into delirium. The media, starved of 'stories' for the past five days, added fuel to fire by taking interviews of Hasina and making her look like the Juliet waiting on the balcony.
The same story continued through Sunday morning, and as Dhoni was about to leave the ground with his team-mates, the Behrampore girl managed to park herself next to the team bus and pleaded with Dhoni to come down and receive a birthday card that she had designed for him.
The Jharkhand bomber, almost embarrassed at the girl's persistence, came down from the bus to receive the card and all hell broke loose.
Hasina, getting her chance, hugged her hero and started kissing him. Stunned security personnel swung into action, but it was too late! By then, Dhoni had joined the illustrious ranks of the likes of Abbas Ali Baig and Brijesh Patel as players who were kissed in public by female followers in their playing days.
Pealing the girl away from a thoroughly embarrassed Dhoni, a couple of RAF personnel pushed her out of the way as Dhoni went back into the team bus, where the other team members all wore wicked smiles.
"I'm proud of what I've done. I don't care what the people say," was her victorious assertion as the team bus left.