<p>A day after launching India's World Cup campaign with a convincing 87-run victory over Bangladesh, captain Dhoni today flew down to Ranchi via Kolkata to keep his promise to witness the National Games for at least one day.<br /><br />Sporting a brown colour jacket, a grey cap and jeans, Dhoni spent more than half-an hour at the athletics venue as the day saw the entire Ranchi turned out on a cloudy Sunday evening.<br /><br />Dhoni expressed his gratitude to the BCCI and ICC for granting him a day's permission to visit the Games during the busy schedules of the World Cup.<br /><br />"I am really grateful to the BCCI and ICC for giving me one day's permission. I had requested them and it's nice that they considered and let me come here. I feel very happy to be here and nice to see the National Games going on with full swing," Dhoni told reporters.<br /><br />The Indian skipper took the centrestage when he distributed medals to the winners in the men's 400m hurdles event and exchanged pleasantries with the athletes.<br /><br />Earlier in the afternoon, he made a visit to the Birsa Munda Football Stadium in Morhabadi during the halftime of the Goa vs Jharkhand preliminary round match.<br /><br />Accompanied by deputy chief minister and sports minister Sudesh Mahto, Dhoni entered the Mohrabadi stadium around 3:30pm as he went on to spend around 30 minutes with loud cheers from the packed house.<br /><br />He is scheduled to leave for Bangalore early morning tomorrow.<br />India next play England in their second World Cup fixture in Bangalore on February 26.</p>
<p>A day after launching India's World Cup campaign with a convincing 87-run victory over Bangladesh, captain Dhoni today flew down to Ranchi via Kolkata to keep his promise to witness the National Games for at least one day.<br /><br />Sporting a brown colour jacket, a grey cap and jeans, Dhoni spent more than half-an hour at the athletics venue as the day saw the entire Ranchi turned out on a cloudy Sunday evening.<br /><br />Dhoni expressed his gratitude to the BCCI and ICC for granting him a day's permission to visit the Games during the busy schedules of the World Cup.<br /><br />"I am really grateful to the BCCI and ICC for giving me one day's permission. I had requested them and it's nice that they considered and let me come here. I feel very happy to be here and nice to see the National Games going on with full swing," Dhoni told reporters.<br /><br />The Indian skipper took the centrestage when he distributed medals to the winners in the men's 400m hurdles event and exchanged pleasantries with the athletes.<br /><br />Earlier in the afternoon, he made a visit to the Birsa Munda Football Stadium in Morhabadi during the halftime of the Goa vs Jharkhand preliminary round match.<br /><br />Accompanied by deputy chief minister and sports minister Sudesh Mahto, Dhoni entered the Mohrabadi stadium around 3:30pm as he went on to spend around 30 minutes with loud cheers from the packed house.<br /><br />He is scheduled to leave for Bangalore early morning tomorrow.<br />India next play England in their second World Cup fixture in Bangalore on February 26.</p>