A video circulating on social media shows India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant and former captain MS Dhoni at a party, prompting online discussion. Several outlets report that Pant appears intoxicated in a hotel-room setting, with drinks on a table and Pant talking with friends while Dhoni is seen nearby.
According to the Free Press Journal, Dhoni tells Pant he is going downstairs “hookah peeke” (to smoke hookah), which becomes the focus of the viral clip. NDTV also frames the video as involving Pant and Dhoni partying, though it does not add the specific hookah dialogue. Commentators on social media speculate about the pair’s close relationship and recall earlier interactions, including Pant’s prior attention on social media involving Uttarakhand’s chief minister.
The outlets differ mainly in detail and emphasis: NDTV centers on the viral nature of the Pant–Dhoni footage, while the Free Press Journal provides more scene description and quotes attributed to Dhoni, alongside broader reactions and background context about Dhoni’s past public association with hookah.
