Chauhan did nOt have to wait too long to meet Dhoni as RCB faced defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the season opener at Chepauk. During a recent interview, the 24-year-old revealed that he had inadvertently taken a malfunctioning marker to get Dhoni's autograph. : On This Day in IPL History: MS Dhoni played his 200th match in 2020 "I wanted MS Dhoni's autograph on the back of my T-shirt. He asked me to bring a marker so that he could sign. I ran to take a marker, and there were two markers, one was open, one was closed. I was in a hurry, so I took the open one, which was not working, and I gave it to him," Chauhan said while speaking on Ishan Joshi's podcast. Chauhan explained what transpired after Dhoni found out that the marker wasn't working. The Ahmedabad-born said that when he went to fetch another marker, Dhoni himself got hold of one and gave him his autograph. "He tried to sign with that marker, but it did not work. So, he said, 'Kya sasta marker le kar aa gaya hai tu yaha pe, chal bhi nahi raha.' (From where did you get this cheap marker? It's not even working.) Then, before I left to change the marker, Dhoni himself went to take the other marker and gave me his autograph," Chauhan said.