Stylist Indian cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday night tied the nuptial knot with childhood friend and hotel management student Sakshi Singh Rawat at a private ceremonial occasion in a lavish farmhouse in Dehradun.

The wedding ceremony was strictly a private affair though crowds of media people waited outside the site to captivate the entry of visiting guests as well as the mood. The ceremonial occasion was attended by close friends and some teammates.

Reports said that Dhoni was wearing a black sherwani.

The engagement took place at another venue in Dehradun on Saturday and the wedding reception is planned for July 7 at Mumbai, when MSD celebrates his 29th birth anniversary.

The wedding though private affair had it share of glitz and star power, with guests ranging from Bollywood stars to cricketing big-shots blessing the pair.

Dhoni's close friend and actor John Abraham also attented the wedding.

The national cricket team's captain's teammates Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra had arrived for the engagement itself, reports said.

Other teammates, including Suresh Raina and RP Singh, were expected to attend the wedding.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar is also on the guests' list.

But, Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, among others, will not be able to attend the wedding.

Dhoni's marriage ceremony to 23-year-old Sakshi, a hotel management student who was working in Kolkata's Taj Bengal Hotel, was originally scheduled for October. But, the hectic cricketing schedule for Dhoni led to preponement of the wedding date.

Dhoni, who hails from Ranchi, and his bride Sakshi, a native of Aurangabad, were school friends at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi.

Their fathers worked for the same company, though Sakshi's family moved to Dehradun after her father's retirement.

Dhoni’s family sources said it was an arranged marriage and though the couple had known each other, there was no romantic link-up.

Media reports stated that they fell in love in the year 2007. Dhoni was earlier linked with several Bollywood stars.

Dhoni had made his international debut against Bangladesh in December 2004 and has so far played 43 Tests, 166 ODIs and 25 T20s. (With Inputs from Agencies)