I have not seen a man more lost in his own world. "When I recollected this incident and told MS about it, he started laughing and this was happening as the match was on," Kohli said. There was this new boy and I threw the ball at him and asked ‘kahaan se’ (meaning from which end will you bowl). Their bonding has become stronger with the passage of time and skipper Virat Kohli is proud of the fact that no external force has been able to affect his friendship with predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni. I am lucky to have him. We laugh amongst ourselves and say we didn’t know there was one," Kohli said in an episode of web-series Breakfast With Champions. He doesn’t know even five words of any of those English songs. It was my academy’s match.Kohli may be calling the shots now but his reverence for Dhoni is there to be seen. A few days back he was trying to refer to Ash (Ashwin).Kohli recalled a funny anecdote from his younger days which he had shared with Dhoni and how he literally burst out laughing.

The boy answered: ‘Bhaiya Najafgarh se’!"When I recollected this incident and told MS about it, he started laughing and this was happening as the match was on," Kohli said. The best part is neither he reads those articles nor do I. No control on what he speaks but the most clean THREDED STUD Suppliers hearted individual.Skipper says his bond with predecessor has become stronger."A lot of people try to plug in stories of a rift between us."I once told him a funny story of my U-17 days."He can just say anything. While running between the wickets, if he says two, I just close my eyes and run because I know that his judgement is so correct, I will make it. He said: ‘Yaar woh Ravi Kashyap Ashwin kya bowling karta hain (He is Ravichandran)."Kohli went to the extent of saying that at the crease he has blind faith in Dhoni’s abilities."Hardik Pandya carries an Ipod but it only has English songs downloaded. Our friendship has only grown over the years," Kohli said. Obviously, I go by my instincts but whenever I ask him anything 8 or 9 out of 10 times what he says, works."I don’t think I have ever come across a better cricketing brain just in terms of planning, knowing what’s happening in the game and what can be done.

He just wants to groove to the beat." "Hardik is an entertainer."One of the funniest and unassuming characters in the team, according to Kohli, is Hardik Pandya. Everything is happening smoothly and I am happy that he is there by my side during my initial years of captaincy."I guess Hayden is not far off the mark," grinned the current India captain.Australian cricket great Matthew Hayden had once said that Dhoni is someone who finds things funny that only seven-year-olds would. And when the people see us together, they wonder ‘wasn’t there rift between the two’.For those who were sceptical about how easy the transition would be, Kohli lauded Dhoni for making it smooth. He gets intrigued by things easily and is always looking for something new that will interest him," Kohli said."MS and me have a great understanding. No one on the field (players) felt that there has been a change."Lot of people don’t know but he has childlike enthusiasm."The transition happened so smoothly

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