March 23, 2021
There was this new boy and I threw the ball at him
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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