Mumbai: The most talked about Indian cricket companionship in the recent past continues to be star batsman and former skippers of the international side, Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Both the players are so different when it comes to their approach towards the game, but still are so similar when it comes to passion and ethics towards the sport.
Virat Kohli in a podcast for Royal Challengers Bangalore talked about his relationship with the former skipper. He said “the kind of things that have happened…the only person who, apart from my childhood coach and family…genuinely reached out to me has been MS Dhoni.”
Kohli recovered from a major slump in his career. He said “He reached out to me and you can rarely get in touch with him. If I call him on any random day, 99% he will not pick up (the phone), because he just does not look at the phone. So, for him to reach out to me…twice it has happened now and one of the things that he’d mentioned in the message while reaching out to me was that: ‘when you are expected to be strong and looked at as a strong individual people forget to ask how are you doing?”
He further added, “So, it (Dhoni’s words) hit home for me because I have always been looked at as someone who is very confident, mentally very strong, who can endure any circumstances and find a way and show us the way. Sometimes, what you realize is that at any given point of time in life as a human being you need to take a couple of steps backwards, understand how you are doing, how your wellbeing is placed.”
Kohli shared the dressing room with Dhoni for 11 years during their stint with Team India between 2008 and 2019.
He further said “So, there are not many places, for the people who have played the game for a long period, as strong individuals, they can go and explain in a way that the other person can understand. That’s why I mentioned this particular incident because MS Dhoni knows exactly what is going on, he understands it because he has been there himself.”
Kohli offered the reason for Dhoni reaching out to him while stressing on the point of them going through similar phases in life and career.
“He has experienced what I have experienced right now. So, it is only out of the experience, and feeling those feelings in that moment is the only way you can be truly compassionate and understanding towards another individual who is going through the same thing.”
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