File picture of MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.© X (Twitter)
Former Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal has recalled an incident the place Virat Kohli was given quite a lot of assist by former Indian captain MS Dhoni regardless of his poor type. Akmal talked about the incident within the context of Kohli's poor type within the T20 World Cup 2024. After scoring simply 75 runs in your entire match, Kohli returned for revenge within the T20 World Cup last, through which he scored 76 runs in 59 balls towards South Africa, serving to India win the trophy for the second time. Kohli additionally introduced his T20I retirement after the match.
His present 'From Pakistan primarily based information channel Geo Information'Hey, I'm dropping my thoughts' Akmal talked about an incident throughout Pakistan's tour of India in 2012-13. Akmal stated that Dhoni had refused to play when he was dropped from the crew.
Akmal recalled, “I used to be having dinner with MS Dhoni in 2013. Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh and Shoaib Malik had been additionally current. Virat Kohli was additionally going by means of the identical part. Crew India's supervisor went to Dhoni and requested him to drop Virat Kohli from the final ODI of the collection.”
Akmal stated, “Dhoni replied, 'I’ve not gone house for six months. Why don't you e-book my ticket together with Virat's?' After this, the supervisor allowed him to feed whoever he needed to.”
Dhoni's sharp response to the query of Kohli's ouster shocked the Pakistani wicketkeeper-batsman. Akmal stated Dhoni had a easy purpose.
Akmal stated that Dhoni had informed him, “Virat is our greatest batsman. If he fails in 3-4 matches then why ought to we preserve him out?”
All these Virat Kohli followers who hate MS Dhoni, take a look at how Dhoni supported Kohli in unhealthy instances.
Former Pakistan participant Umar Akmal revealed how Dhoni supported Virat Kohli throughout his unhealthy instances and saved him from being dropped from the crew.#Virat Kohli #viratkohli𓃵 #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/UUaUxbuwjv— Sandarbh Raj Gupta (@Sandarbh_raj8) June 29, 2024
The Akmal incident is one other proof of the bond between MS Dhoni and Kohli. Dhoni handed over the Check match captaincy to Kohli after lower than two years.
Kohli on Saturday received his maiden T20 World Cup title, the primary for the reason that inaugural version in 2007 when Dhoni led a younger Indian crew to its maiden title.
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