There are few cricketing connections that have as much mutual respect and admiration for each other as Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni. Kohli, who is widely regarded among the best players of all-time to play the sport, has spoken about his love and admiration for the former India captain on numerous occasions.
Kohli made his debut in both ODI and Test cricket under Dhoni’s captaincy and played under him for almost a decade in white-ball cricket. The star Indian batter replaced the 2011 World Cup-winning skipper as India’s captain in all three formats of the game. Dhoni played the last two and half years of his international career in ODI and T20I cricket under Kohli’s leadership for India.
On Monday (November 21) Kohli had a fanboy moment after he spotted a water bottle with Dhoni’s picture on it. Kohli posted a picture on Instagram story and wrote ‘He is everywhere. Even on the water bottle.’ The post immediately went viral on social media and was shared all across the internet by fans of the Indian cricket team.
Kohli has never hidden his admiration of Dhoni and is constantly seen having long conversations with him when they meet up before Indian Premier League (IPL) games between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Kohli had revealed earlier this year that Dhoni was the only person to reach out to him after he resigned from Test captaincy.
“When I left Test captaincy, I got a message from only one person, with whom I played in the past. It was MS Dhoni. A lot of people have my number, a lot of people give me suggestions, a lot of people talk about my game on TV. But out of those people who had my number, I didn’t get a message from anyone else barring Dhoni,” said Kohli in a press conference after the India-Pakistan game during the 2022 Asia Cup.
