Former Indian captain Virat Kohli revealed that MS Dhoni supported him twice during his tough times. He has also revealed some things about his cricketing journey in a podcast of the Bangalore-based franchise. During this, he also admitted that Dhoni was the only person who always stood by him.
“What is interesting is that throughout this phase apart from Anushka, who has been the biggest source of strength for me because she has been with me throughout this whole time and she has seen me very closely as how have I felt, things that I have gone through, 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.
“He reached out to me and you can rarely get in touch with him. If I call him on any random day, 99 percent 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?’
MS Dhoni knows exactly what is going on: Virat Kohli
After the message from the 2011 World Cup-winning captain, Kohli realized that he needed to take a step back and understand what’d be better for him. He said that Dhoni has gone through the same in his career and understands this better.
“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 realise is that at any given point of time in life as a human being, you need to take a couple of steps backward, understand how you are doing, how your wellbeing is placed,” he 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,” he added.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Virat Kohli bodying his own fans
— 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 (@fallenclax) February 25, 2023
Haan bhai maan gaya, kitni baar yahi bolegea 😭😭
— The_cricket (@The_cricket18) February 25, 2023
Ms is better than abcd
— A #HalaMadrid (@Vkholics) February 25, 2023
Hearing same shit since he sacked be man and perform 🤣
— GaltiSeMistakeHogaya (@AndBhala) February 25, 2023
Again this bhala bhoni fan boy moment
— ً (@MCFCdrax) February 25, 2023
ye kitni bar ek hi statement deta h bhai
— ViKrAnT⁴5 (Vicky) (@VikrantSolver) February 25, 2023
— Prasun Jha (@jprasun21) February 25, 2023
Captaincy ka chomu
— Novascarlet (@Novascarlet5) February 25, 2023
