Published 15:23 IST, October 23rd 2022

Kohli explains how Dhoni was like while he captain: 'For outside world it was quite like w

In a recent interview with the ICC, Kohli talked about a couple of misunderstandings he had with Dhoni while playing together for Team India for 10-12 years. 

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friendship between Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni is very well kwn across cricketing world with both players have spoken highly of each or on multiple occasions. Kohli h recently revealed that when he relinquished his Test captaincy, Dhoni was only one who texted him. However, in a recent interview with ICC, Kohli talked about only a couple of misunderstandings he h with Dhoni while running between wickets while playing toger for Team India for 10-12 years. 

Virat Kohli-MS Dhoni friendship

Kohli revealed that he and Dhoni never called while running between wickets, something which is very rare among players across all levels. Kohli stated that he and Dhoni always h that understanding and trust because as soon as ball went into gap, y both knew y were running for two runs. However, Kohli did mit that y h a misunderstanding once or twice in 10-12 years that y played toger for India. 

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"What I experienced with my friendship and relationship with MS Dhoni is very difficult to explain because it is based on understanding and trust. We never actually, when people talk about batting toger and calling for runs, as soon as ball went into gap, we never called. I knew he was running for two, I am running for two. We h a misunderstanding once or twice in 10-12 years. Apart from that, we were so focused on what team wants and what we need to do for team all time. re was always that trust, faith between each or that we are going to do job for team," Kohli said on ICC Review.

Kohli is currently in Australia, where he has travelled with Indian team to take part in ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Kohli is part of playing Xi for India's opening match of tournament, which is being played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, October 23.  

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Team India’s schedule for T20 World Cup 2022

October 23 - India vs Pakistan - 1:30 pm - MCG, Melbourne

October 27 – India vs Nerlands - 12:30 pm - SCG, Sydney

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October 30 – India vs South Africa - 4:30 pm - Perth Stium, Perth

vember 2 – India vs Banglesh - 1:30 pm - elaide Oval, elaide

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vember 6 – India vs Ireland - 1:30 pm - MCG, Melbourne

India squ for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami. Backups: Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur. 

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14:52 IST, October 23rd 2022