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I Was Always His Right Hand: Virat Kohli Talks About His Relation With MS Dhoni

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The bond which Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni share is known to the world. It was under the leadership of the former skipper that Kohli made his international debut and since then has never looked back.

Time and again Kohli has showered praise on MSD and his leadership skills and in a recent RCB Podcast, Kohli talks about how Dhoni took him under his wings and made him a good skipper.

During the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar series, MS Dhoni retired from Test cricket and the mantle was passed onto Virat Kohli. Almost two years later, Kohli was made the white-ball captain as well as India embarked on a new journey.

Kohli stated in the podcast that there was never an 'awkward' moment when he was made the Indian captain.


“With me and MS there was never a question of any awkwardness in that whole period. The reality of the situation is MS choose me."

“He kind of took me under his wings, and since 2012 he kind of groomed me as a guy who is going to take over the captaincy from him. I was his vice-captain. I was always having conversations with him about what we can do in the field. 

I was always his right-hand man. I was always there understanding the game and I also got confidence because I was playing a lot of match-winning knock for the team," Kohli added.

The 34-year-old added that there was always a clarity of thought when the duo played for India, and there was never any rift as people suggest.

“I was also giving him a lot of input in the field. I was never someone who was just standing there fiedling and throwing the ball back. I always used to go to him when the game was tight. I was always with the feel of the game. 

I was never really only looking at the scoreboard .. oh these many runs and these many runs. I was more into what’s the pitch doing and what’s the conditions are like, what can we do to break the partnership.. all those kind of things. He understood that very early."

Kohli also stated that when he became the Indian captain, the case was the same. MSD used to give him advice and things were plain and simple.