"Only Person Who Genuinely Reached Out...": Virat Kohli On MS Dhoni's Large Hearted Gesture

The strong bond that Virat Kohli shares with Mahendra Singh Dhoni is well-known among Indian cricket fans

The strong bond that Virat Kohli shares with Mahendra Singh Dhoni is well-known among Indian cricket fans. But what makes the relationship tick, on and off the field? While speaking on the RCB Podcast Season 2, the first of the 10 episodes, Kohli shared some insights into the working points of his kinship with Dhoni. "I have experienced a different kind of phase in my career currently. It's been a while since I felt (this) free in the sense how I felt all these years of playing at any level of cricket," said Virat Kohli on RCB Season 2 Podcast.

Kohli has played 106 Tests, 271 ODIs and 115 T20Is for India in a career spanning 15 years scoring over 25000 international runs.

"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."

Kohli shared the dressing room with Dhoni for 11 years during their stint with Team India between 2008 and 2019.

"He reached out to me and you can rarely get in touch with him. If I call him on any random day, 99 per cent 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?'