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Umar Akmal recollects the greatness of MS Dhoni
Former Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal not too long ago recalled an incident when legendary India skipper MS Dhoni closely backed Kohli regardless of enduring poor type in ODIs.
Former Indian captain MS Dhoni is commonly credited for constructing the crew that not too long ago triumphed within the T20 World Cup. The stars of as we speak – Virat Kohli & Rohit Sharma – have flourished beneath his management and years after taking the crew to unprecedented heights, they retired from T20 Internationals after profitable a World Cup on Saturday.
It was an emotional event for Kohli who performed a spectacular knock within the summit conflict towards the Proteas. Kohli produced a 76-run knock, serving to India put up a fightable whole. He was even adjudged Player of the Match for his stupendous efficiency with the bat.
Former Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal not too long ago recalled an incident when legendary India skipper MS Dhoni closely backed Kohli regardless of enduring poor type in ODIs.
Umar Akmal mentioned the subject throughout an interplay on Geo News’ present ‘Haarna Mana Hay,’ as per NDTV. According to Akmal, the incident unfolded throughout Pakistan’s tour of India in 2012-13. Virat Kohli had failed to provide a formidable present within the first few matches within the ODIs again then. Ahead of the final sport, the then-Team India supervisor had requested MS Dhoni to drop Kohli from the taking part in eleven.
“I was having dinner with MS Dhoni in 2013. Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh and Shoaib Malik were also present. Virat Kohli was going through a similar phase. The Team India manager walked up to Dhoni and asked him to drop Virat Kohli from the final ODI of the series,” Umar Akmal stated.
“Dhoni replied saying, ‘I haven’t gone home for six months. Why don’t you book my tickets too along with Virat’s?’ Then the manager allowed him to play whoever he wanted,” he added.
“Virat is our best batter. Why should we drop him if he fails for 3-4 games?” Akmal recalled Dhoni saying.
One 12 months after the incident, MS Dhoni stepped down as India’s Test captain and Virat Kohli changed him on the helm. The duo shared the dressing room for greater than a decade until 2020 when Dhoni introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket. Kohli received his maiden T20 World Cup title in Barbados as India received the higher of South Africa within the remaining.
Source: www.news18.com
