At present, Virat Kohli is the biggest name in Indian cricket. As a captain and a player, Virat Kohli has taken the Indian team to great heights. MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli have a very close friendship and the two respect each other, but the former selector of the Indian team has made a big disclosure that there was a time when Mahendra Singh Dhoni got Virat Kohli in the Indian team did not want to be a part of the team.
In an interview, Dilip Vengsarkar, a former Indian player and selector of the team in 2008, has said that he and his selection panel wanted to pick some players from the Under-23 team. At the same time, the Indian team won the Under 19 World Cup under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. So we chose Virat Kohli, who did well in the tournament. Despite this, Dhoni did not want his captain to play for India.
Speaking to News Nation, Dilip Vengsarkar has said, "I and my teammates had decided that we will select some players from the Under 23 and Under 19 World Cups. Virat Kohli was the captain of the Under 19 team and I selected him in the team . He was technically very good and I thought he should play. We were going to Sri Lanka and I felt that these would be the right conditions for him and he should be in the team needed."
third party image He went on to say, "However, Gary (Gary Kirsten was the coach of the Indian team at the time) and Dhoni replied in the no and said we have not seen him play and we will go to Sri Lanka with the old team. I told him that you did not see him. Is, but I've seen and this guy should be included in the team. " Even Dhoni and then BCCI President N Srinivasan had said that before Virat, S.S. Badrinath got a place in the team, who has done well at home level. That's what happened. However, Virat Kohli also got a chance to play in this series.
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