“MS Dhoni Also Came And Told Virat Kohli to Back Off, ‘He’s An Old Bloke, You Don’t Know Him'”

Last Update: February 03, 2023, 21:12 IST

Virat Kohli and Sohail Khan during a 2015 World Cup match.

Virat Kohli and Sohail Khan during a 2015 World Cup match.

Kohli, who had scored a century, went up to Khan and asked him why he was shouting at him as he had just come into the national setup. Here, it must be mentioned that Khan took some jibes at Kohli when he was batting.

Back in 2015, Virat Kohli had firmly established himself as the superstar of the future and had the attitude that created a lot of competitors on the field. They had several heated exchanges and this happened during a World Cup match against arch-rivals Pakistan, which featured fast bowler Sohail Khan. Kohli, who had scored a century, went up to Khan and asked him why he was shouting at him as he had just come into the national setup. Here, it must be mentioned that Khan took some jibes at Kohli when he was batting.

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This is where Khan stopped him. moreover, India captain M S Dhoni The fast bowler revealed in the podcast that he too intervened and asked Kohli not to speak disrespectfully to his ‘senior’.

Virat has come. He told me ‘you have just come to cricket’. And you talk so much. I was a Test cricketer then. I played Test matches in 2006-07. Then in between I suffered a knee problem which ruled me out of action. I said ‘beta jab tu u-19 khel raha tha na, tera baap test cricketer tha’ [referring to himself] Test player). I said so. Then if you see carefully, Misbah intervened and he got angry with me. He told me to shut up,” Sohail said on the Nadir Ali Podcast.

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“I said so. Then if you see carefully, Misbah intervened and he got angry with me. He asked me to shut up. Then MS Dhoni also came and asked Kohli to back off. He is an old man, You don’t know him,” he said.

While Kohli scored a century to take India past 300, Sohail was the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan, taking five wickets in the first innings. Later, Khan said that he ‘respects’ Kohli for becoming what he has become today, linking the incident which happened more than 7 years ago.

“I respect him today because he is a wonderful batsman, wonderful,” he said.

Kohli scored a century at the Adelaide Oval as India posted a total of 300/7 In reply, Pakistan were bundled out for 224.

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