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MSD Hails Virat Kohli

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Aug 08, 2018, 01:36 PM

MSD Hails Virat Kohli

Hyderabad, Aug 08: Jharkhand Dynamite Mahendra Singh Dhoni thinks that current India skipper Virat Kohli is close to being a legend for all the brilliance he has shown in the last few years.

Kohli grew from a gifted youngster to a seasoned cricket master during MS Dhoni's time as captain.

"He (Kohli) is the best, and has already reached a status, where he is close to (being) a legend. So I am very happy for him. And the way he has batted everywhere and in the last few years, he has just been brilliant," Dhoni, who is the brand amabassador and mentor of an app 'Run Adam', said at the launch.

"He keeps taking the team forward and that is what you want from a leader. So all the best to him," Dhoni said.

There were rumours about his retirement when TV cameras spotted him asking for the match ball after final ODI that India lost to England last month but today Dhoni revealed that he was merely doing his homework for next year's mega event.



"(I took the ball) to see why we are not able to get enough reverse swing. Because we will be playing the World Cup in England, we have to (ensure) that we get reverse swing going. Because it is something that is very important. If the opposition is getting it, we should also get it, at some point or the other," Dhoni elaborated.

The former captain also insisted that the Edgbaston Test was a win for India, although Kohli & Co. suffered a 31-run defeat. "To win a Test match you need 20 wickets and we did that and that is the only answer I would give. It doesn't matter how well you bat and how long you are there, whether you played for five days, if you take 20 wickets you win a Test match," he said.