How Virat Kohli taught ‘MS Dhoni fan’ a life lesson

2023-04-07 13:33:26

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The star batsman of the Indian cricket team and Royal Challengers Bangalore, Virat Kohli, is regarded by many as the best batsman of his generation. Kohli, who caught the limelight after leading India to the u19 World Cup title in 2008, made his debut in the Indian cricket team in 2009, and the rest is history. In a recent appearance on the RCB podcast, Kohli revealed if he had any interaction with a fan in 2014, when he was on a flight with his fellow teammates from Delhi to Kochi. Kohli recorded that the fan asked him to score a century in the next game.
Kohli recalled, "This incident was around 2014 when I wasn't getting much run and was dismissed cheaply in a couple of one-day internationals." We were on a flight from Kochi to Delhi, and the team was allotted seats in the front rows. A guy walked in who was a huge MS Dhoni fan and was from Chennai. So just as I got up from my seat, that guy saw me and went, "Kohli, what's going on?" "I expect a hundred from you in the next game." 
Kohli added that since he was a young player at that time, he came up with the sharp but practical response.
He added, "I was young, and that flicked the switch in me. I said let's have a conversation. I asked him which company he worked for and what his position was, and told him that he should become the chairman in the next three months. When he asked how that was possible, I tried to make him understand that even I was trying hard, but it isn't a video game."
Kohli also revealed that, and the fan was even trying to give some captaincy tips to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and everyone, including the fan, broke into laughter when the players started referring to him as their "coach."