Speaking at a press conference ahead of India’s first International Twenty-20 against South Africa, Indian cricket team’s captain Virat Kohli showered praise on veteran cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
“Experience is always going to matter whether you like it or not. Many players have proven in the past that age is just a number and even Dhoni has done that a lot in his career,” Kohli told reporters at Dharamshala, the venue for the first T20I of the three-match series.
A game I can never forget. Special night. This man, made me run like in a fitness test 😄 @msdhoni 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/pzkr5zn4pG
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 12, 2019
Taking to his twitter account, Kohli added a picture from India’s ICC World T20 2016 match against Australia and praised Dhoni for his fitness and said the wicketkeeper-batsman had made him run like a fitness test during that match.
The speculations of Dhoni’s retirement following this post as everyone thought Kohli’s post to be a farewell message for his former captain. However, Kohli quashed away and said that was not a farewell message for Dhoni.
“I did not have anything on my mind, I was just sitting at my home and I just uploaded the picture. It became news. It is a lesson for me about what I think about myself, the world does not necessarily see it that way,” he told reporters.
