March 28, 2024

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Virat Kohli Reveals How He and MS Dhoni Shaped India’s Innings

Virat Kohli Reveals How He and MS Dhoni Shaped India’s Innings

By: Tarish Bhatt

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It was a surprise to see captain MS Dhoni walking out to bat inside the first 10 overs. He walked ahead of Manish Pandey to join Virat Kohli in the middle, after both the Indian openers were dismissed cheaply.

Dhoni stitched a match-winning partnership with Kohli, and shattered a number of records on way to his fifty. The destructive right-hander played an explosive innings to give India a lead in the five-match series.

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“Good to have MS up the order, and Manish gave me confidence as well when he came in. Shows the confidence he has,” Kohli said. “He was run-out in the last game, but he came here and did his job.”

Dhoni played an exhilarating innings, while Kohli anchored the team and remained unbeaten. Kohli, after the match, revealed that he and Dhoni had made a plan to counter New Zealand’s attack.

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“Me and MS had a chat, he took on the spinner, even mistimed hits go over the crowd,” Kohli said. “I know teams want to get me out immediately, so I take my time, go with the flow and then attack at the end.”

“For that you need to play percentage cricket,” he added. “I know I can play good cricketing shots and still get runs”

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