ADELAIDE: India's star batter Virat Kohli has revealed what former Indian captain MS Dhoni texted him during the lean patch and how the message "hit home" for him.
With 246 runs in five innings and a remarkable strike rate of 138.98, Kohli is currently the tournament's leading scorer. The 34-year-old batsman has three undefeated half-centuries in the World Cup so far, all of which came in the direction of the winning team.
"The only person who genuinely reached out to me was MS Dhoni. For me, that is such a blessing to know that I could have such a strong bond and relationship with someone who is so senior to me. It's more like a friendship based on a lot of mutual respect, and that's one of the things he mentioned in the same message reaching out to me," Kohli said on RCB Podcast.
"It is one of the things he mentioned in the same message reaching out to me, that when you are expected to be strong and looked at as a strong individual, people forget to ask how are you doing? So, it hit home to me, it was like this is it," he added.
Kohli is the second-highest run-scorer in the tournament, having scored 246 runs in five matches.
