Ravi Shastri, the former Indian coach is in the limelight for his constant statements in the recent interviews with media houses after leaving the post of Team India’s coach a few months ago. The former Indian cricketer was full of praise for India’s World Cup-winning skipper MS Dhoni. Meanwhile, he also went on to say that he never asked for MS Dhoni’s number till date.
MS Dhoni is known for his cool, calm, and composed behavior on the field. He is reckoned as one of the best skippers produced by Indian cricket. Also, he is the only skipper on the planet to have lifted the ICC Champions Trophy, T20 World Cup & 50-over World Cup. He bid adieu to all forms of cricket back in 2020 ahead of the IPL 2020 season. Now, he only plays in the Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings.
Ravi Shastri compares MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli
Talking about the former World Cup-winning skipper, Ravi Shastri said that Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni are very different individuals from each other. As per him, Virat Kohli is like a beast and he likes to compete in the match as he wants to be the best. Shastri added that Dhoni is one of his kind in the world cricketer. He asserted that Dhoni focuses on the process and stays the same in every situation whether he wins or lose.
“Virat is like a beast on the field, once he steps on the field, he just wants to compete and he does not care about anything else. But, completely opposite off the field, absolutely calm and chill. Rohit is laid back pretty much like MS Dhoni. MS is just unreal, one of a kind, whether it’s a duck, century, lifting the World Cup, he does not care,” Shastri said.
Shastri also said that he has never seen any player like MS Dhoni in his long cricket journey.
“I have seen many players but there is none like MS Dhoni. Sachin had a fantastic temperament but got angry at times, but MS, nothing at all. Till today, I don’t have his phone number, I’ve not even asked for it. I know he does not carry a phone around with him,” the former Indian head coach added.
