Former India head coach Ravi Shastri heaped reward on MS Dhoni, saying he has not seen a clam and composed individual like the previous India captain. Shastri mentioned he nonetheless would not have Dhoni’s telephone quantity, highlighting that the person from Jharkhand can steer clear of his gadget for days if he desires to.
Ravi Shastri labored with MS Dhoni throughout his tenure as India Team Manager and the top coach. The World Cup-winning skipper, recognized for his collective strategy, completed as one of the profitable captains throughout codecs.Shedding gentle on Dhoni’s character, Shastri, mentioned he has by no means seen the previous captain getting offended and the highs and lows in sport would not make a distinction to the way in which he approached the game.”Even if he scores a zero, or scores a hundred, or win the World Cup, or lose in the first round, it doesn’t make a difference to him. I have seen a lot of cricketers, but there is no one like him. Even Sachin Tendulkar has a fantastic temperament, but he sometimes gets angry. But Dhoni doesn’t,” Shastri informed Shoaib Akhtar on the Pakistan cricketer’s YouTube channel.”If he can avoid having the phone in hand, he can avoid having the phone in hand. Till today, I don’t have his number. I have never asked for his number. I know he doesn’t carry his phone with him. When you want to get in touch with him, you know how to get in touch with him. He is that kind of a person,” Shastri added.MS Dhoni retired from worldwide cricket in August 2020 however the former captain has been main Chennai Super Kings within the Indian Premier League. He was one of many 4 gamers retained by the 4-time champions forward of the IPL 2022 public sale.Meanwhile, Shastri highlighted that Virat Kohli is a charged up individual on the sector however off the sector, the previous captain is a very totally different character.”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.”Shastri had additionally mentioned that a few months’ break will do Kohli numerous good particularly after the flip of occasions over the previous few months that led to the star batter relinquishing captaincy throughout codecs. Kohli stepped down as India’s T20I captain in September final yr after which he was sacked as ODI captain. Kohli additionally stop as India’s Test captain, serving to elevate fairly a couple of eyebrows, after India misplaced a Test sequence in South Africa in January.
