The Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi is very close to Virat Kohli’s as well as his long-time teammate Shikhar Dhawan’s heart.
Both Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan share a very lovely bond. Recently, Dhawan opened up on his equation with Kohli.
“Virat is a good friend of mine. We share good camaraderie and always enjoy healthy banter. He is a senior player at Team India. I can pull his leg, young players can’t. He’s a big player. He has achieved so much. We exude good humour and bonhomie since our early playing days,” Dhawan told Lallantop.
While Dhawan was Kohli’s senior at the national level, Kohli is Dhawan’s senior at the international level. When asked whether this aspect hurts his ego, Dhawan said: “Agar ego par lelogey to tussle aygi he aygi. Ye to ego ki baat agyi na. (It’s nothing like that. If you take it on the ego, it will hurt you. It is then a matter of ego, isn’t it?) If I continue to think that I’m a senior and I’m playing under him. Then there will be ego. It’s all frivolous thinking to me. And there’s no need to have that. It’s of no use.”
Dhawan doesn’t seem in the scheme of things in the Indian team, whereas, Virat remains one of the most important players in the team.