With the IPL 2019 done and dusted, the focus now shifts on Team India and the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019. The Indian team will be leaving shortly for the mega ICC event in the UK and given that they are considered by many as one of the favorites to win the tournament, all eyes will be on their performance.

Indian head-coach Ravi Shastri talked about the Indian captain Virat Kohli and one of the most experienced players in the Indian team MS Dhoni in the precursor to the tournament. He spoke about the respect the duo have for each other and how Virat knows the value of Dhoni in his team and how important he is in the upcoming World Cup.

“I was never ever in doubt about the two of them having the kind of respect they have for each other, wanting to do a good job for each other because in the first phase of my job MS was the captain, the next half Virat was the captain. And I can see the commitment both had for each other when they played was tremendous,” Shastri said in an interview to CricketNext.

He also felt that the whole dressing room can learn a lot from just observing MS Dhoni and the way he carries himself everywhere.

“Everyone knows and they know what he has achieved in the game, the stature that he has and then to see the poise and to see the humility, you know his sheer presence there, the composure he brings when he is out there batting or even during keeping is something you have just got to watch and learn and try and emulate it,” he further added.

He also mentioned about the different types of personalities in the dressing room and how they get along. “We don’t want all personalities to be the same in the team and then you know all hell will break loose, but you need that. That kind of a passion from Virat, the calmness from MS and each player is different. Rohit can be different from Shikhar. Kuldeep could be different from someone like Hardik. You would want that,” he said.

(CricketNext inputs)