Former India captain MS Dhoni talked about the touching moment when he sent a message to Virat Kohli, who had quit the India Test captaincy in 2022 during the tour of South Africa.

With Virat Kohli in the forefront, the latter few months of 2021 proved to be a very exciting time for Indian cricket.  

One of the best cricketers of our time, Virat Kohli, resigned as captain of his IPL franchise RCB and India T20I team in September 2021. He was abruptly replaced as captain of the Indian ODI team later in December, which he did not expect. He then made yet another shocking revelation in January 2022: he was relinquishing his Test leadership.

It was a difficult period in Kohli's career since his runs were not flowing as effortlessly as they had in the past. Later, he admitted that he wasn't enjoying the game before rediscovering it.

In September 2022, Kohli revealed how MS Dhoni was the only one to reach out to him after he quit Test captaincy among those, he has played previously.

“Let me tell you one thing: when I left Test captaincy, I got a message from only one person, with whom I had played previously; that was MS Dhoni. Many people have my number. On TV, people give lots of suggestions, people have a lot to say. But none of the people who had my number sent me a message," Kohli had said.

During an event recently, Dhoni was asked about the text he sent Kohli during the latter’s low phase.

“It’s déjà vu. I was asked a similar question in a JioHotsar show; you will see the answer during the IPL. I’m not great when it comes to being in touch with people but yeah, certain times when someone needs you, you just drop in a message,” Dhoni said at an event.