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MS Dhoni is one of the most successful captains in India, under whose captaincy India won the two World Cup (2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup) and one Champions Trophy (2013). In Test cricket as captain, Virat Kohli also impressed a lot, he is also given a credit to keep this format alive. Both scored more than 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. However, it has to be believed that Virat’s pan is a bit heavy in the test. Dhoni never scored a century in the Test, while 14 of Virat’s 30 Test centuries came on land.
However, this was not the case in the beginning. In the early times of Kohli’s Test career, MS Dhoni was better than Kohli on foreign land, especially in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia). New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner told how he managed to harass Kohli with his strategy during a Test in 2014 while Dhoni played him well.
Wagner said in Red Inkar Cricket Podcast, “I remember the wicket was very flat in this Test match, but there was speed and bounce on the pitch. Eden park ground is quite small in the straight line, but square boundaries are helpful. I remember that I had put some bouncers balls, and how they were not looking at them. Should also play these balls.
He further said, “I thought that crossing outside from the direction of the eyes while crossing the ball. Virat Kohli tried to kill on the front of scar, because there was no fielder there. In this attempt the ball hit his toe, which went to Bije Waling.”
The match that Wagner is talking about was played in Auckland in 2014 February. New Zealand had set a target of 407 runs in the fourth innings for India. Virat Kohli had played a good innings of 67 runs, Shikhar Dhawan also gave a good start to get a good start. Dhawan scored 115 runs. MS Dhoni scored 39 runs. Dhoni and Kohli were dismissed by Neil Wagner. New Zealand won this match by 40 runs. After 6 on 270, the 54 -run partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Dhoni kept the expectation of India’s victory, but the situation changed again after the pair broke.
Wagner further said, “Then it seemed that Dhoni and Jadeja would chase a brilliant innings by chasing this goal. It did not seem that Dhoni was having more trouble playing our balls. I was thinking that I would put Dhoni a slow bouncer ball. I did so and the way he extended it, I was surprised by it.”