“Side Pe Ho Jao…”: Pakistan Pacer Claims MS Dhoni Had Told Virat Kohli To Back Off After Sledging Attempt In World Cup | Cricket News

Any India-Pakistan cricket match has the potential to cease the 2 international locations. The rivalry between the 2 sides has given quite a few cricket folklores. While some heroes have been made, a number of reputations bit the mud too. Former India captain Virat Kohli has completed properly in opposition to Pakistan. In the 2 facet’s final match the place they confronted one another, Kohli singlehandedly took India over the road. Recently, Pakistan pacer Sohail Khan, who has performed 9 Tests, 12 ODIs and 5 T20Is, recounted an altercation with kohli throughout a 2015 World Cup match.

Sohail, who performed his final match for Pakistan in 2017, stated that Kohli tried to intimidate him throughout the sport. In that match, Sohail picked 5/55, together with the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and Ajinkya Rahane. Pakistan dismissed India for 300/7 however managed solely 224 within the chase.

“When I walked out to bat, Virat came and told me ‘aap cricket mein abhi aaye hain. And itni baatein karte ho (You’ve just arrived and you speak so much).  I said ‘Beta jab tu Under-19 khel raha tha na, tera baap Test cricketer tha’ (Son, when you were playing Under-19 for India, your father [referring to himself] was a Test player). I was a Test cricketer back then. I had played Test matches in 2006-07. Then in between I sufferd a knee injury which forced me out of action. That’s how I said it. Then Misbah intervened and he got angry at me. He asked me to keep quiet,” Sohail stated on a YouTube video by Nadir Ali.

“Dhoni came and told him ‘Side pe ho jao, purana chawal hai yeh (Step aside, he is experienced). You don’t know him.”

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