'Glad Dhoni and me were on the same page'- Sanjay Manjrekar reacts on his 8-year-old tweet about Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is rated as one of the best batsmen across the globe in international cricket. However, his journey to glory was never an easy route. In the early phase of his career, the Indian skipper struggled a lot in the longer format and was on the verge of getting dropped from the national side. But, it was MS Dhoni, who showed his faith over Kohli and rest is history.

During that time, Sanjay Manjrekar was one of the few, who supported the decision of the former Indian skipper on social media. Now, Manjrekar has cherished his 9-year-old tweet saying that is feeling proud to be on the same page with Dhoni eight years ago.

After the departure of some experienced players like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, it was a difficult task for anyone to fill their void in Team India. Kohli unarguably transformed his game and went onto become the backbone of the Indian batting line-up.

Now, he is currently the number one batsman in ODIs and Tests. However, his beginning in the longer format was not that good as he went to the tour of Australia where he registered scores of 11,0,23 and 9 in the first two games of the 2011-12 Border Gavaskar Trophy.

Virat Kohli’s journey from rock bottom to the glory

The fans and cricket pundits were chanting to remove Virat Kohli and bring some other players in the team due to his woeful form. However, Dhoni offered him another opportunity to showcase his talent and shut down the voices of the critics and the same happened in the next game. Virat Kohli played knock of 44 runs and 75 runs in the 3rd Test followed by his superb ton in the fourth and final game of the series.

After that series, the Indian skipper never looked back and went on to become one of the finest and exciting cricketers in world cricket. During Kohli’s 1st year in Test cricket, Sanjay Manjrerkar had shared his views in a tweet eight years ago, that read, “I would still drop VVS & get Rohit in for next test. Makes long term sense. give Virat 1 more test..just to be sure he does not belong here,”. However, a fan quoted it as the best tweet of the decade.

Later on, Sanjay Manjrekar replied with a cherishing tweet saying, “Very proud of that tweet. In his 1st year in Tests, after scores of 11,0,23,9 in Aus, I remember, fans/media saying Virat does not belong here & had his neck on the chopping block for the next Test. I said give him 1 more Test to be sure. Glad Dhoni & me were on the same page,”.

Here is the old tweet from Sanjay Manjrekar:

I would still drop VVS & get rohit in for next test.Makes long term sense. give virat 1 more test..just to be sure he does not belong here.

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) January 6, 2012

Here is the reply from the fan

This is the tweet of the decade for me. https://t.co/RZo54GTYxT

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) December 27, 2019

Here is the latest tweet from the Indian commentator

Very proud of that tweet. In his 1st year in Tests, after scores of 11,0,23,9 in Aus, I remember, fans/media saying Virat does not belong here & had his neck on the chopping block for the next Test. I said give him 1 more Test to be sure. Glad Dhoni & me were on the same page.😌 https://t.co/r50Qjm9KiW

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 28, 2019