'Virat must learn this from Dhoni' - Sanjay Manjrekar criticizes Virat Kohli for calling outside talk 'nonsense'
Virat Kohli had said that he doesn't hear all the outside talk as it is nonsense.
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Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has taken a jibe at the Indian captain Virat Kohli for calling outside talk ânonsense.â Ahead of the ODI series against England in Pune, Kohli said that he doesnât hear all the outside talk which has been going around in the media. Kohli also said that his team wonât let the outside talk get into the side.Â
Manjrekar tweeted about the same. In the tweet, he criticized Kohli for his stance on this issue. He opined that the outside talk which the captain has termed as nonsense is basically the public opinion based on the teamâs performance. He further said that the current Indian skipper should learn from the former skipper, MS Dhoni who could handle it with calmness and maturity.
âOutside talk which Virat calls nonsense is basically public reacting to a public performance. And itâs always been the same- Praise when you do well, critique when you donât. Virat must learn to accept this age-old reality with calmness & maturity. Just like Dhoni did,â Manjrekar tweeted on this issue.Â
Outside talk which Virat calls nonsense is basically public reacting to a public performance. And itâs always been the same- Praise when you do well, critique when you donât. Virat must learn to accept this age old reality with calmness & maturity. Just like Dhoni did.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 23, 2021
Weâre not going to let it enter our system even in the future: Virat Kohli on outside talk
In the recently concluded T20I series against England, the Indian team made several changes in the lead-up to the final match. Even in the final match, they opted to make a change as the captain Kohli decided to open the innings with Rohit Sharma, letting Suryakumar Yadav come in at no. 3. All these changes have earned some criticism from outside experts and the public.Â
Kohli had said at the press conference, âFrom the first to the last day of my career, all this outside talk has been nonsense to me. Who says what and why about a player, whatâs the motive behind it, whatâs the thinking behind it, itâs better that all that remains outside because weâre not going to let it enter our system even in the future. We are going to back our players and try and give them a good mental space.â
Kohliâs straightforwardness has been misinterpreted by the masses several times. This was another time when he faced criticism from a cricket expert. Manjrekar has been known to give out his opinion with freedom and now it seems that he is directly targeting the Indian skipper.Â
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