Watch: MS Dhoni gives shoutout to Virat Kohli during DC v RCB clash in IPL 2023

Last weekend, MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings and Virat Kohli‘s Royal Challengers Bangalore were in action against different teams. The four-time winners, CSK were up against their arch-rivals Mumbai Indians. In the game, the MS Dhoni-led side thrashed their rivals for the second time this season. Just like their first game in Mumbai last month, the Yellow Brigade gave no inch and won the game.

After this, the likes of Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore also played their reverse fixture against each other. In the game, the three-time finalists, RCB won the toss and elected to bat first. After scoring 12 runs, Kohli became the first player in the league to score 7000 and more runs in his career. Meanwhile, when the right-hander faced the first ball, Dhoni gave him a shoutout.

Apparently, in a video that is going viral, the latter can be heard saying “Virat doesn’t play the first ball like this. It is always here.”

Dhoni talking to one of the CSK members by mentioning the name of Virat Kohli. pic.twitter.com/8Y09cWMvLw

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Virat Kohli is miles ahead of others in IPL cricket

Talking about Kohli, he is miles ahead of other players in terms of aggregate runs in IPL careers. he has 7043 runs in 233 games to his name. Behind him, Punjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan has 6542 runs in 213 games. Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma, who played four more games than Kohli, is at 6063 runs to his name.

Talking about the player known as Mr.IPL, Suresh Raina finished his career with 5528 runs. Dhoni, who played 244 games, has 5054 runs despite playing in the middle order and lower middle order. It will be difficult for others to reach the 7000 runs this year as the ongoing 16th season is about to close in the next three weeks.