This how Dhoni’s promise to Kohli lead to India’s win against England

M.S. Dhoni is a serious person when it comes to promises. Dhoni had promised to be Virat Kohli’s ‘unofficial’ vice-captain and guide the new limited overs skipper and he kept his promise in the final moments of the nail-biting second T20I between India and England at the Jamtha Stadium.

In the final moments, England needed 24 runs from the last 12 deliveries and skipper Kohli decided to man the long-on boundary. This is when Dhoni took over and was seen constantly speaking to senior campaigner Ashish Nehra as the duo plotted England’s downfall in the final stages, with Jasprit Bumrah in tow.

Also, after Nehra gave away 16 runs in the penultimate over, Dhoni took time to set the field as Bumrah marked his run-up to bowl the last over. Kohli was also constantly seen speaking to Dhoni from the long-on boundary as the former skipper held centre-stage.

Team India won the match and Kohli ran in to join the celebrations after the thrilling win. Well, Dhoni once again showed that he is a man of his word.

"It's just that I am in charge of decisions now and he (Dhoni) will be giving his views. When Dhoni was in-charge, I have always shared my point of view and thoughts with him. Eventually he has made those decisions. Sometimes it may immediately click and he makes those changes right away. Sometimes he still takes time to follow his instinct more and keep that as option B. As cricketers, we understand it is a pretty natural thing to have different perspectives about the game, about captaincy as well. His views will be priceless for me, as well. But I will have my preparation first and keeping his views in mind, maybe I will follow my instinct for a bit more (time) and then maybe switch to a different plan B from a different point of view,” Kohli had said.