Who is Virat Kohli's best buddy in team India now? Well these days the team mates will tell it is none other than the former captain MS Dhoni.
The best buddies planned something different in Birmingham. The current Indian captain and the captain cool of Indian cricket planned a strategic session over dinner before the high-Voltage encounter against Pakistan on Sunday.
3 days before the crucial tie between India Pakistan match, Virat and Dhoni chose to visit their favourite Chinese restaurant " Red Hot " at the bull ring area in Birmingham. Trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bunrah and Kedar jadhav joined Dhoni and Virat for the secret meeting..
This time the dinner was a little different as it went on for more than 2 hours. Sources inside the team said, the two most senior cricketers spoke a lot with their two main weapons of fast bowling about the all important game.
The cricketers rushed inside the restaurant after they reached the place and were given totally a private place where nobody could see them. The car which took them to the restaurant was parked a little away so that the crowd outside can't anticipate the cricketers are inside.
After their dinner Virat and Co. chose to walk for a while. The market place was almost empty by that time as it was very late in the evening.
Fans are eagerly waiting for the high intensity battle in Birmingham on 4th June and Indian cricketers are looking in great shape in terms of their body language. Players like Dinesh Karthik and Hardik Pandya have made it clear that they are treating this match as a regular one and don't have a tunnel vision which can create some unecessary pressures.
On the contrary, earlier in the morning the Pakistan cricketers looked to be under a bit of pressure as they have a poor record against India in last few years and one more loss could be a real face loss for the side.