Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was considered as MS Dhoni's successor in the Indian cricket team until KL Rahul emerged as another and 'in-form' wicket-keeper batsman in white-ball cricket, making Pant an uncertainty in the playing eleven.
"He (Dhoni) has been like a mentor to me, on and off the field. I can approach him freely with any problem I may be facing, and he will never give me the entire solution for it," Pant said in an Instagram live session with his IPL team Delhi Capitals.
"This is so that I don't become entirely dependent on him, he gives me hints only that helps me solve the issue myself. He's also one of my favourite batting partners, though it's not something that happens too often.
"If Mahi bhai is at the crease, you know things are sorted. He's got a plan in his head, and all you need to do is follow it!"
Recently, in an Instagram live session with Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma said MS Dhoni 'goes out of the radar' when he is not playing international cricket and if anyone wants to know anything about his comeback then they should visit his hometown Ranchi to ask him directly about the same.
"When MS Dhoni is not playing cricket, he goes out of radar. He goes underground. Whoever wants to know, you can directly go to him, you know he stays in Ranchi," Rohit Sharma said.
"You can't go now but after the lockdown, you take a car, bike or flight go to his place and ask him 'What are you going to do? Will you play or not?'
"We don't know what's happening with him. We haven't heard any news about him. The last match of the World Cup was in July. From there, till now we haven't heard anything I have no idea."