Kohli Names Dhoni And De Villiers As His Favourite Batting Partners

"I enjoy batting with those who can run fast with me. So it has to be MS when we play for India together and AB when we play in the IPL for RCB. We don't even talk while we are batting," Kohli said during an Instagram live hosted by Pietersen.

India's captain Virat Kohli (L) and India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni chat during the 2019 Cricket World Cup group stage match between West Indies and India at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England, on June 27, 2019. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) /

New Delhi: Indian skipper and prolific run scorer Virat Kohli had a lot of intresting tales both on and off the green turf to tell former English batsman Kevin Pietersen during their live interaction on social media on Thursday. When asked about whom does he love batting the most with, Kohli was quick in his response by naming his former skipper M.S. Dhoni and RCB team mate AB de Villiers as his two favourite batting partners. "I enjoy batting with those who can run fast with me. So it has to be MS when we play for India together and AB when we play in the IPL for RCB. We don't even talk while we are batting," Kohli said during an Instagram live hosted by Pietersen. Pietersen had previously hosted India's limited-overs vice captain Rohit Sharma at a time all are indoors due to the 21-day lockdown in the country to battle coronavirus pandemic. Kohli also spoke about the Indian cricket team being one of the best fielding sides in the world and how he got that culture in the side. "I was lucky to be in the centre of transition. I got to see what we were lacking and what the world was doing and we needed to catch up. So I was lucky to play with plyeers who were on same page," Kohli said. The pair also went down memory lane to talk about their days playing together for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2009 and 2010. "Right from 2009-10 we had amazing fun at RCB. We hit off well from Day 1. You came in as the big KP a star. We had a gun team with Kallis, Boucher, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid," Kohli said. RCB have reached three finals but have never won an IPL. Kohli, as captain of the side, said he feels they deserved a title but added he is not obsessed to win one with the franchise. "We have reached three finals but haven't won. We deserve to win a title. At RCB, we get talked about so much as we had stars. The more you think (about winning the IPL), the more it keeps running away from you. There have been added pressure lately but we need to just enjoy and not take pressure."