Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli always looked from the outside like the best of friends. They had similar Delhi-Punjabi backgrounds, dominated cricket in the capital at similar times, and became the spine of the national side together, especially forming two of an ODI top-three that was inarguably the best in the world for a while.

However, just like with probably every such friendship in sport, there were moments that didn’t go nearly as well. Dhawan has now recalled a couple of such incidents where he and Kohli fought, and the hot blood that made them look passionate and strong on the field went against them.

“Virat and I fought once. We shoulder-tackled each other once while playing football during a warm-up session. For a second, we got angry," Dhawan said on the Raj Shamani’s podcast

See Full Page