Dhoni laughed off comments of a clash between Kohli and Dhawan.
Indian captain, MS Dhoni laughed off speculations that Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan were involved in a war of words during the fourth day's play of the second Test between Australia and India at The Gabba, Brisbane. Dhawan was struck on his wrist while batting on practice wickets and didn't come out to bat with Cheteshwar Pujara at the start of Day 4. Instead, Kohli walked out to take strike. Later, Dhoni had revealed that there was 'unrest' in the dressing room during the fourth day.
Dhoni, on his part, made a sardonic comment to quash the rumours that there was a flare-up between the two cricketers. "Actually that was the case," Dhoni said, raising eyebrows at the press conference.
"Virat [Kohli] used a knife. He stabbed Shikhar [Dhawan], who just recovered out of that, then we pushed him to bat. These are all stories. Marvel, maybe Warner Bros or somebody should pick up this and make a nice movie out of it."
"If somebody from the team has actually told you this, it'd be interesting if you could give us the name. Because his imagination is really brilliant and he should be working for one of the movie companies. He doesn't deserve to be in our dressing room, because he has entirely created something that has not been there at all," he added.
Dhoni also said that the squad was used to such type of stories cropping up. "Stuff like that makes good stories for the tabloid and maybe it helps them sell it. As far as the reality is concerned, there's been nothing like that."
There have been reports that India's swing-merchant, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, might play the third Test. Dhoni though, said that a final call on the swing bowler hasn't been taken yet. "We want to load him up a bit more with the bowling," he said
With Rohit Sharma struggling to make his chances count, Suresh Raina is in line to play the crucial third Test. Raina, last played a Test match for India back in August 2012 against New Zealand and has a modest record in the longer format of the game
"He [Suresh Raina] has been working hard on his cricket and it will reflect once he gets a game. We need a player like him, as apart from being a fine batsman, he can also bowl a few overs, so if there is some turn, he can bowl a bit. He can give me those 10-15 overs, if it is really needed. So, that's one area where we have been lacking. There are not many batsmen, who actually bowl. So, we are trying to get batsmen to bowl and give the fast bowlers some rest," Dhoni summed up.
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