<p class="bodytext">Virat Kohli on Saturday said his elevation to captaincy has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni keenly observing his cricket smarts for six-seven long years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During an Instagram chat with teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, Kohli spoke about how he was always keen on taking responsibility and becoming the India captain was a part of that process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think a large portion of me becoming captain was also to do with him (MSD) observing me for a long period of time. It just can't happen like he goes and selectors say 'you become captain'," Kohli replied to a specific question on the process of becoming the leader of the team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The guy who is there, he takes responsibility and says okay I think this is the next guy and I will tell you how he is going and then slowly that transition is formed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think he played a big role in that and that trust you have to build over, say six seven years, it just doesn't happen overnight," Kohli said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The transition happened when Kohli would station himself at the first slip and pick Dhoni's brains on tactical moves.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think that is the transition that slowly happens, then with your entry in the game you start talking to the captain regularly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was always in MS's (Dhoni) ears, standing next to him, 'yeh kar sakte ho, woh kar sakte ho (can we try these things), what do you think, he would deny a lot of things but he would discuss a lot of things as well, so he got a lot of confidence that I can do this (captain) after him," the skipper said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taking responsibility is something he has always liked, Kohli said during the interaction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was inclined to taking responsibility. Becoming captain of India was not even in my wildest dreams, to be honest. We all started playing at a similar time, I made my Test debut before you, you (Ashwin) made it just after in the next series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And after that it was all about wanting to play, wanting to be in the XI regularly, wanting to put my foot down and say I didn't play all the games but I wanted to be discussed whether this guy is good enough to play or not."</p>
<p class="bodytext">Virat Kohli on Saturday said his elevation to captaincy has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni keenly observing his cricket smarts for six-seven long years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During an Instagram chat with teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, Kohli spoke about how he was always keen on taking responsibility and becoming the India captain was a part of that process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think a large portion of me becoming captain was also to do with him (MSD) observing me for a long period of time. It just can't happen like he goes and selectors say 'you become captain'," Kohli replied to a specific question on the process of becoming the leader of the team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The guy who is there, he takes responsibility and says okay I think this is the next guy and I will tell you how he is going and then slowly that transition is formed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think he played a big role in that and that trust you have to build over, say six seven years, it just doesn't happen overnight," Kohli said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The transition happened when Kohli would station himself at the first slip and pick Dhoni's brains on tactical moves.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I think that is the transition that slowly happens, then with your entry in the game you start talking to the captain regularly.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was always in MS's (Dhoni) ears, standing next to him, 'yeh kar sakte ho, woh kar sakte ho (can we try these things), what do you think, he would deny a lot of things but he would discuss a lot of things as well, so he got a lot of confidence that I can do this (captain) after him," the skipper said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taking responsibility is something he has always liked, Kohli said during the interaction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was inclined to taking responsibility. Becoming captain of India was not even in my wildest dreams, to be honest. We all started playing at a similar time, I made my Test debut before you, you (Ashwin) made it just after in the next series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And after that it was all about wanting to play, wanting to be in the XI regularly, wanting to put my foot down and say I didn't play all the games but I wanted to be discussed whether this guy is good enough to play or not."</p>