Overview

• Dhawan said he and Kohli briefly lost tempers after a shoulder-to-shoulder collision during a warm-up football session.
• He added that team football in warm-ups was phased out over worries about fights and injuries among highly competitive players.
• Recalling a separate episode in South Africa, Dhawan said a run-out involving Kohli left him furious as IPL auction frustration had already built up.
• He noted he vented in the dressing room rather than at Kohli and stressed their understanding that the mistake was not intentional.
• The anecdotes came on Raj Shamani’s Figuring It Out podcast and were framed against Dhawan and Kohli’s long partnership since junior cricket, with Dhawan now a recent retiree.