Dhoni was reluctant to select Kohli in 2008: Vengsarkar
Ex-chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has said that the then India and CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was reluctant to include Virat Kohli in the Indian team in 2008 and favoured CSK's Subramaniam Badrinath instead. Vengsarkar added even coach Gary Kirsten was reluctant as he and Dhoni hadn't seen Kohli play before. "I told them...'This boy needs to play'," he added.