IPL 2023: Virat Kohli shares endearing picture with MS Dhoni; caption melts internet

When Royal Challengers Bangalore hosted Chennai Super Kings at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Monday, April 17, the contest saw two of the biggest stalwarts of Indian cricket lock horns with one another in the form of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.

The match turned out to be an intriguing encounter as both sides gave their everything on the field and it saw 444 runs being scored in total. While the game had a lot of significance since it was the 'Southern Derby' but moreover the fans of both the teams expected a ruthless contest between arguably two of the most loved teams in the Indian Premier League.

There was plenty of buzz at the venue as a lot of the fans turned up for the game assuming it might turn out to be the last time MS Dhoni sets foot on the Chinnaswamy turf and rub shoulders with yet another iconic figure in the rival side and his former India teammate in Virat Kohli.

Though both players looked fairly competitive on the field and gave everything they had to push for a win, the duo also shared a lighter moment together and the former RCB skipper took to his Twitter account to share an adorable picture of the same.

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❤️+💛= 🇮🇳 @msdhoni

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Kohli used a red-coloured and a yellow-coloured heart to possibly denote the dominant colours of the two franchises (RCB and Chennai). He also used the symbol of the Indian tricolour to potentially showcase how playing the sport for the nation at the highest level brought the two modern-day greats together and tagged Dhoni.

The bromance between both players is not a piece of news to anyone and Virat has himself confessed on several public platforms that Dhoni had helped him to grow as a player. Virat had also confessed recently that it was Dhoni who had reached out to him while he (Virat) was going through a slump.