Sanjay Manjrekar on Virat Kohli's view on outside talk: He must learn to accept this reality like MS Dhoni

Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has reacted to Virat Kohli's comment on 'outside talk' and said that the 32-year-old should learn from his predecessor MS Dhoni and handle criticism with maturity.

Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar has reacted to India captain Virat Kohli's view on 'outside talks' which he feels are nothing but 'nonsense'. The 32-year-old's comment came in a press conference ahead of the 3-match ODI series against England in Pune. Outside talk which Virat calls nonsense is basically public reacting to a public performance. And it’s always been the same- Praise when you do well, critique when you don’t. Virat must learn to accept this age old reality with calmness & maturity. Just like Dhoni did. Replying to a question on KL Rahul, who is going through a lean patch, Virat Kohli said that his team was not going to allow the 'nonsense' outside noise enter the dressing room. He went on to add that players in Team India will be backed and given a good mental space. "When an individual is going through a tough phase - it's not like he forgets how to play, it's just that mental clarity isn't as good at the time - at that time if you know what things are being said and you're being told you're out of form, then you're bringing in another external factor into your system," Kohli said of Rahul's ongoing lean patch. "It's a simple game: you have to watch the ball and react and hit the ball. You have to be in the moment and all this outside talk, to be very honest, is completely nonsense.