Dhoni is clever at naming his team mates. He makes them popular also by this. Virat Kohli, in a chat show along with Aamir Khan, cleared the air behind his nickname ‘Cheeku’.
Kohli was involved in a candid chat with the Bollywood star and brushed upon other aspects of his life as well, according to journalist Sameer Allana’s series of tweets last night. The show is yet to be televised.
The incident Kohli credited his nickname to was of the time when he was coming up through the ranks in domestic cricket. He said that during his under-17 days, post a haircut which made ‘his ears look big’, his teammates and others had started calling him ‘Cheeku’ as he resembled a rabbit.
He further added that MS Dhoni picked it up and so did the stump-mic, making it the talk of the town.
