In a humorous podcast segment, former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain playfully criticised Dinesh Karthik’s lengthy pep talk with Virat Kohli during the IPL 2025 final.

This conversation took place during a strategic timeout, leading to Kohli's dismissal in the following over. Atherton jokingly questioned Karthik about the advice given to Kohli, while Karthik responded incredulously, struggling to recall what he said.

Speaking on the Sky Sports podcast on June 16, Atherton quipped, “In that final, what I noticed was, during the strategic timeout, you spent a long time telling Virat Kohli what to do. He was at the crease, and you were there. I saw you, pointing at him. And I think he was out the very next over, after your five-minute lecture. Tell me what you told him there."

Dinesh Karthik: "This is probably the hardest question I have been asked on a podcast. I am trying to thing, without getting scarred for my life, I need to give the right answer. What did you think I was telling him, considering he got out in the next over?"

Michael Atherton: "Well, I don't know. I just saw what is this man telling one of the greatest batters that ever walked the earth. What can he possibly be telling him and then whatever he told him didn't work because he was out."

Nasser Hussain: "I think it's the first time ever that you don't have an answer. You are silent."

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