Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli is no less than a brand ambassador of cricket today. He may be in India right now and preparing for the India vs Bangladesh series, but even then his craze is all over the world. He has crores of fans in India, but you might not believe that he has lakhs, if not crores, of fans in the neighboring country Pakistan. This was proved once again when Virat Kohli’s fans were seen in the Champions ODI Cup being played in Pakistan and that too with a jersey of his number. Its video is now going viral on social media, which you should also watch.
Virat Kohli’s tremendous fans were seen in Pakistan.
Virat Kohli has a lot of fans in Pakistan, India’s arch-rival in the cricket world. An example of this was seen during the Champions Cup in Faisalabad. A fan was seen waving the jersey of star batsman Virat Kohli at the Iqbal Stadium. All this happened during a match on Sunday when Salman Ali Agha was batting with Iftikhar Ahmed. On the third ball of the 29th over, Agha scored a boundary with a straight drive. Just then the cameraman turned the camera towards the spectators in the stadium. Here a fan was holding an Indian jersey with Virat Kohli’s name and number 18 written on it. This video went viral on social media.
Kohli has never gone to Pakistan to play cricket.
The special thing is that Virat has never played cricket in Pakistan. Virat Kohli started his international career in the year 2008 and since then the Indian team has not visited Pakistan. Now there is talk of the Champions Trophy being held in Pakistan, but it has not been confirmed yet. ICC has given the hosting of the Champions Trophy to Pakistan, but BCCI and the Government of India have not yet permitted the Indian team to go to Pakistan. If the team goes to Pakistan, then many other Team India players including Virat Kohli will play in Pakistan for the first time, but the possibility of this seems very low at the moment.
Virat Kohli will be in focus in Bangladesh series.
Currently, Kohli is in Chennai and is preparing for the Test series between India and Bangladesh, the first match of which will be played on September 19. Virat Kohli can also set many new records in this series. Kohli and Rohit Sharma have announced their retirement from this format after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title. In such a situation, now their entire focus is on ODIs and Tests. It remains to be seen how they perform in this series.