Star player Virat Kohli is so well-liked that even legendary Brazilian football player Ronaldo Nazario acknowledged the world cricket winner after seeing his photo.
During Ronaldo’s trip of Brazil, well-known American YouTuber IShowSpeed met the football legend and inquired about his knowledge of Virat Kohli.
Initially, when Speed said, “Do You know Virat Kohli?” Ronaldo questioned, “Who?” Then, though, Speed displayed a picture of the Indian superstar and said, “He’s the best, better than Babar Azam,” to which Ronaldo acknowledged with a nod that he was familiar with Virat Kohli.
Being a huge admirer of Virat Kohli, IShowSpeed shared his excitement with the public.
The full interaction between Ronaldo and IShowSpeed is captured on camera here:
Ronaldo claimed the World Cup title twice and was granted the Golden Ball in 1998.
Virat Kohli, on another note, is known as his era’s top batter and ranks highly amongst the greatest. Lately, at 35, he accomplished 13,000 ODI runs and is the foremost batter to achieve 50 ODI centuries. Both these feats have surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s records.
Virat Kohli has hit 80 worldwide centuries, second only to Sachin’s 100. He also won Player of the Tournament in the latest ODI World Cup.
Virat Kohli to skip first T20I vs Afghanistan due to personal reasons
Virat Kohli, the star player, isn’t returning to T20Is just yet. He’s chosen not to play the series starting match against Afghanistan in Mohali, giving personal reasons.
Virat hasn’t participated in India’s T20Is since the disappointing semi-final loss in the 2022 T20 World Cup. After a lot of guesswork, Virat Kohli became available for T20Is. He was chosen promptly along with Rohit Sharma for the Afghanistan series.
Before the World Cup in the West Indies and U.S.A. in June, India’s team will play three T20Is against Afghanistan. This is their last international task. The Men in Blue would be missing key players like Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav. Both players led India during the T20Is when Rohit was absent for 14 months.
India is planning for the T20 World Cup with Kohli, a famed cricketer. He’s got a strong record in past years. At 35, he’s the top scorer ever in this competition. Plus, he was named the Tournament’s Best Player in 2014 and 2016.
Four times, India played T20I games against Afghanistan. Four times, India won. This new series is history in the making, the first Asian sides bilateral T20I.
