File image of former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli.© Twitter
puzzle of Virat Kohli It is not just about the amount of runs he has scored. It is also about the intensity that the former captain of the Indian cricket team shows on the field. Apart from having an eye to find regular gaps between the fielders, Kohli’s game is also underlined by the quick singles he takes. With supreme fitness to back him up, Kohli’s running between the wickets is one of the best in the world. In a recent chat, in which his former Royal Challengers Bangalore teammates AB de Villiers Along with this, he was also asked a tricky question.
“Who is the worst runner you ever ran between the wickets with?” the interviewer asked kohli Three hundred sixty Youtube channel. “It’s a controversial one. Cheteshwar Pujara, Let me tell you a story on this,” Kohli said with a big smile. De Villiers also laughed in response.
Then Kohli narrated an anecdote. “It was the Centurion Test match on the 2018 tour, and I remember the first innings, I went into the dugout because the stairs never end. As soon as I sat on the seat, I heard the celebration. I saw the replays on the ground. But, Pujara plays the first ball over wide mid-on and he runs in, I think it was Lungi (Ngidi), picks up the ball and runs him out. First innings, no worries,” Virat Kohli he said.
“second shift” Parthiv Patel Plays a ball wide down the gully. AB is running after the ball. After AB took the ball, Pujara asked for the third run. On his call, running to the edge of danger, when they showed the replays, there was no one on the screen. Quinny was just picking up the bell, no one was there. I was like, ‘You got run out in the first innings. How can you be so brave to face the fastest bowler on the field and then not be seen on the screen while being run out. Worst call I’ve seen in my life.”
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