Virat Kohli is regarded as one of the most stylish cricketers in India with his tattoos and dress style dominating the internet several times. However, in a recent interaction on Star Sports, the Royal Challengers Bangalore star was shown more photos from his teen years and his response divided fans. Kohli was visibly embarrassed and elated by the photos shown to him and went on to describe how he highly valued his fashion sense during the teenage years.
“Calling it a fashion sense is a very sophisticated term. I had corduroy pants and they were bell bottoms, high heeled boots and a printed shirt with big embroidery on it, and I used to think, ‘Kya lag raha hoon mai, mere se jyada stylish toh koi hai he nahi. But when I see the pictures now, my God, it’s so embarrassing,” Kohli said in the video.
Virat Kohli scored his fifth half-century of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) season, but his knock was in vain as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) was comprehensively beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Thursday.
With RCB chasing 201 against KKR, Kohli hit 54 from 37 pitches, but had no help from any other batter except Mahipal Lomror, who produced a fine cameo 34 in 18 balls. However, during his knockout in Bengaluru, the 34-year-old hit another milestone.
Kohli is now the first batter to score 3,000 or more runs at one venue in T20s. So far, he has scored 3,015 runs in 92 innings at Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Following him on the list are former Bangladesh captains Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah. While Rahim scored 2,989 runs in 121 innings at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Mahmudullah collected 2,813 runs at the same venue in 130 innings.
England’s Alex Hales is fourth in the list, with 2,749 runs in 90 T20 innings at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge.
Tamim Iqbal, another former Bangladesh captain, rounds out the top five with 2,706 points in Mirpur.
Following RCB’s defeat to KKR, Kohli was critical of his side’s performance, saying they “deserve to lose”.
“Honestly, we gave them the game. We deserved to lose. We certainly weren’t up to par. If you look at the game, we didn’t capitalize on our chances. We missed a few opportunities that cost us.” 25-30 runs,” he said.
(with AFP inputs)
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