File picture of Virat Kohli with West Indian batting legend Sir Viv Richards
Virat Kohli has managed to impress many former cricketers along with his domination with a bat in hand through the years. Kohli has been regarded by many greats and legends of the sport as the most effective batters of the present era. This lengthy listing included Windies nice Sir Vivian Richards, who has typically praised Kohli for his batting, management and perspective on the sphere, a number of instances previously.
It appears now that Richards was additionally left impressed by the previous India captain’s behaviour off the pitch too. Former Indian cricketer and commentator Vivek Razdan has revealed that Kohli as soon as eliminated his personal baggage from the overhead locker of a flight to seek out house for Richards’ baggage, one thing that left the West Indian nice impressed.
“A match ended in Antigua and we were taking a flight to the next venue. The players used to board the flight first, followed by the production crew. Sunil Gavaskar and Vivian Richards were part of the commentary team. When Richards entered the flight, he wanted to place his bag in one of the overhead lockers. But all of them were full and hence he didn’t have space to keep it. He was getting a bit troubled as he opened various lockers one after the other but to no avail.
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“Suddenly, Kohli walked up from his seat and started rearranging the luggage of the players. In the end, he removed his own bag from the locker, kept it below the seat ahead of him and put Viv Richards’ bag in that space. Richards tapped his shoulder and thanked him,” Razdan instructed Sportskeeda.
Kohli was in terrific kind on the tour of West Indies in 2019, when he scored back-to-back centuries within the ODI collection. That stays the final time he scored a century within the 50-over format.
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