‘Where Are They Now?’-Virat Kohli’s Ex-RCB Mate Takes A Jibe At Haters After Sublime Knock

east India captain Virat Kohli He came into his own after scoring 166 runs in just 110 balls to help India post a massive 390 during the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka. As a result, the Indian bowlers had fun and rode on a boundary from Siraj to bundle out Sri Lanka for 73 runs. This meant that India had completed a series sweep over Lanka.

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Meanwhile, a day later the South African cricketer and one of his close teammates Tabraiz Shamsi came out and took a dig at Kohli haters who started questioning his place in the team. Kohli suffered a severe run drought following the Covid-induced lockdown and failed to score in the 2022 edition of the IPL, followed by a lean patch during the ODI series in England.

Shamsi tweeted, “Wasn’t it a few months ago that most people were calling for Virat to be dropped and all kinds of nasty things?”

“Where are they now?” He asked.

Shamsi played a lot of cricket with Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore and the two share a great camaraderie between each other. Both share respect for each other as they have played against each other a lot as well. Unfortunately, he did not find any takers in this year’s IPL auction. He remained unsold in 2022 as well.

Earlier, Kohli played an inning of 166 runs in just 110 balls. The night well and truly belonged to King Kohli. The 34-year-old, who ended a nearly three-year wait for an international hundred in the Asia Cup last year, showed that he is back to his best.

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Kohli is now only three short of equaling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI centuries. Kohli’s conversion ratio is remarkable as he completed his 46th century in 259 innings while Tendulkar took 452 innings to reach 49 centuries.

India scored 116 runs in the last 10 overs and Kohli scored a century. It was raining sixes off his bat after the milestone and MS Dhoni’s helicopter shot had an over-long shadow that brought a big smile to Kohli’s face. Most of his maximums came in the Cow Corner region.

After the match, Kohli said, ‘It was a great start. It’s been a long time since I started the year like this… scoring a hundred and then two hundreds in the series and also being the man of the series.”

“I’m just glad that I World Cup year, I have been able to start like this and I know I can be consistent. When I start like this and start feeling confident, things usually go well.”

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