Virat Kohli had a lighthearted conversation with Mr. Nags, a figure portrayed by TV host Danish Sait, prior to their match against CSK.
On Saturday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will meet Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in a game that could decide who advances to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 playoffs. RCB has turned their fortunes around, winning five straight games. They had lost seven of their first eight games, leaving them firmly at the bottom of the table. They are, nevertheless, very close to finishing in the top four in the league phase after a run of strong performances. The Orange Cap leader in the IPL 2024 race and star batter Virat Kohli is one player who has been instrumental in RCB’s comeback.
With 661 runs at a strike rate of 155.16 from 13 games, the 35-year-old is still the top scorer. Although scoring runs has never been an issue for Kohli, observers and experts have frequently questioned his strike-rate.
But Kohli has been batting with a lot of intent over the last five innings, and his strike-rate has also been improving.
TV host Danish Sait’s character Mr. Nags, who is portrayed by Kohli, had a light conversation with him prior to their game versus CSK.
On their social media accounts, RCB posted the footage. Since Kohli is a regular guy and not a pundit, Nags made a hilarious comment in the video when he inquired if he is buddies with him.
Kohli responded to Nags’s query with a wry smirk on his face, knowing the pun intended. But Nags didn’t stop there; with his allusion to “Sunil,” he rendered Kohli unintelligent.
“Virat, let’s talk about one of your friends. not mine, but your pal’s. “He expressed many positive things about you, Sunil,” Mr. Nags remarked with a sly smile.
“Who?” Kohli questioned incoherently. “Chhetri,” was Nags’s response. Then they both started laughing out loud.
For those who don’t know, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar chastised Kohli for his reaction when someone questioned his strike-rate and batting intent.
If your strike rate is 118 and you come in to face the opening ball and are out in the 14th or 15th over, that’s a little different from what you would expect to be applauded for. All of us have played a little—not a lot—of cricket, but we talk about what we observe. Our likes and dislikes aren’t always the same. We genuinely talk about what’s going on, likes and dislikes included. Thus, following Kohli’s tantrum, Gavaskar had stated on Star Sports, “I would be extremely disappointed if Star Sports showed this again because that would be questioning all of us commentators.”
