Virat Kohli gifted pacer Akash Deep his bat days earlier than India’s first Test towards Bangladesh in Chennai.
In a candy gesture, India’s star participant Virat Kohli gifted pacer Akash Deep his bat days earlier than India’s first Test towards Bangladesh in Chennai. Deep additionally posted an image of the bat on social media and thanked Kohli.
The younger Indian pacer revealed that Kohli supplied him a bat, asking if he wanted one. However, he talked about that he would never truly play with it and would as an alternative maintain it as a memento in his room.
“Virat bhaiya ne khud se bat diya tha [Virat bhaiya himself gave me the bat]. He will need to have noticed one thing about my batting. I did not ask for it; he got here to me and requested, ‘Bat chaiye kya tujhe?’ Who would not desire a bat from Virat bhaiya? He is a legend. I used to be very joyful to listen to his phrases and wished that bat. He requested me what sort of bat I exploit whereas batting, and I simply smiled—I did not have phrases,” Akash Deep stated throughout an interplay with TOI.
“Then he stated, ‘Yeh le, rakh le yeh bat.’ I will never play with that bat; it’s a huge reward from Virat bhaiya, and I will maintain it as a memento on the wall of my room. I even received his autograph on the bat,” he additional added.
Meanwhile, India defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs within the first Test match at Chepauk Stadium, taking a lead of 1-0 within the collection. Akash contributed with 2 wickets and 19 runs within the match.
The Rohit Sharma-led facet will now eye a collection victory over Bangladesh in Kanpur that will begin on Friday (September 27) on the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.
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