Virat Kohli is one of the biggest names in the World Cricket currently. The batsman has toiled hard over the years and has made a name for himself in the game that demands a lot of discipline. The former Indian captain has not been in the best of forms lately and it was pretty evident in the recently concluded Indian Premier League. Kohli’s teammate from a long back, Pradeep Sangwan recently shared an incident from their former years in cricket.
Pradeep Sangwan was bought by the debutants Gujarat Titans in the Mega Auction 2022. The bowler made a comeback in the league after a gap of 4 years. He was last seen playing in the year 2018 for Mumbai Indians after which the player was not seen. The left-arm pacer shared an episode from his teenage years which involved Kohli and their coach at that time.
Pradeep Sangwan recalls an incident from his former years
Kohli has been going through a rough patch for a long time and the fans have been waiting for him to deliver. Pradeep Sangwan, who was Kohli’s teammate when they played for Delhi U-17 team, recalled an incident where the team and one of their coaches pranked Kohli. The prank got so real that Virat Kohli cried in his room and even called his childhood coach.
In an interview with News24, Pradeep Sangwan recalled, “We were playing in a U17 match in Punjab. He hadn’t been scoring big in the past 2-3 innings. We had a coach named Ajit Chaudhary who used to call him ‘Cheeku’. Virat was the main player of our team, and Ajit sir funniy suggested, ‘let’s tell him he will not play in the next match. We all joined in on the prank.”
“In the team meeting, sir didn’t announce Virat’s name. He went to his room and started crying! He phone-called sir and said I’ve scored a 200 and a 250.. he had scored big in that season, to be honest. It’s just that he didn’t get enough runs in the past 2 to 3 innings. He got so emotional he even phone-called Rajkumar sir (Virat’s childhood coach),” Pradeep Sangwan added.
“Then, he came to me and asked, ‘Tell me Sangwan, what’s wrong? I scored so many runs this season. I told him, ‘Yes yes, that’s very wrong!’ He wasn’t able to sleep all night as well. He said, “No, I don’t want to sleep. What’s the point of sleeping when I’m not playing?’ Then, I told him that he was playing. It was all a prank!” added Pradeep Sangwan further.
Kohli is known for his discipline on and off the field. The batsman changed the whole fitness scenario of the Indian team when he became the captain. He gives fitness a lot of priority and transmitted the same in the Indian cricket team. He is very passionate about his game which shows on the field and this incident shared by Pradeep Sangwan from the player’s former years is more proof of it.
