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Virat Kohli’s return to the Delhi Ranji Trophy team has allowed him to reconnect with his roots and old friends. On Tuesday, Shawej Khan, Kohli’s former teammate and Shawez’s son Kabir, attended the Delhi team's training session at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
After pictures of Kohli hugging Shawej went viral as he gears up to return to domestic cricket in over a decade, another video of the former Indian captain’s inspiring conversation with Kabir is doing the rounds on social media.
Kohli interacts with young fan at Arun Jaitley Stadium
In the video, Kabir can be heard asking Kohli: “Indian cricketer banne ke liye kya karna padega (what one needs to do to become an Indian cricketer)?”
Kohli replied: “A lot of hard work. Your father should not tell you to practice or train. You should yourself say every morning that you want to go to practice. If someone practices for an hour, you do it for two hours. That is the only way."
A beautiful little chat between Virat Kohli and a young kid. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/raeR7gUyiy
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 29, 2025
“If someone scores a 50, you score a 100, and if someone scores a 100, you score a 200. Jo benchmark hai us se double (Whatever the benchmark is, you should do double of it),” Kohli added.
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Kohli, who last played for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy in 2012, will be making a return to the premier domestic competition on 30 January with Delhi’s match against Railways. The match was initially not on the broadcasters’ list but the BCCI sources have informed that JioCinema will be telecasting the match.
“A decision has been taken and JioCinema will livestream the game. So all the Virat Kohli fans who are not in Delhi, need not worry. They can watch their favourite player live,” a BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
Kohli’s return to the Ranji Trophy has been inspired by BCCI's latest diktat that makes it mandatory for centrally contracted players to play in domestic cricket. The decision was taken after Team India’s 3-1 Test defeat in Australia.
Kohli scored just 190 runs in nine innings in Australia and got caught behind in eight innings.
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