Delhi boy Virat Kohli has become a scarce animal in the national capital since shifting to Mumbai in 2016. Naturally, fans in Delhi get excited whenever the local lad is in town. A similar incident occurred on Thursday morning as Kohli shared an Instagram story saying he’d be driving to the Arun Jaitley Stadium for a morning training session ahead of the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series.
His fans cranked up in huge numbers to try and catch a glimpse of the star India batter, who recently announced his arrival to form in the limited-overs game. However, the same cannot be said about Kohli’s recent performances in the game’s longest format. His last Test century came in the year 2019. He has struggled with a string of low scores in Tests, and the same was on display in the first Test of the BGT series in Nagpur.
Kohli scored just 12 runs in the first Test of the BGT
Fans anticipated a spectacular return to the red-ball game for Virat Kohli. But, unfortunately, it wasn’t to be for the Delhi boy as he got out at a score of 12. Since India won by a margin of an innings and 132 runs, there was no second chance for Kohli to make amends in that game.
Kohli has had some memorable outings in Delhi, including his first home game as India captain, when he smashed 44 and 88 in the Test against South Africa back in 2015. A couple of years later, he smashed an exceptional 243 runs in a single innings in a Test against Sri Lanka. The upcoming game at his home ground could be the one to break his Test century drought.
Since then, he has only played one game in Delhi, an ODI against Australia in 2019. Therefore, the hype among fans in Delhi to watch the local lad in action is presumably high. The second BGT Test kicks off Friday, 17 February.
Here’s how fans reacted to the scarce Kohli-spotting in Delhi and his swanky black Porsche:
Not only in delhi where kohli goes craze is unmatchable
— Bhimansh Garg (@BhimanshG) February 16, 2023
Porche plan krdi
Baby tere liye
Black rang diiPerfect
— asad (@SameerA36333665) February 16, 2023
Delhi se h ??
— Vishnu Sharma (@vishnu001100) February 16, 2023
— Manish_CR7 (@Manish89861204) February 16, 2023
Bichare ki excitement awaz hi nahi nikal Rahi dhang se
— ??????? (@garampaani13) February 16, 2023
Definitely Yeah
— JAYANT KUMAR (@JayantKumar0403) February 16, 2023
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— viratismyhero (@viratlove0511) February 15, 2023
