Virat Kohli meets his former teammate after six years, pictures go viral

Virat Kohli is one of the renowned personalities in world cricket. Scoring a plethora of runs consistently has helped him become a modern-day great in International cricket. He holds of a number of records to his name and should go down as one of the greatest cricketers to have ever played the game.

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However, the former Indian skipper makes sure success doesn’t get to his head and always tries to remain grounded. Kohli is often seen treating his fans with utmost grace and also tries not to disappoint them by taking pictures with them.

Meanwhile, a heart-felt tweet posted by a Virat Kohli’s former teammate has been doing the rounds on social media. Kohli’s former U-15 teammate, Dwaraka Ravi Teja posted pictures of his recent meeting with the star Indian batter and wrote about the bond they shared when they were roommates.

Ravi Teja plays with Meghalaya and he met Kohli after six long years on Tuesday. Upon meeting him, Kohli expressed his delight while asking him, ‘Chiru Kaise hai tu’, which translates to ‘how are you, Chiru’.

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“Met him aftr 6 yrs after IPL in UK & 1st thing he tells me is Chiru Kaise hai tu? U-15 days we were roommates & I used to watch chiranjeevi’s songs on tv & he danced to them & from then on Chiru was nickname we gave each other.It was great seeing u Chiru”, he wrote as caption.

Met him aftr 6 yrs after IPL in UK & 1st thing he tells me is Chiru Kaise hai tu? U-15 days we were roommates & I used to watch chiranjeevi’s songs on tv & he danced to them & from then on Chiru was nickname we gave each other..It was great seeing u Chiru🤗 @imVkohli #viratkohli pic.twitter.com/HJfclzIMMC

— D.B.Ravi Teja (@dwarakaraviteja) July 12, 2022

Minutes after the tweet was posted on Twitter, it went viral on social media. The fans were, once again, left in awe of Virat Kohli’s heart-felt gesture towards his former mates. For the unversed, Kohli’s former mate, Ravi Teja has a pretty good record in domestic cricket.

He has played over 78 first-class and 86 List A games and has scored nearly 8,000 runs. Virat Kohli is currently part of the Indian squad for the ongoing ODI series against England. He missed out on the first game due to a groin injury. If reports are to be believed, then he is likely to miss the second game as well due to same reason.