IPL 2024

‘Man with golden heart’ – Fans pour out love for Virat Kohli as he signs bat for David Willey’s son before latter’s first cricketing season

Virat Kohli is continuously in the headlines of social media since his on-field spat with LSG players and their mentor Gautam Gambhir yesterday during the 43^rd match of IPL 2023 between LSG and RCB. But apart from that, he recently attracted the headlines of social media for another reason off the field.

Virat happened to sign a bat for England cricketer David Willey’s son as he is about to play in his first cricketing season.

Meanwhile, a section of cricket fans immediately took to Twitter and showered love and praises on Kohl for his gesture toward the young kid.

Here’s how fans reacted:

https://twitter.com/KrishnaVK_18/status/1653374422382960643?s=20

God of cricket

— A (@ReignOfMessi) May 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/bittuYogen/status/1653397252323549184?s=20

❤️❤️

— Siddharth Dixit (@sid_dixit_25) May 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/LawlSagittarius/status/1653374846217383939?s=20

GOAT KOHLI

— cocoa butter #ProblematicKohliFan (@xanaxwithin) May 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/Being_SanuKhan/status/1653382769630941185?s=20

Kal raat wala gesture bhi mast tha bro

— Shardul🇮🇳🗨 (@asliwiseman) May 2, 2023

Arey bhai par Virat to arrogant tha na😢😢

— Mustakim Khatri (@MustakimKhatri6) May 2, 2023

He's looking so cute in that rcb jersey

— Arpit (@oyearpit) May 2, 2023

So down to earth

— Nitin Singh 🍃 (@Kohlliers) May 2, 2023

KING KOHLI

— Cricket Updates (@_KingKohli18) May 2, 2023

Mera bat bhi sign ker de Kohli
To gully cricket mai har bar first batting muzae he milae fir 😭.

— Ashish. (@____ashish_m) May 2, 2023

Talking about his performance in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League, Virat Kohli has enjoyed a good season with the bat so far. He has scored 364 runs in nine innings of the nine matches played so far. Kohli scored these runs with a decent average of 45.50 having five half-centuries.

He is currently placed in the fourth spot on the points table of the current season of the Indian Premier League.

Now, Kohli will be in action with RCB in their next match against Delhi Capitals on Saturday, the 6^th of May. Both teams will play this match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Currently, RCB are placed in the fifth spot of the points table of the tournament with five wins and four losses in the nine matches they played so far in the current season.

Here’s a look at the squad of RCB for the Indian Premier League 2023:

Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Vijaykumar Vyashak.