Rare video of Virat Kohli & Ravindra Jadeja enjoying relaxing time in Pakistan goes viral- Watch
As Asia Cup 2023 venue controversy grows larger by the day, a video of Indian cricket players enjoying their time in Pakistan has gone viral. The video that is doing the rounds of social media shows 2006 Under-19 Indian cricket players relaxing at a restaurant.
An 18-year-old Virat Kohli could be seen cracking jokes with his teammates in the grainy video. Other players like Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, and Cheteshwar Pujara can also be seen interacting in an awkward teenage manner.
The video is from India’s under-19s tour of Pakistan in 2006 when the two teams clashed in a four-match ODI series. The Piyush Chawala-led India team came up with victories by 4-0. Many of the players from this team went on to win the 2008 Under-19 World Cup as well.
Kohli, Chawala, Jadeja, Pujara, Ishant Sharma and Shahbaz Nadeem featured in India’s under-19s tour of Pakistan and also went on to play for the senior national side.
Here’s the viral video of Virat Kohli from Pakistan:
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Tanmay Srivastava was the top scorer of the series having made 167 runs in 4 matches. Jadeja who was recently retained by the Chennai team for the Indian T20 League 2023 was the second-highest scorer with 157 runs in 4 matches.
Kohli, who became arguably the greatest cricketer of the next 20 years, came third among run-getters with 125 runs in 3 matches.
We’ll have Asia Cup 2023 at a neutral venue- Jay Shah
The viral video is a stark reminder of India- Pakistan cricketing relations before it got drastically changed due to political differences between the two countries. The two cricketing boards have clashed again after Indian Cricket Board secretary Jay Shah openly spoke against playing the Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan.
“We’ll have Asia Cup 2023 at a neutral venue. It’s the govt which decides over the permission of our team visiting Pakistan so we won’t comment on that but for the 2023 Asia Cup, it is decided that the tournament will be held at a neutral venue,” the Indian Cricket Board Secretary Jay Shah told ANI after the 91st Annual General Meeting in Mumbai.
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