Former Indian captain Virat Kohli replied to Pakistan skipper Babar Azam’s viral tweet about his poor form. Following his wicket just for 16 runs against England in the second ODI at the Lord’s Cricket ground. Pakistan skipper a heartening tweet in support of Virat Kohli among the growing criticism over his poor form and seat in the Indian team side. Later. Indian batting star Virat Kohli responded to Babar Azam‘s tweet with a classy reply.
Virat Kohli who has been struggling with his bat for a very long time just made his return to team India side after recovering from a minor groin injury. Although, Kohli started off in an articulate fashion against England in the second ODI before he got out playing a reckless delivery from the England Pacer David Willey.
After Virat Kohli’s dismissal which also lengthen his century drought by 964 days, the Pakistan Skipper shoiwed his support on Twitter, “This too shall pass. Stay strong. #ViratKohli,” this tweet got an enormous reaction from across the world with many superstars praising the classy act from the Pakistan captain.
This too shall pass. Stay strong. #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/ozr7BFFgXt
— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) July 14, 2022
On Saturday, on the final day of India’s game of England Tour 2022, a Former Indian skipper finally responded to the tweet replying, “Thank you. Keep shining and rising. Wish you all the best.”
Thank you. Keep shining and rising. Wish you all the best 👏
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 16, 2022
Pakistan skipper received a lot of praise for this classy act as Babar Azam later explained the real reason behind this tweet before the ongoing test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka
“As a player myself, I know you can go through such a phase (out of form) and I also know what a player goes through in such a phase. In those times, you need support. I just tweeted thinking that it will give just some support. He is one of the best players,” Babar said during a press conference.
He is playing a lot of cricket and he knows how to come out of these situations. It takes time, if you back players, it will be really good,” he added.
Virat Kohli’s current form is been the trending topic in the cricketing world but the former Indian captain has been receiving too much support from his current captain and teammates. Although, Kohli has only managed to score 31 runs in the Edgbaston Test and only scored 12 runs in his last matches.
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