Simply because the Indian crew took to their pre-match heat up session forward of the 2023 ODI World Cup last, Virat Kohli was on the receiving finish of a beautiful gesture from Sachin Tendulkar.
Kohli, who had damaged Tendulkar’s document for many ODI a whole bunch within the semifinal in opposition to New Zealand to attain his fiftieth century within the format, was gifted a match jersey by the latter from his final ODI for India again in 2012. Tendulkar, who signed the package additionally wrote under, “Virat, you make us proud!”
Having been a part of India’s 2011 World Cup squad alongside Tendulkar and would pay tribute to the latter after overtaking his monumental tally of 49 a whole bunch within the 50 overs format.
Kohli has been in impressed type on the ongoing World Cup, having turn into the primary batter to attain greater than 700 runs in a single ODI World Cup marketing campaign that features three a whole bunch.
The previous India captain has the chance to additionally turn into the primary Indian to attain a century within the World Cup last with Gautam Gambhir having the best rating up to now (97).