“He is the pride of India, I love him…”, Jackie Shroff said something special about King Virat Kohli


He is the pride of India, and I admire him a lot – Jackie Shroff

Virat Kohli & Jackie Shroff (Photo Source: Getty Images)

Indian veteran player Virat Kohli is the most liked cricketer in the world. Kohli has led Team India to victory on many important occasions with his batting. Recently, he played a big role in India’s victory by playing a brilliant innings of 76 runs against South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you, his bat did not do much in the entire tournament, but he once again proved that he is a big player in big matches.

Virat is number 1 not only inside the field but also outside it. King Kohli’s fan following is not hidden from anyone, from country to abroad, small to big and common man, sports players to Bollywood stars, his fan following is amazing in every category. Recently, Bollywood’s veteran actor Jackie Shroff has said a heart touching thing about Virat Kohli.

Virat Kohli is the pride of India- Jackie Shroff

Talking about Virat Kohli on Ranveer Allahabadia’s show, Jackie Shroff said, “He is the pride of India, and I admire him very much.” This is not the first time that Jackie Shroff has talked about Virat, on many occasions before this, Jackie has praised Dada King Kohli.

Virat’s performance was nothing special in Sri Lanka tour

Virat Kohli was recently seen playing for India in the ODI series of the Sri Lanka tour. But his performance in this series was disappointing, he was out LBW against spinners in three consecutive innings. He scored only 58 runs in 3 matches against Sri Lanka at an average of 19.33.

Take a look at Virat Kohli’s performance in international cricket-

Virat Kohli has so far scored 8848 runs in 191 innings of 113 Test matches at an average of 49.16 and a strike rate of 55.56, which includes 29 centuries, 7 double centuries and 30 half-centuries. At the same time, he has scored 13906 runs in 295 ODI matches at an average of 58.10 and a strike rate of 93.54, which includes 50 centuries and 72 half-centuries.

In the T20 format, Kohli has scored 4188 runs in 125 matches at an average of 48.7 and a strike rate of 137.04, which includes one century and 38 half-centuries. After India became champions in the T20 World Cup 2024, Virat announced his retirement from the shortest format of the game.

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RCB bought this player for Rs 2.6 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Jacob Bethell (Image Credit- Twitter The fortunes of young English cricketer Jacob Bethell, who was recently bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL 2025 mega auction, have brightened. It has only been a few days since he made his Test cricket debut for England that the 21-year-old player has received a two-year central contract from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). With this contract, Batal was now seen playing cricket in the English team with established players like Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Harry Brook. Also, let us tell you that in the mega auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia last month, RCB had bought the young player for Rs 2.6 crore. He can be seen opening with Virat Kohli in the upcoming season. This 21 year old young cricketer recently made his debut in Test cricket against New Zealand. So before this, he has also made ODI and T20 debut in the domestic white ball series against a strong team like Australia. According to Cricbuzz reports, apart from Jacob Batlle, the ECB has also extended the contracts of England’s bowling trio Joffra Archer, Matthew Potts and Brayden Curse till 2026. Cricketers who got central contract of ECB 2024-25 for two years: Jofra Archer (Sussex), Gus Atkinson (Surrey), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Matthew Potts (Durham), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Mark Wood (Durham). for one year: Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset), Jack Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Jack Leach (Somerset), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Ollie Stone (Nottinghamshire), Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire), Reece Topley (Surrey), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

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