‘So I didn’t provoke him, I have respect for him (Virat Kohli)’- Harshit Rana
Harshit Rana has shown a great game for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024. The young bowler has taken 19 wickets in 11 matches. Harshit Rana’s onfield flying-kiss celebration has made a lot of headlines in the season. He did this celebration after dismissing Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Mayank Agarwal in the very first match. After which the BCCI also fined him.
Due to this celebration, Harshit was also banned for one match. Recently, during an interview, Harshit Rana told that he had never thought that he would do such a celebration before going to the field. Also, a big question was asked to the player whether he would be able to do this flying-kiss celebration in front of Virat Kohli, let us tell you what the bowler replied to.
I can’t do this in front of Virat Kohli- Harshit Rana
Harshit Rana has recently been seen talking about many things on Shubhankar Mishra’s YouTube channel. During this interview, Shubhankar Mishra asked Harshit about his flying-kiss celebration that, ‘Will you do it in front of Virat, will you be able to give a flying kiss to Virat?
Harshit Rana: “I didn’t tease Virat Kohli. I have respect for him, as I do for all players. But in front of him, you shouldn’t do such things (Flying Kiss) anyway.”šā¤ļø pic.twitter.com/YuefR35ZYb
ā Virat Kohli Fan Club (@Trend_VKohli) June 17, 2024
Harshit Rana replied saying, ‘Sir, I mean I am telling you that I did not even think of doing this in the first match. And in the second match also something like thisā¦ I mean people started relating to me that I should do it in the RCB match.’
Harshit Rana then said that he respects every player, but Virat Kohli’s status is so high that he will never be able to do the flying-kiss celebration in front of him. ,So I did not provoke him, I have respect for him (Virat Kohli), respect for all the players, but I cannot do this in front of him.