You could just do things our minds were not ready to process – Virat Kohli on ABD’s crazy heroics
The pair of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers were a force to reckon with when they batted together and the crazy synergy that they knitted in the center, playing for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, was well known.
Earlier this week, as AB de Villiers was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame, Virat Kohli, in a heartfelt note for the South African, reflected on a particular partnership in an IPL game that saw RCB take KKR for a ride.
In a letter written by Virat for ABD, it read, “We were chasing 184 (for RCB in 2016) against an attack including Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel, Andre Russell and Shakib Al Hasan. You came in to join me with around 70 on the board and Narine was bowling.”
Virat further added, “You played and missed a couple and told me during a timeout that you weren’t picking him too well. I felt I was, so I remember telling you to give me the strike and I would try and hit boundaries off him.”
The letter continued, “In the first over Narine bowled after the timeout, I was ready at the non-striker’s end thinking you were definitely giving me a single. So, imagine my surprise when you back away to the leg side, Sunil follows you and you slog sweep him over square leg for a 94-metre six!”
Virat drew curtains on the incident by writing, “If I have a lack of belief against someone, I’d just try and get off strike – but you hit him for a 94-metre six without picking the ball. That sums you up. You could just do things our minds were not ready to process, and then everyone thinks ‘how the hell did that happen?’"
