The remark understandably is adopted by Kohli bursting into laughter, in all probability as a result of he knew the follow-up query could be round his aggressive, never-step-back strategy and ‘verbal volleys’ whereas on the sphere.
“Mai kabhi ladai-vadai nahi karta kisi se, bodily to probability hello nahi. Koi mujhe maar ke nikal jayega (I do not struggle, by no means bodily, someone can hit me and go away),” Kohli mentioned.
And when the previous India captain was dropped a touch that his remark was opposite to his aggressive physique language and verbal altercations on the sphere, he smiled and mentioned: “Muh se kuchh bhi bulva lo, however mai bodily ladai nahi karta (I can say issues verbally however by no means get entangled in a bodily struggle)”
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Kohli added: “Even that (aggression) I do on the bottom as a result of I do know it will not result in a struggle because the umpires would intervene.”
Of late, Kohli’s notorious on-field altercations with Gautam Gambhir returned to hog the limelight when the latter was introduced as India’s new head coach changing Rahul Dravid, whose tenure ended after the T20 World Cup in June.
Kohli and Gambhir had been eye to eye greater than as soon as and as latest because the 2023 IPL season when the Royal Challengers Bengaluru icon Kohli had an offended face-off with Gambhir, who was mentoring Lucknow Tremendous Giants at the moment.
Nevertheless, each have mentioned that they’ve moved on from these variations. The duo, a part of the 2011 ODI World Cup-winning workforce, reunited within the Indian dressing room for the continuing ODI leg of the tour of Sri Lanka.
