Virat Kohli's Incredible Gesture For Glenn Maxwell Despite India's Defeat In World Cup Final

21.11.2023 - 06:23 sports.ndtv.com

Royal Challengers Bangalore teammates Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell embraced each other and India's stalwart batter gifted his jersey to the explosive all-rounder after Australia's victory in the World Cup final.

Emotions were running high after Australia emerged victorious in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the Baggy Greens were ecstatic after the victory sharing laughs and embracing each other.

On the other hand, the Indian players were left with broken hearts, shattered dreams and a bit teary-eyed. As players from both teams shook hands, Kohli and Maxwell shared a special moment as the Indian batter gifted his jersey to his teammate in the Indian Premier League.

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Last year, Indian cricket saw a very controversial episode as Virat Kohli stepped down from Test captaincy. The manner in which Virat Kohli's captaincy stint in the Indian team ended left a lot of questions. While the talismanic batter had himself decided to leave India's T20 captaincy, he was subsequently not persisted with in the ODI format also. Not long after, Kohli announced the decision to step down as the team's Test skipper too.

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