Watch: Virat Kohli Meets Childhood Coach, Shares Sweet Moment Ahead Of DC vs RCB Game

06.05.2023 - 14:19 sports.ndtv.com

Virat Kohli returned to his hometown ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Ahead of the game, Kohli caught up with his childhood coach, Rajkumar Sharma, and touched his feet. A video of the same has been doing rounds on social media. "A wholesome meet & greet. @imVkohli catches up with his childhood coach," the video was captioned by IPL on their official Twitter handle.

A wholesome meet & greet @imVkohli catches up with his childhood coach#TATAIPL | #DCvRCB | @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/YHifXeN6PE Recalling an incident, Kohli's childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma revealed that the cricketer was adamant about practicing with players from senior age groups during his early days. "When he first came, I had put him in the U-11s.

He never used to get out to his juniors. He used to ask me 'Sir, I wan't to play with the elders'. I told him 'you're very young so you have to play with the kids from your age group.

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