'It All Started With A Dive': Virat Kohli And Jonty Rhodes' Hilarious Banter On Social Media

Star India cricketer and PUMA Brand Ambassador Virat Kohli received praise from former South African maestro Jonty Rhodes for his diving skills when he announced the unique AI-led campaign called PUMA DIVE through social media on Friday. Sharing an image of himself diving on X, Virat Kohli invited fans to rate it, posting, "Think this definitely is a 100% score. What do you guys think? #PUMADive."

Think this definitely is a % score. What do you guys think? #PUMADive #ad https://t.co/EpbKKEQ5uuwitter.com/kbexIug4Pz pic.t

The top batter received applause from one of the best fielders of all-time Jonty Rodhes, who replied, "Nice one, Virat! It all started with a dive for me too. Reminiscing some special memories. Hope you make some this year. Not against us though #PUMADive." As part of his reply to Virat, Jonty also posted a diving image of himself from a historic game in the year 1992.

Nice one, @imVkohli ! It all started with a dive for me too. Reminiscing some special memories. Hope you make some this year. Not against us though #PUMADive https://t.co/i1dkj2FKoZ pic.twitter.com/vQC56aUTzN

Virat's fans in the past have often compared his iconic dives on the pitch to PUMA's leaping cat logo, creating content that has gone viral several times. This season, PUMA has taken the fans' love for spotting the cat and created a platform to reward them for every image of a dive that they upload on X (formerly Twitter).

India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh dived into the conversation, “The legend Jonty Singh @JontyRhodes8 . Learnt a dive or two from you growing up #PUMADive.”

the legend Jonty Singh @JontyRhodes8 . Learnt a dive or two from you growing up #PUMADive https://t.co/hMb1xOzaCp pic.twitter.com/HwRdvBzOpZ

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