Lasith Malinga Reacts As Virat Kohli Sledges Shakib Al Hasan With "Malinga Bana Hua Hai" Remark

A hilarious chat between Virat Kohli and Shakib Al Hasan during the India vs Bangladesh first Test went gone viral on social media. On Day 2 of the game at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Kohli sledged Shakib during his batting. As the Bangladesh star spinner bowled series of yorkers to Kohli, the Indian batter later decided to criticize him. The stump mic captured Kohli referring to Shakib as 'Malinga'. Sri Lanka legend Malinga, who was referred to in the comment made by Kohli, possessed the ability of bowling unplayable yorkers with raw pace.

"Malinga bana hua hai, yorker pe yorker de raha hai (Acting like Malinga, bowling yorker after yorker)," Kohli could be heard saying to Shakib in the video.

"Niyamai malli," wrote Malinga while reacting to it. The comment translates to 'Great, brother.'

Here's the reaction -

Niyamai malli https://t.co/heeEK48QRP

Star India batter Kohli's form dip continued as he failed to fire in the first Test against Bangladesh held at Chennai. In both innings of the Test, Kohli delivered poor scores of 6 and 17.

While in the first innings, he chased an outside off stump delivery by Hasan Mahmud, in the second innings, he fell victim to a wrong LBW decision. Having chosen to not review it, the UltraEdge discovered the bat making contact with the ball, which would have ruled Virat not out had he opted for a review.

Virat is having a poor run of form across all formats this year. In 15 matches and 17 innings this year, he has scored just 319 runs at a sub-par average of 18.76, with just one half-century to his name and a best score of 76 made during the T20 World Cup final against South Africa.

Now, in Tests, Virat's average is at an eight year low. In 114 Tests, he has scored 8,871 runs in