Star India batter Virat Kohli was going by a very dangerous part in 2022 and struggling to seek out his type. The former India captain even didn’t impress within the Indian Premier League (IPL), and his poor run additional continued within the worldwide enviornment as effectively.
Later that yr, India toured England to play a white-ball collection and a rescheduled Test from 2021. But Virat but once more didn’t carry out with the bat and couldn’t regain his circulate, which resulted in him dealing with an enormous backlash from followers and cricket pundits.
During the England tour of India, Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam took to Twitter and posted in help of Virat, which quickly went viral on the web. Contrary to Virat, Babar was within the type of his life at the moment, and was scoring runs throughout codecs.
“This too shall pass. Stay strong. #ViratKohli,” tweeted Babar on July 14.
This too shall cross. Stay sturdy. #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/ozr7BFFgXt
— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) July 14, 2022
Virat acknowledged Babar’s tweet and replied: “Thank you. Keep shining and rising. Wish you all the best.”
Thank you. Keep shining and rising. Wish you all the perfect ?
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 16, 2022
Now after nearly six months, in an interview with ICC Digital Insider, Babar revealed the motivation behind his tweet for Virat. The 28-year-old mentioned that his submit was to spice up fellow athletes’ confidence and assist him.
“As a sportsperson, anyone can go through such a time. At that time I thought maybe if I tweet it might give someone help and confidence. See, as a player, you try to back every sportsman in a difficult time,” mentioned Babar
“It is in difficult times that you get to know what you are thinking about others. At that time, I thought I should have done that, and maybe something positive would come out of it. Something that can be a plus point,” he added.
Notably, Virat made an excellent comeback within the second half of 2022 and remains to be in magnificent type. So far, at the beginning of 2023, he has already slammed two centuries within the ODI format and is at present a part of the Test collection in opposition to Australia.