New Delhi: Australia’s assistant minister of foreign affairs Tim Watts had a fanboy moment after he met Team India star Virat Kohli during the Indian team’s visit at the Parliament House on Friday. Kohli and the Indian team are currently in Australia for the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Watts took to Instagram to share a selfie with Kohli after his meeting and lauded the Indian cricketer.
Watts revealed in his post that he is a big Kohli fan and started supporting Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to the star Indian batter. Watts said he loves watching Kohli play as he ‘plays like an Australian’. Kohli is one of the best batters of the present era and enjoys a massive fan base across the world, thanks to his unparalleled achievements on the field.
“A bit of a thrill to meet the Australian and Indian players in the PM’s XI game at Parliament House tonight. I told Virat Kohli that I support Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL because it’s the only opportunity I get to legitimately barrack for him. I give him the highest praise I can offer any international cricketer when I say that I’ve loved watching him play because he plays like an Australian. Just not when he’s playing AGAINST Australia of course,” Watts captioned his post on Instagram with a picture with Kohli.
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The Indian team was hosted at the Australian Parliament House on Friday ahead of their warm-up match against Australian PM XI in Canberra on Saturday. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who recently joined the rest of the squad in Australia, introduced the Indian players to the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The Indian skipper also delivered a speech at the Australian Parliament House while praising his team’s performance in the 1st Test of the 5-match series.
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India are currently leading the 5-match Test series 1-0 after winning the first Test in Perth comprehensively by 295 runs. Young opener Yashasvai Jaiswal, Kohi and KL Rahul all starred with the bat to help India bat Australia out of the Test match and secure an easy victory to go 1-0 up in the series.
While Jaiswal top-scored in India’s second innings with a brilliant knock of 161 runs, Kohli notched up his 30th Test hundred, bringing an end to his long-standing drought. Rahul played a sublime knock of 77 runs and was involved in a record 201-run opening partnership with Jaiswal which laid the platform for India’s victory in the Perth Test.
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