Former Indian skipper, Virat Kohli enjoys the fandoms of millions of people from around the world, having risen through the ranks to become one of the stalwarts of all time. Kohli, who is hailed as one of the best batters in modern-day cricket, is not just popular among the fans of cricket, but also among many of his teammates.

The Indian seamer, Mohammed Siraj recently underlined the same when he recalled a visit from Kohli to his Hyderabad home. Siraj broke into the national team during Kohli’s stint as India captain.

“During a recent RCB podcast, Mohammed Siraj said, I told (Virat) bhaiyya that I wanted to invite everyone home. He said, ‘Don’t worry, all of us will come’. I went home from the hotel. When I called him up, he said ‘I have a stiff back brother, I can’t come.’ I just told him to rest; that is all I could have said.”

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He further recalled, “But, when the cars came, I saw (Virat) bhaiyya get off the car. Everyone was there, PP (Parthiv Patel) bhai, (Yuzvendra) Chahal bhai. I just ran towards bhaiyya. That surprise that I got, that was was my life’s best surprise. Because bhaiyya had said he wouldn’t be able to come. It became big news — Virat Kohli has come to Toli Chowki.”

Recalling the day further, Mohammed Siraj said, “I had informed at home that Virat bhaiyya wouldn’t become. There was a sense of sadness. When they had heard initially that bhaiyya was coming, they were so excited and were deciding what clothes to wear. Their faces went down when they were told bhaiyya wouldn’t come.”

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The pacer concluded, “They still readied everything once I told them that the rest of the RCB players would be coming. Then bhaiyya came and as the saying goes – ‘chaar chaand laga diya’ (to make something more beautiful).”