Much like star India batter Virat Kohli, former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir also wears his heart on his sleeves and he is also known as very competitive. They both will now work together for Indian cricket, with Gambhir being appointed as Team India’s new head coach recently. And, Gambhir’s first assignment with the Indian side will be the upcoming Sri Lanka series where they will compete in three T20Is and as many ODIs as well. Kohli will be seen in action during the ODI series, starting August 2 as well.

During an interaction with Cricbuzz, Karthik said: “He’s a complete player’s man. He protects his players, and that’s very important in international cricket because, at times, you can feel lonely or deserted in international cricket when performances don’t go your way.”He’ll definitely bring a clever tactical angle to this Indian team. Very fierce, intense guy, and I always liked playing with him. He played for the team and did whatever it took to win a game of cricket.”

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Dinesh Karthik also revealed that Virat Kohli loves to research aliens. He also mentioned that Kohli even showed him some videos related to alien spotting as well.

“I don’t believe in aliens. Actually, I don’t have much knowledge in that domain. But I’ll tell you who’s interested in aliens and who’s read up about it, knows a bit about it. You’ll be surprised, yes, Virat Kohli. “I remember him showing me a YouTube video about aliens spotted in America or some place in Nevada. I forgot the name exactly. It’s not something that’s top of my list in terms of memory, but I know he was very interested in that subject.”

However, both Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli used to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, Karthik has announced his retirement after IPL 2024.