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Virat Kohli Put On Hold An Interview Request Of A Former Australian Cricketer
By Sandy - Jan 20, 2019 8:51 pm
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Recently, a media report is claiming that the Indian skipper Virat Kohli has kept in waiting for an interview request to one former Australian cricketer.

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Virat Kohli

According to the Mirror, during the recent Test series between the hosts Australia and the visitors India, a former Australian cricketer has asked the Indian skipper Kohli for an interview. However, Kohli was very straightforward as he said that the rules are the same for everyone – whether he would be a normal journalist or a cricket legend.

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According to the Indian Link, a website run by expat Indians, Kohli said, “Only when they want something, they [certain ex-players] will speak to you a certain way. But it doesn’t matter to me if I’m talking to you or someone who has 15,000 runs, at the end of the day it’s a human interaction. I’m not going to go above and beyond just because you have 15,000 runs. They don’t see it that way, but I do.”

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While the tour has completed already, that interview hasn’t published yet. After levelling the three-match T20I series by 1-1, India won the four-match Test series (1-2) and three-match ODI series (1-2) of this tour.

Talking about that former Australian cricketer, who has requested Kohli for an interview, Mirror has pointed out the former two Australian World Cup-winning skippers Steve Waugh or Ricky Ponting. However, the report added that both the Australian skippers haven’t responded yet on this matter.

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Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting

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On the other hand, Sportzwiki has claimed that the former Australian captain Mark Taylor was that former Australian cricketer who approached Kohli for an interview.

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Mark Taylor

The 30-year-old Indian skipper Virat Kohli is on his top-form with the bat. Currently, the right-handed top-order batsman is the no.1 Test and ODI batsman. In the recent historic Test series victory in Australia, Kohli was the third most run-scorer after scoring 282 runs in seven innings with an average of 40.28. He had one century and one half-century in that series.

After then, in the most recently concluded ODI series, Kohli played one match-winning century knock during the Adelaide ODI.