The video featuring Axar and Kohli continues to resurface on social media.
India all-rounder Axar Patel revisited one of his most memorable on-field moments with Virat Kohli, a video of which continues to resurface on social media.
The clip dates back to the 2021 pink-ball Test against England in Ahmedabad, where Axar wreaked havoc with the ball across two innings. He claimed six wickets in the first innings and followed it up with five scalps. His 11-wicket match haul propelled India to a dominant victory and earned him the Player-of-the-Match award.
After the match-winning performance, Axar was shooting a post-match video with Hardik Pandya when then-skipper Kohli interrupted with a praise for the spin all-rounder.
“Baapu tari bowling kamal che (Your bowling is great),” Kohli was caught saying on camera, a line that quickly went viral.
Axar recently recalled the moment and narrated the lesser-known backstory behind it, admitting he was slightly nervous when Kohli walked up to the camera.
"The story behind this was different. You know what kind of words Delhi people like. He keeps asking me what to say in Gujarati. So suddenly, he came and said 'Baapu Tari...' and then went like 'bowling kamal che'. I told, okay, okay, this is right," Axar said on the 2 Sloggers' YouTube channel.
Meanwhile, Axar Patel was recently reinstated as India's vice-captain in T20Is as Shubman Gill was dropped from the T20 World Cup 2026 squad.
BCCI’s chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar highlighted Axar’s experience and leadership role in the T20I setup.
"I mean, obviously, Shubman was the vice-captain; he is not in the team, so there will have to be somebody else as vice-captain. And Axar, before that, when Shubman was actually not playing the T20Is and playing Test cricket, when a lot of the T20Is used to clash, Axar was the vice-captain. So, that is about the vice-captain," Agarkar said in the squad announcement presser last week.