Virat Kohli was surprised to see how fluently Rohit Sharma was speaking in Hindi when the Indian captain took the interview of the latter for the BCCI after India vs. Pakistan Asia Cup 2022 Super Four match on Thursday (September 8) in Dubai.
Notably, Kohli smashed his 71st century in international cricket on Thursday to help Team India beat Afghanistan by 101 runs in the Super Four match to finish off the Asia Cup 2022 on a high.
After the match, Kohli and Rohit brought a smile to the Indian cricket fans' faces with their adorable conversation, which was shared by the BCCI on its official Twitter handle on Friday.
It was all started by Rohit when he asked Kohli: “Virat bohut badhai aapko. Aapka 71st hundred... Pura India wait kar rahi tha. I'm sure India se zyada aap wait kar rahe the. Jo time apne spend kia hai itne salo mein apne game ko khelte hue. Hume toh pata hi tha ye milestones honge. Ye century special hai kyuki hume jeetna tha. aapne gaps acche dhunde, acche shots mare, sahi bowler ko target kara. Apne innings k baade mei bataiye, kaisa tha, kaisa shuruwat hua aapka.
(Many congratulations to you Virat. Everyone in India was waiting for your 71st hundred but I'm sure your wait was bigger. With the kind of hard work you were putting in, we all knew that these milestones will come but this century is special because we needed to win. You played great shots, found the gaps, targetted the right bowler, so tell us about your innings).”
It left Kohli in splits, as he replied to Rohit by saying: “Itni shuddh Hindi bol raha hai mere saath pahli baar.” (You are talking to me in pure Hindi for the first time).”
Meanwhile, the Indian skipper clarified by saying: “Maine toh socha tha Hindi English mix karunga. But Hindi ka itna accha rhythm mila toh maine socha Hindi mein hi baat karta hu. (I thought of keeping it a mix of English and Hindi but the flow in Hindi was so good that I decided to carry on).”
Well, Kohli also gave the answer to Rohit in Hindi, as he said: “Thank you Rohit. Kaafi special din tha hamare lie. Humne baat ki thi ki kis attitude se hum tournament mein ate hai wo hamare lie matter karega kyuki hamare lie ye zaroori tha kyuki hume knockouts ka exposure mila, pressure ka exposure mila. Lekin hamara goal sabko pata hai kya hai. Wo hai Australia mein jo World Cup, hum uske lie improve kar rahe hai cheezein. We will learn from the mistakes.
Personally, 12-13 saal k baad maine itna lamba break lia. Maine bat nahi chua. Toh kaafi cheezein perspective mein ayi. Uske baad tum logo k taraf se, mangement k taraf se communication clear thi 'just let me bat'. The space that I got from all of you made me calm down.
(We had talked about how to important this tournament is. We were tested in knockout games, put under pressure. But we all know our goal is the T20 World Cup in Australia. And we are improving and learning from the mistakes. Personally, this was the first time in 12-13 years that I didn't pick up a bat for so long. A lot of things came into perspective. After that, you guys and the management gave me time, you just let me bat.)”
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