Irrespective of what the recent narrative has been on Virat Kohli, with a few veteran cricketers over the last few months claiming that fame and power have changed the former India captain, the 35-year-old has remained generous towards his teammates. Whether it has been about helping youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal following their struggles in the nets, or gifting newbies a signed bat.
On Monday, India fast bowler Akash Deep was left on cloud nine after Kohli gifted him a signed bat ahead of the start of the two-match Test series at home against Bangladesh. Akash, who is currently part of India’s training camp in Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium along with Kohli, shared a picture of the autographed bat as an Instagram story and captioned it, “Thank You Bhaiya”.
However, Akash’s post left fans worried about India batter Rinku Singh, who earlier this year faced Kohli’s wrath after he told him that he broke the bat the former India captain had given him a month before during the start of the 2024 IPL season.
