Always a pleasure assembly Virat Kohli: Rashid Khan over the moon after former India captain items his bat

Gujarat Titans turned the primary workforce to qualify for the 2022 playoffs. Royal Challengers Bangalore are nonetheless within the fray for the qualification berth.

Rashid Khan ot Gujarat Titans. Courtesy: PTI

HIGHLIGHTSGujarat Titans turned first workforce to qualify for playoffsVirat Kohli and Rashid Khan had a candid chat forward of the matchRoyal Challengers are nonetheless within the fray for qualification berth

Former India captain Virat Kohli gifted certainly one of his bats to Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan forward of an Indian Premier League recreation between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans.

Rashid took to Instagram to share a reel by which the 2 will be seen attempting to play pictures on the bottom.

“Always a pleasure meeting you Virat Kohli. Thank you for the gift,” Rashid wrote alongside the video.

The new entrants Gujarat Titans turned the primary workforce to qualify for the 2022 playoffs, which shall be performed in Kolkata and Ahemdabad.

On the opposite hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore are within the fray for the qualification berth.

Kohli has been going by a lean patch for a number of months, together with on the ongoing IPL. He was thrice dismissed for geese, which is making followers apprehensive about his type going into the T20 World Cup later this yr in Australia.

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Former India head coach Ravi Shastri acknowledged that Kohli is “overcooked” and must take a break from cricket. The veteran cricketer added that Kohli needs to be dealt with with care amid the Covid-19 restrictions which have confined gamers to bio-bubbles.

“I am going straight to the main guy here. Virat Kohli is overcooked. If anyone needs a break, it’s him,” Shastri advised Star Sports.

“Whether it’s 2 months or a month-and-a-half, whether it’s after England or before England. He needs a break because he has got 6-7 years of cricket left in him and you don’t want to lose that with a fried brain.”

The 33-year-old batter hasn’t scored a century within the final 100 matches throughout all codecs. Kohli had stepped down from T20I captaincy for each India and RCB earlier than he was sacked by the BCCI from the ODI management position.

Kohli additionally went onto give up the Test captaincy after India’s 1-2 away defeat by the hands of South Africa.