Despite being a cricket icon with a large following on social media, Virat Kohli stays comparatively unknown in sure components of the world. According to Statista, he ranks thirteenth when it comes to Instagram followers, boasting a rely of 265 million. While soccer superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo (616 million followers) and Lionel Messi (496 million followers) dominate the worldwide listing, Kohli proudly holds the title of essentially the most adopted Indian movie star on the platform.
Nevertheless, there are nonetheless corners of the world the place Virat Kohli’s recognition isn’t common. In a current dialog with YouTuber Darren Jason Watkins Jr, referred to as Speed, Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldo was requested for his ideas on Kohli, highlighting that not everyone seems to be conversant in the Indian cricket talisman.
Watch the video right here:
Speed Do you already know Virat Kohli, he’s the GOAT of cricket?
Ronaldo Nazario Yeah positively. pic.twitter.com/MbFYNCoRGf
Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 10, 2024
Here’s how that dialog went:
Speed: “Do you know Virat Kohli?”
Ronaldo: “Who?”
Speed: “Virat Kohli, from India.”
Ronaldo: “No.”
Speed: “You don’t know Virat Kohli!”
Ronaldo: “What is he? A player?”
Speed: “He is a cricket player.”
Ronaldo: “He is not very popular in here.”
Speed: “Yeah, yeah. He is like the best. He’s better than Babar Azam. You have never seen this dude?” (pointing to Kohli’s picture)
Ronaldo: “Yeah, of course I have seen him.”
The BCCI on Monday invited purposes to exchange one among the many 5 senior nationwide selectors and in all probability, former pacer Salil Ankola could be the one on his method out as West Zone is already represented by chairman Ajit Agarkar. (Sachin Tendulkar’s Deepfake Row: Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Breaks Silence On Controversy)
The BCCI posted an commercial on its web site itemizing the identical necessities which were in place for the previous couple of years — the incumbent ought to have performed both 7 Tests or 30 first-class matches. Applications will even be thought of if the candidate has an expertise of 10 ODIs or 20 first-class matches.
The final date of submitting purposes is January 25. The 5-man choice committee includes Agarkar (chairman, Mumbai, West Zone), S Sharath (Tamil Nadu, South Zone), SS Das (Vidarbha, Central Zone), Subroto Banerjee (Bengal, Bihar, East Zone) and Ankola (Mumbai, Maharashtra, West Zone).
“Save Ajit Agarkar, all the four others completed their one-year term on December 31, 2023. They were given one-year contract,” a senior BCCI official advised PTI on circumstances of anonymity. (MS Dhoni Invited For Ram Temple ‘Pran Pratistha’ Ceremony In Ayodhya)
“Technically, there is no rule that you can’t have two selectors from the same zone, (but) the BCCI has always maintained the convention of having one selector from each zone and north zone had no representative after Chetan Sharma got sacked,” he defined.
After the 2022 T20 World Cup the place India may solely make the semifinals, all the choice panel, together with chairman Chetan Sharma, was sacked. But when contemporary purposes had been invited, Chetan returned to the fold to symbolize North Zone following an interview by the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) headed by Ashok Malhotra together with Jatin Paranjpe, and Sulakshana Naik. He was later sacked for unfastened speak on choice issues in a sting operation.
“The rest (of the) four, Sharath, Ankola, Banerjee and Das completed five zones. Once Chetan was removed, the BCCI needed a man of stature and once Agarkar was on board, we had two from the same zone. But no rule was broken as it was always a convention. The BCCI had given all of them a one year term, which is extended every year upto a period of four years. Unfortunately, it seems Salil will have to make a move,” the supply added.
No date has been set for the interviews however it’s anticipated that new selector will solely be a part of throughout the IPL as there will not be any choice assembly after the workforce for the subsequent three Tests is set. Ankola was lately in South Africa for the India A sequence and stayed again for India’s two Tests in opposition to the senior workforce.
