In a video that went viral on social media, Da Silva’s mom was seen hugging Kohli and getting emotional after assembly his favorite cricketer. The heartwarming incident passed off a day after Da Silva was caught telling Kohli his mom is a big fan of him.
“My mom called me and told me she’s coming to watch the match for Virat Kohli, I couldn’t believe it. I don’t blame her, to be honest. She’s right up there watching,” Joshua was heard saying to Kohli in a stump mic throughout the first day of the second Test.
The BCCI on Saturday shared a video on Twitter the place Joshua spoke in regards to the particular assembly.
“Yeah, my mom told me before day one, actually a few days before the Test match that she’s coming to see Virat Kohli and not me. So it’s kind of kind of funny. I kind of knew it might be my goal a little bit,” he mentioned.
Kohli on Friday additionally grew to become the primary batter to attain 100 in his five hundredth worldwide match as he slammed his twenty ninth Test century to finish his five-year drought for 100 in an abroad red-ball match.
Kohli’s flawless hundred took his tally of Test tons of on par with Sir Donald Bradman, who had scored 29 centuries in 52 Tests.
After making 4 away tons of in 2018 when India was on tour in Australia, Kohli needed to wait fairly some time and this century is his first exterior India in Tests since then. His final abroad Test ton got here in Perth in 2018.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com