Virat Kohli trades his red-ball career for pickleball action after retiring from Test cricket. Fans go wild over viral pics from RCB camp featuring Anushka Sharma and Dinesh Karthik.
A New Chapter Begins: From Red-Ball Legend to Paddle Star
Within days of saying his swan song to the world of cricket in Test format, Virat Kohli managed to surprise the cricketing world a bit more by choosing a pickleball paddle over a bat. Unlike the former Indian Captain, infamous for his on field intensity a video posted of him laughing, rallying and playing pickleball casually with RCB (Royals) camp. He wasn’t alone. On the spirited match, his wife Bollywood Actor Anushka Sharma came to support him once again, as this power couple proves you can have high-pressure careers and be funny too under heavy pressure.
Pickleball Fever Hits RCB Camp
The RCB training camp in Virat and Anushka, was not really a site of harmony. RCB coach Dinesh Karthik along with his wife Professsional Squash Player Deepika Pallikal were also seen on the courts of course. The pictures posted by Team RCB’s Accounts went viral in no time. Caption: “RCB camp has pickleball fever!!!! Fans got a fresher view from behind the scenes of their favorite cricket players enjoying off season in a physical way.
Saying Goodbye to a Glorious Test Career
Kohli’s pickleball pivot follows the emotional Test retirement, which wrapped his 14 year era in Indian cricket. Kohli was India’s best Test captain in the number of victories winning 40 with 68 matches played, debuting in 2011 against the Windies. Status: Red-ball: 9230 runs, 46.85 avg (30 centuries & 31 fifties) in a man who left his mark as one of limited overs all-rounder!
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An Instagram Farewell that Melted Hearts
Kohli shares the news on an Instagram post, emotional farewall post with fans. It’s not easy, but it is correct He wrote, “Test cricket shaped me, tested me and taught me some lessons I will take to the grave. The moment on its own was trending across all platforms, it showed the kind of pathos this journey created for millions of cricket lovers across the world.
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Kohli reaches north of two hundred and seventy one million Instagram followers, 68 million X followers with his pickleball paddle. The whites may be retired, Kohli’s game is far from over nevertheless.
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