WI vs IND: On day one stump mic caught Silva telling Kohli his mother is coming to watch the latter
In a heartwarming video West Indies wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva’s mother was seen hugging Indian batter Virat Kohli and later broke down into tears after meeting the superstar.
“Take a picture,” she told his son Joshua Da Silva.
“You’re wonderful, you have a beautiful wife,” she told Kohli.
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“I told Joshua that I was coming to this game just to see Virat Kohli and not him because I see him every day. That was the first time I met Virat Kohli and he was wonderful as he is – a beautiful, blessed human being. He is so talented and I hope my son emulates him,” she said in a video shared by journalist Vimal Kumar.
“Kohli is one of the best batsmen in our lifetime. So it is an honour for me to meet him and my son to be on the same field as him.”
On day one, stump mic caught Silva telling Kohli his mother is coming to watch the latter. “My mom called me and told me she’s coming to watch the match for Virat Kohli, I couldn’t believe it.”
Before the end of play on Day 1, Kohli had a rather intriguing chat with De Silva.
The West Indies keeper asked Kohli to “get to his 100 quickly.”
Virat responded: “You’re obsessed with my milestones?”
Da Silva said: “I know I am, I want you to get your 100.”
Kohli equalled Sir Don Bradman’s record of 29 tons in India’s commendable first innings score of 438 but their bowlers found it a tough grind as West Indies ended the second day on 86 for 1 in the second Test in Trinidad.
The first session of the second day undoubtedly belonged to Kohli, who was hardly troubled by any of the West Indies pacers, having taken 77 runs in singles, doubles and triples apart from the 11 boundaries in his innings.
Starting the day at 87, Kohli reached his century in the first half an hour while dispatching a Roach delivery wide of point with a stretched square drive. The wide grin while raising his bat and then taking a bow said it all.
The satisfaction of scoring his first overseas Test hundred in half a decade was palpable, having last scored a ton on foreign soil in Perth in 2018.
Kohli’s greatness lay in his game awareness as the cornerstone of his innings was 45 singles and 13 doubles in energy-sapping conditions.
He would be pleased because as many as nine of his 11 boundaries were hit on the off-side with the signature cover drive coming out of his closet time and again.
First published on: 22-07-2023 at 11:17 IST
