I teased Virat Kohli to hit me for a six, however he by no means received offended: Abrar Ahmed
Younger Pakistan spinner just lately revealed that he teased star India batter Virat Kohli through the Champions Trophy 2025 conflict between the 2 groups. India and Pakistan locked horns of their respective second group stage sport of the Champions Trophy in Dubai on February 23. Kohli starred with a powerful century as he performed an innings of 100* (111) to assist India win by six wickets.
Throughout his innings, the India star took a no-risk strategy towards the spinners to negate the specter of Abrar Ahmed, who managed to get a great buy out of the spinning monitor. Just lately, Ahmed shared his expertise of bowling to Kohli saying that it was a ‘dream come true’ second for him. The 26-year-old additionally revealed that he teased the India batter to hit him for a six, nevertheless, the Indian batter didn’t get offended.
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“My childhood dream of bowling to Kohli has come true in Dubai. It was an important problem and I took the freedom of teasing him, asking him to hit me a six, however he by no means received offended. Kohli is a superb batter, everyone knows that. However he is a superb human being too,” Abrar advised Telecom Asia Sport.
Moreover, Ahmed disclosed that Kohli praised him after the sport by saying ‘nicely bowled’ and talked about that it had been a dream of him to bowl to India cricketer since his under-19 days. The Pakistan spinner additionally opened up on his celebration after dismissing Shubman Gill and apologised for it.
“He mentioned, ‘nicely bowled’ after the match, and that made my day. I’ve grown up idolizing Kohli and used to inform Underneath-19 gamers that someday I’ll bowl to him. That is my type and I see nothing incorrect with it. No official advised me that I did something incorrect but when it harm anybody, I’m sorry for that. It was not my intention to harm anybody,” mentioned Ahmed.
Ahmed cleaned up Shubman Gill with a peach of a supply, which was his solely wicket of the match as he registered economical figures of 1/28 in ten overs. After dismissing the India vice-captain, the Pakistan spinner celebrated in his typical style as he folded his arms and gave him a glance. The celebration didn’t go down nicely with a number of former cricketers as Wasim Akram additionally referred to as him out for his celebration. In the meantime, Ahmed can be subsequent seen within the upcoming T20I and ODI sequence towards New Zealand, set to start from March 16.
