Published 16:41 IST, May 18th 2020

'Shane Warne made me look like a fool', says Virat Kohli as he recalls IPL 2009

India skipper Virat Kohli has revealed that former Australian spinner Shane Warne made him look like a fool during the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2009.

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India skipper Virat Kohli has revealed that former Australian spinner Shane Warne made him look like a fool during Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2009. Kohli was doing an Instagram live session with India football skipper Sunil Chhetri and during chat, latter played a rapid-fire round with Kohli.

Chhetri asked Kohli: "You need three runs of last ball, you can choose bowler, I am giving you two options-- Shane Warne or Waqar Younis". 

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Kohli replied: "Firstly Shane Warne hardly bowled during death overs and secondly I would believe in my ability to score off yorkers bowled by Waqar Younis."Shane Warne made me look like a fool during IPL in 2009. I played him again in 2011 in Rajasthan, thing significant happened re. He did t get me out, I did t score many runs against him. After match, he came up to me and said never say anything back to bowler, but obviously I did t listen (laughs)," he added.

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Kohli names Rhodes as best fielder

In rapid-fire round, Kohli named former South Africa cricketer Jonty Rhodes as best fielder at backward point. Chhetri also asked Kohli about one innings he would have liked to play from past.

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To this question, Kohli replied: "Desert Storm, Tendulkar's semi-final innings of 140+ against Australia in Sharjah in 1998". comparisons between Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar keep growing and many have picked current Indian skipper to break records set by Tendulkar.

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' need to look back': Virat Kohli

Recently, Indian skipper had posted an im of himself on Instagram. It is a still of his innings against West Indies of T20I series that was played in December last year. However, what makes it more interesting is that of batting megastar kneeling down on one knee and holding top of bat's handle in a typical 'Baahubali' style. Take a look.

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(With Inputs from ANI)

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16:41 IST, May 18th 2020