Published 11:56 IST, January 5th 2020

This fan's portrait of Virat Kohli made out of e-waste amazes Team India, watch

In a video shared by the Indian cricket team on their Instagram handle, Virat Kohli leaves a thrilling message for the fan which reads 'outstanding creation'

Reported by: Koushik Narayanan
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Indian skipper Virat Kohli's fanbase is swelling furr with each passing day, with superfans coming up with insane ideas to express ir love for batting maestro. recently in Odisha, a superfan with records of Virat Kohli tattooed on his body met skipper and won his heart. This time it was young artist Rahul Pareek who came up with an insane idea to grab eyeballs of skipper. superfan made a portrait of Virat Kohli using electronic scrap, a first for any cricketer in India, and it left skipper Virat Kohli open-moud as he paid a visit to see art. 

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Superfan uses old phones to make Kohli's portrait

Rahul Pareek, whose name can be found in Indian book of records for making art with electronic waste, is a student at Guwahati University. superfan created portrait of Virat Kohli and put it up for display ahead of first T20 between India and Sri Lanka. In a video shared by Indian cricket team on ir Instagram handle, skipper Virat Kohli leaves a thrilling mess for fan which reads 'outstanding creation'  along with a 'well done' and an autograph of skipper.  Superfan Rahul reveals that it took him three days to make portrait of Virat Kohli. 

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Kohli on idea of four-day Test

Kohli on his part was happy with security arrangements and felt that city is "absolutely safe". " city is absolutely safe. We didn't see any problems on roads," Kohli said, giving his thumbs-up for match at Barsapara Stadium. Assam Cricket Association is using this match as a "curtain-raiser" ahead of ir maiden IPL match this season as Rajasthan Royals have adopted this venue. Kohli also went on to talk about idea of a four-day Test and said that it is t something he is attracted towards. “According to me, it should t be altered. As I said, day-night is ar step towards commercialising Test cricket and you kw, creating excitement around it, but it can’t be tinkered with too much. I don’t believe so,” he said.

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11:56 IST, January 5th 2020