Published 16:17 IST, April 4th 2020

Virat Kohli picks Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi without hesitating and here is why

Virat Kohli and Kevin Pietersen's hour-long session on Instagram Live was full of insights and candidness from the two former RCB teammates.

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Former England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen has been making most of lockdown time and English legend has been talking to people from cricket fraternity on his Instagram live session. Earlier, Pietersen talked to Pakistan batsman Ahm Shahz and that live session gifted fans with some hilarious moments. On Thursday, Pietersen proceeded to interview Indian captain Virat Kohli in a 1-hour long session.

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Virat Kohli reveals his pick in Cristia Ronaldo vs. Lionel Messi debate

Virat Kohli and Kevin Pietersen's hour-long interaction on Instagram gifted fans with a lot of candid insights from champion cricketers. At end of session, Virat Kohli answered some fan questions and one fan asked - Lionel Messi or Cristia Ronaldo? This debate has been one of biggest in last dece as two exceptional footballers constantly continue to impress fans worldwide.

Virat Kohli chose Cristia Ronaldo and mentioned how Cristia Ronaldo's drive and work ethic is inspirational to Kohli. This answer should t come as a surprise as Virat Kohli has turned himself a fitness icon over past few years and he often talks about his focus on a very similar quality - his work ethic. Kohli is also impressed with Ronaldo's ability to constantly igre 'white ise' or outside distractions or difficulties to focus on job at hand and be best version of himself.

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Virat Kohli donation details

Virat Kohli and Kevin Pietersen also talked about how y are coping with lockdowns in ir respective countries. two shared some banter about each or's hairstyles and n discussed ir time toger at Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kohli is current captain of RCB team and Virat Kohli salary in IPL is ₹17 crore per season. It is believed that Virat Kohli's net worth is approximately ₹900 crore as per unverified sources. Here is tweet anuncing recent Virat Kohli donation for PM Cares fund.

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16:17 IST, April 4th 2020