WATCH: Virat Kohli refrains from taking selfie with fan in this viral video

Virat Kohli is taking a much-deserved break at moment as re is cricketing action for w. All sporting events have eir been postponed or called off due to outbreak of dangerous COVID-19 (Coronavirus) that has spread its tentacles all over globe. India's bilateral ODI series against South Africa has been rescheduled at a later date due to same reason while upcoming edition of IPL which was supposed to get underway on March 29 has been postponed to April 15. 

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Kohli turns down a fan's request for a selfie

It so happened that recently a video was posted on social media where Indian skipper can be seen refraining from taking a selfie with a passionate cricket fan. This might have happened while Kohli was heading back home after ODI series was cancelled. In video, batting megastar can be seen walking out of airport by wearing a mask when a female fan comes forward with a selfie request. However, top-ranked ODI batsman does t oblige and keeps on walking. Meanwhile, security personnel can also be seen asking fan to back off. 

reason why Indian captain might t have obliged for a selfie is because of taking  necessary precaution against coronavirus pandemic. Watch video here.

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Will IPL 2020 take place?

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly had last week said that IPL will take place but re is also a possibility of it being a truncated one. Ganguly also said that a weekly reassessment will be done on same. Coming back to BCCI, its Mumbai office has been shut down with effect from Tuesday and all employees have been asked to work from home. Or than IPL, semi-final matches of ongoing edition of PSL have also been postponed. 

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