Virat Kohli teased by Sachin Tendulkar for 'million dollar' saliva reaction against Delhi

Bangalore are currently competing in Match 19 of Dream11 IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stium in Dubai. Having won toss, Bangalore captain Virat Kohli invited Shreyas Iyer's men to bat first. Delhi accepted invitation with open arms as y got off to a flyer. At end of powerplay, Delhi's scoreboard re 63/0. Prithvi Shaw was aggressor in opening partnership while Shikhar Dhawan was happily playing second fiddle.

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Dream11 IPL 2020: Virat Kohli almost applies saliva to ball, Sachin Tendulkar reacts

During third over of Delhi innings, Virat Kohli was about to commit a huge mistake of applying saliva on ball. But Bangalore captain stopped himself just in time. However, it was Virat Kohli's funny reaction that was talking point of incident. Earlier this year, ICC h banned us of saliva on  ball in wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

neless, Bangalore captain seemed to have forgotten law as he was about to apply saliva on ball during Bangalore vs Delhi live contest. It all happened on third ball of third over which was bowled by Navdeep Saini. Prithvi Shaw, who was batting brilliantly, smashed an excellent drive which was well fielded by Virat Kohli, who stationed himself at covers.

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Virat Kohli immediately got up after stopping ball and put his finger on his tongue. However, Bangalore captain realised his blunder in time as he refrained his finger from touching ball. After realising his error, Virat Kohli gave a sly grin before passing ball to his teammate.

Legendary Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar took te of incident as he immediately reacted on same. Sachin Tendulkar took to Twitter and praised Prithvi Shaw for his shot. Sachin Tendulkar n followed it up by saying that Virat Kohli’s reaction was a ‘million dollar one'.

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This is t first time that a player has been seen trying to apply saliva on ball. Earlier in Dream11 IPL 2020, Rajasthan Royals batsman Robin Uthappa was seen applying saliva on ball during game against Kolkata. Robin Uthappa was subjected to some criticism because of his blunder. Meanwhile, Delhi posted a massive total of 196/8 in Bangalore vs Delhi live contest. It will be interesting to see how Bangalore go about ir chase.

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SOURCE: BANGALORE IPL TEAM INSTAGRAM