Published 15:05 IST, November 7th 2018

WATCH: Virat Kohli asks cricket fan to 'Live outside India' for saying 'He enjoys watching English, Australian batsmen more'

Virat Kohli, replying to an individual stating he prefers Australian, English batsman over Indians, has stated that such people should leave India and live somewhere else

Reported by: Narayan R
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re's hardly any doubt that Virat Kohli is presently best batsman in international arena. or batter, be it from once-mighty Australia, has capability anywhere close Indian skipper. And it isn't an overstatement; his records speak for himself. An aver of over 50 in all formats, which also includes number of records, speaks volume of talent he possesses. 

But recently, during a Q&A session with fans on Twitter for his official Virat Kohli Official App, when a random individual questioned Kohli's batting ability and mentioned preferring to watch or countries batsman, Indian skipper got a bit angry.

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individual's question to Kohli read, "Over-rated batsman and personally I see thing special in his batting. I enjoy watching English and Australian batsmen more than se Indians."

Indian skipper, in his own style, replied by stating that any individual who doesn't like his own country's team should leave country and reside somewhere else.

"Okay, I don’t think you should live in India, n you should go and live somewhere else . Why are you living in our country and loving or countries? But I don’t mind you t liking me, but I don’t think you should live in our country and like or things. Get your priorities right," he said.

His comments did t go down well with Twitterati, who lamented and attacked him for telling someone to leave country just because he/she doesn't like Indian batsmen.

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READ: Rohit Sharma Overtakes Virat Kohli To Become India's Highest Run-scorer In T20Is

In recently concluded ODI series against West Indies, Kohli created a number of records, furr enhancing his reputation as best batsman in world. His astonishing batting display earned him ar man of series award, a seventh overall in ODIs.

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It meant that Kohli has w equaled number of man of series awards won by former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly and all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, as well as Viv Richards, Ricky Ponting and Hashim Amla. only players who w stand ahead of him and yet ar record are Sachin Tendulkar (15), Sanath Jayasuriya (11) and Shaun Pollock (9).

Earlier in series, Kohli became  first Indian batsman to score three centuries on trot in ODIs. He became  eighth batsman in history of ODI cricket to accomplish this feat, following likes of Zaheer Abbas, Quinton de Kock, Saeed Anwar, Ross Taylor, Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers and Kumar Sangakkara- latter leading way with four centuries in a row.

14:28 IST, November 7th 2018