'He's Amazingly..': Sunil Chhetri Reveals The Unseen And Unheard Side Of Kohli With A Funny Anecdote

India as a nation is on Cloud 9 ever since the Indian Cricket Team brought home the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy. As the country celebrated and fans are jubilant there is also a tinge of sadness in Indian sports as two of India's finest sportsmen in Sunil Chhetri and Virat Kohli hung up their boots.

Sunil Chhetri decided to retite from International football after India's FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying campaign and Virat Kohli called time on his T20 International career with India after winning the World Cup in Barbados. 

Sunil Chhetri and Virat Kohli as two of India's greatest sports personalities of this generation have shared a great friendship off the pitch. Former Blue tigers skipper recently revealed the unseen and unheard side of Virat Kohli. 

Sunil Chhetri Spills Beans On Unseen Side Of Virat Kohli 

Sunil Chhetri recently appeared on the Raj Shamani podcast on YouTube and touched upon his friendship with Virat Kohli. 

When asked about Kohli, Chhetri had nothing but praise for the star Indian batter and revealed his respect for Kohli's nature and family. 

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Chhetri revealed that Virat Kohli is a really nice and funny personality behind the scenes and said that the two constantly share memes with each other. 

“Virat sends funny memes, I send back as well. I genuinely like him. Forget he's Virat Kohli, he's a good dude man, he's a nice guy, he's genuinely a nice guy. I am pretty sure a lot of people will never get to know that part of him and he's amazingly funny. Even if I bring him and you're oblivious to the fact that he's Virat Kohli, he will crack you up,” said Sunil Chhetri. 

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‘We Had The Similar Dream’: Sunil Chhetri On Virat Kohli 

 Sunil Chhetri further said that despite playing in different sports, him and Virat Kohli shared the similar dream that was to represent India. 

"Apart from the fact all the other things he is, I think he is a good guy, which in our days is rare. Some way our upbringing is same, we had the similar dream just chose two different sports,"

Sunil Chhetri and Virat Kohli both wanted to represent India and represent the country in their respective sports. While, Sunil Chhetri retired as India's greatest ever goal scorer, Virat Kohli retired winning every ICC trophy for India in white ball cricket.