Asia Cup 2023: Virat Kohli 'cuddling celebration' with Rohit Sharma during IND vs SL match is melting hearts

Asia Cup 2023: India defeated Sri Lanka by 41 runs on Tuesday and qualified for the final of Asia Cup 2023. Rohit Sharma starred with the bat and was the only Indian player in the match to hit a fifty.

Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav turned up the heat with the ball and did an excellent job to help India defend a 214-run target at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

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Virat Kohli, India's one of the two centurions against Pakistan on Tuesday, could contribute with three runs only and was one of the five victims of 20-year-old left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage. However, that did not stop the superstar cricketer from making headlines.

As usual he was electric on the field and kept on motivating the bowlers to defend the low total. He gave an aggressive send off to Dimuth Karunaratne after Mohammed Siraj got the Sri Lanka Test team captain caught in slip by Shubman Gill in the eighth over.

The video started doing rounds on the internet before the 34-year-old celebrated another wicket in an extremely passionate fashion, leaving hearts of the Indian fans melting.

Asia Cup 2023: Virat Kohli hugs Rohit Sharma

On the first ball of the 26th over, a delivery from Ravindra Jadeja took an edge off Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka's bat and Rohit Sharma took a sharp catch at slip. The ball was dipping in as Rohit plucked a blinder.

Just as Rohit Sharma threw the ball up in the air to celebrate the big wicket, Virat Kohli came running and cuddled the 36-year-old who was still on his knees. An animated and passionate Kohli almost climbed onto his long-term teammate.

The moment between the two biggest stars of Indian cricket has gone viral on the internet. Have a look.

India became the first team to qualify for the Asia Cup 2023 final and will face the winner of Thursday's match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. A win in the final will be India's eighth Asia Cup title.