IPL 2023: Virat Kohli shares special moment with childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma; watch video

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Virat Kohli played in front of his home crowd the Indian Premier League Royal Challengers Bangalore travelled to New Delhi to face Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. The skipper was seen sharing a special moment in the presence of cameras.

Ahead of the game, Kohli caught up with his childhood coach, Rajkumar Sharma, and touched his feet. A video of the same has been doing rounds on social media. "A wholesome meet & greet. @imVkohli catches up with his childhood coach," the video was captioned by IPL on their official Twitter handle.

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Kohli's childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma recalled a childhood memory of the cricketer as he revealed that ther former India captain was adamant about practicing with players from senior age groups during his early days.

"When he first came, I had put him in the U-11s. He never used to get out to his juniors. He used to ask me 'Sir, I wan't to play with the elders'. I told him 'you're very young so you have to play with the kids from your age group.

"But he told me that they can't get me out and I can play them," Rajkumar told RCB, ahead of their game against DC at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday.

Virat Kohli has been in fine form this season as the batter, who has opened innings this IPL in a successful partnership with skipper Faf du Plessis, scored his sixth half-century of the season before he was dismissed at 55 by Mukesh Kumar. He also completed 7000 runs in IPL during the knock.

RCB went on to post 181/4 in 20 overs with Mahipal Lomror also scoring a half-century. Speaking at the break of the innings, Virat Kohli said it meant a lot that his coach was here, gave him a special feeling.

"My Coach, Anushka, family is here, this stadium is special, a pavilion here, it all started when selectors saw me here for the first time," Kohli said.