Virat Kohli’s heartwarming gesture floors SY

TIL Desk Sports/ Suryakumar Yadav, the architect of India’s 40-run victory over Hong Kong, was left humbled by the ‘heartwarming’ gesture from Virat Kohli who doffed his hat to his compatriot following his sensational knock in the Asia Cup match on Wednesday.

Suryakumar smashed six sixes and as many fours in his sizzling 26-ball 68-run knock against Hong Kong to help India grab a place in the Super 4 stage. His sensational innings overshadow the 44-ball 59 innings by Kohli, who bowed to Suryakumar in appreciation and also looked towards the dressing room, saying ‘kya hai yeh’ (This is unbelievable).

“It was a heartwarming gesture from Virat Kohli. I have never experienced it. I was wondering why he wasn’t walking ahead and then when I realised, I asked him to walk together. He is much more experienced than me,” Suryakumar said in the post-match press conference. Suryakumar added 98 runs with Kohli to lift India to 192/2 in their 20 overs.

“I enjoyed a lot batting with him. We were talking a lot how to go about in the next few balls. He is such an experienced and I haven’t played many T20Is. So having the experience at that stage in the middle was crucial.”