Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli (Credits: Twitter)

Indian captain Virat Kohli was on fire with the bat during the first T20I against West Indies on Friday. The 31-year made a slow start to the innings but picked up pace during the closing stages of the game, hitting the West Indies bowlers all over the park. Virat Kohli scored his career-best 94* as India chased down 208 to register their highest chase in T20Is.

During the 16th over of the game, the Indian skipper turned on the heat when he hit Kesrick Williams for a towering six over the long-off boundary. And after the six, Kohli left everyone baffled by mocking Williams by doing his famous ‘notebook’ celebration. Williams has a special celebration after he takes wickets. He gives the batsmen a proper sending off by making it look as if he is noting down their name in an imaginary notebook after dismissing them.

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Kohli did the same to him. But at the same time, it was surprising to see Kohli come up with that reaction as Williams had not sledged him or done anything unusual. The fans took to social media to state that Kohli’s celebration was inspired by Chadwick Walton’s celebration in CPL. Walton had done the same to Williamson in the past Well, Kohli explained the reason behind his celebration after the game ended.

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Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli (Credits: BCCI)

The reason:

Speaking at the post-match presentation ceremony, Virat Kohli revealed he did that notebook celebration not because he had seen it in CPL but because Williams had given him a send-off during a T20I in 2017. At the same time, he also made it clear that there was no hard feeling between him and the West Indies pacer.

“It’s not the CPL (about Williams’s celebration), it happened to me in Jamaica when he got me out. So I thought I’ll tick a few in the notebook as well, but all good. There were a few words, but smiles at the end. That’s what you want to see. Good competitive cricket but in the end shake hands and give a high-five. That’s what cricket is all about. Play it hard but have respect for opponents,” said Virat Kohli.