Watch: Hilarious Moment When Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Made Sri Lankan Fan Kiss Ajinkya Rahane
Published - 25 Jul 2020, 03:46 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:32 AM
India’s tour of Sri Lanka in 2015 is a very memorable and special one. It was Virat Kohli’s first full Test series as India captain. India won the three-match series 2–1, with Virat Kohli winning his first Test series as captain of India.
The series win was special for Indian cricket as it ended the country’s long wait for winning a Test series in the island nation. Before the win in 2015, India had not won a Test series in Sri Lanka since 1993. The series win also gave India their first overseas Test series victory since the 2011 tour in the West Indies.
The players especially Ajinkya Rahane might remember the tour for another reason too. This was the same tour where Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had pulled a hilarious prank on Ajinkya Rahane. Both Rohit and Kohli had hilariously asked Sri Lanka superfan Percy Abeyasekara to kiss Ajinkya Rahane.
After the series ended, the players were spending some time with Percy before Rohit and Kohli asked him to kiss Ajinkya Rahane. Percy duly obliged, leaving the Indian players in splits.
Here is a clip of that hilarious incident:
Team India, meanwhile, have not played any game since the tour of New Zealand ended in early March. They were engaged in an ODI series against South Africa but the series had to be called off in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The first match of that series was washed off before both the countries decided to call off the action.
Team India is likely to take the field again towards the end of the year during the tour of Australia. Before that, the players will be seen in action during the IPL which will take place in the UAE.