Virat Kohli was reminded of all the suffering Australia is facing by none other than the country's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when the Indian cricket team visited the Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday. In his reply, the Indian cricketer did not hold himself back and teased the Australian PM in a fun banter.
India entered the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 as the second favourites having lost a shock 0-3 home Test series defeat against New Zealand. But they just did not emerge as the winners in the first Test against Australia in Perth but did it by recording their biggest-ever win in Australia.
Kohli himself led the charge with an unbeaten century in the second innings, his 7th in Australia, the most by any visiting batter in Test cricket history.
Ahead of the team's next practice game against Prime Minister's XI, Albanese hosted the Indian team at the Parliament House in Canberra. When captain Rohit Sharma introduced Kohli to the Australian PM, the latter congratulated the Indian star for his heroics in Perth and teased him by adding "As if we weren't suffering enough at that point."
Kohli had a cheeky smile and replied, 'Just wanted to add some spice to it.' Indian batter's reply made Albanese and surrounding cricketers laugh and that moment was captured in a video below.
Notably, the 36-year-old Indian cricketer went to Australia without a hundred across formats in 2024. Kohli's poor run of form was well highlighted by the Australian media which did not see him returning to form with a match-winning hundred at the Optus Stadium.
However, India will be under pressure going into the second Test match in Adelaide starting on December 6. It's a pink-ball Test and the travelling side has a not-so-promising record in the past.
Indian side is set to welcome back Rohit Sharma who missed the Perth Test due to the birth of his second child. Injured Shubman Gill remains doubtful and the management is likely to keep faith in KL Rahul for the No.3 role in Adelaide.
