Virat, who is preparing for the first test against Australia in Nagpur, wrote: “Nothing beats the sad feeling of losing your new phone without even unboxing it? Has anyone seen it?”
Nothing beats the sad feeling of losing your new phone without even unboxing it ☹️ Has anyone seen it?
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) 1675746258000
Shortly after, as expected, there was a deluge of response messages from her fans and social media users. Some actually felt it was part of a product promotion.
@imVkohli It’s ‘Viraat’ Pain, I pray to God you’ll have another phone soon… ☺️ There’s one more thing that… https://t.co/K0PYqE5tYJ
— सुमित पांडेय | Sumit Pandey (@journo_sumit) 1675755313000
@imVkohli 100 in BGt 🔥🎉
— Mehran मेहरान 🇮🇳 (@mehranzaidi) 1675746286000
@imVkohli Sympathy
— Zeeshan Qayyum (@XeeshanQayyum) 1675746695000
@imVkohli Need a new one? https://t.co/wuzG4B7fMU
— Yash Jain (@YashJain88) 1675747190000
@imVkohli @Vivo_India – please send another phone. Don’t let him stress out before the test match.
—vips (@vipsbuysdips) 1675752036000
@imVkohli Ye raha Virat bhai. https://t.co/f2tkjekCG0
— Dr. JANGO (@doctor_jango) 1675751574000
@imVkohli Have you tried ringing it? 😉
—Lewis O’Donnell (@EDLEOD) 1675750596000
Restaurant aggregator and food delivery company Zomato also weighed in on this and tweeted to say – “feel free to order ice cream on bhabhi’s phone if it helps”.
@imVkohli feel free to order ice cream on bhabhi’s phone if that helps 😇
— zomato (@zomato) 1675747986000
Virat’s tweet goes viral and surpasses 2 million views
Virat has hit four tonnes since breaking his 1020-day drought in last year’s T20 Asia Cup and will also be eager to bring his clean-ball form to testing.
The opening Test of the four-game series against the Aussies kicks off on February 9.
India hold the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after winning the last three series between the two teams, including their decisive Down Under triumphs in 2018-19 and 2020-21.
