Virat Kohli felt embarrassed after watching his old acceptance speech from IPL 2011

The cricketer was recently shown the video of his acceptance speech after collecting his first IPL Player of the Match award; however, he had a hilarious reaction to it.

On Wednesday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli brutally mocked himself after watching his old interview from IPL 2011. The 36-year-old was left in uncontrollable laughter after watching his younger self’s acceptance speech after collecting his first IPL Player of the Match award.

Virat Kohli reacts to the footage of his old acceptance speech.

The 36-year-old iconic cricketer was left in uncontrollable laughter after he was shown footage of him collecting his first IPL Player of the Match award after RCB’s win against Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) back in 2011. Watching the footage, Kohli couldn’t stop laughing. The footage shows the 22-year-old Kohli, who smashed 8 boundaries and 2 sixes with 3 balls to spare against the then Delhi Daredevils. At the post-match conference, Kohli talked about how he took over the aggressor role in his 82-run second-wicket stand alongside opener Chris Gayle. In the old video, he said, “To be honest, I did not plan to bat like that. But when I started to hit the ball well, I took charge of Chris. That was the plan in the middle so that he could play himself in, and I could go for my shots because I was hitting it well.”

“I don’t even know what I said.”

In a candid conversation on “18 Calling 18” on JioHotstar, Kohli was shown the old video, to which he reacted, “I don’t even know what I said. You guys brought it here from somewhere.” He then carefully listened through the video, and upon mentioning Gayle, he burst into laughter. He was even slightly embarrassed over his post-match statement 2011 and mocked himself. Kohli added, “Chris could play himself in? Waah! Ghalat fehmi dekh lo (Look at the misunderstanding)! Since the social media boom, fans have started analysing players’ quotes, which has become way too twisted.”