Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rahul Dravid and others were left awestruck in India’s latest practice session as they got to meet a cricketing legend. The Team India was greeted by legendary Sir Garfield Sobers and his wife on Tuesday in Barbados.
Sir Garfield Sobers and Virat Kohli posed for a couple of photos in a video that has now gone viral on Twitter and various other social media platforms.
Later the WI legend also talked with India skipper Rohit Sharma, coach Rahul Dravid and opener Shubman Gill.
Virat Kohli and Sir Garfield Sobers connection
Notably in December 2020, former India skipper Virat Kohli was given the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for Male Cricketer of the Decade. Additionally, he was named the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade.
Virat Kohli, who had amassed the most runs (20,396) in all of the international cricket during that time period, was also a member of the Indian side that won both the ICC CWC 2011 and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. It was not surprising for him to receive the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade because he was also named ICC Cricketer of the Year in both 2017 and 2018.
Former cricketer Sir Garry Sobers represented the West Indies from 1954 to 1974. He is regarded as one of the best cricketers of all time and the sport’s finest all-rounder due to his prowess as a bowler, aggressive batsman, and brilliant fielder.
Sobers played 93 Tests for the West Indies in all, amassing 8032 runs at an average of 57.78 and 235 wickets at an average of 34.03 while scoring runs at a rate of 57.78.
He ranks fifth among cricketers with more than 5,000 runs in terms of batting average in Test matches. Sobers played in 383 first-class games, scoring over 28,000 runs and claiming over 1000 wickets. He later played for South Australia and Nottinghamshire.
In 1975, Sobers received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to cricket.
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