Robin Uthappa, a former Karnataka player, remembered the remarkable 2006 incident, when the 18 -year -old Virt Kohli returned to Bat to Delhi in Ranji against Karnatak, just hours after his father’s death and scored 90 runs to help his team follow. UTHAPPA shared his memories of the testimony of Kohli during this difficult moment on the Kimappa show.The incident occurred when Kohli detonated 40 overnight when his father had suffered cardiac arrest and died at 2:30 am. Despite the tragedy, the young cricket decided to continue playing the following day.Kohli had previously shared his experience with the difficult moment in an interview with Graham Bensinger.“I was playing a four -day game at the time and I was supposed to continue launching the next day when it happened at 230 odd morning. We all woke up but I had no idea what to do. I literally saw him breathing his last. And that I left to India, and I managed to play, and I managed to play, and I managed to play, and I advocated that I left him, and I left him.Quiz: Who is the IPL player?Uthappa, who played in this match for Karnataka, described during these shifts his observation behavior of young Kohl.“We have heard of a virat, we heard of the demise of the father of this young child. There was some accommodation that we had to do in terms of another siding and everything that was concerned. But then the next day came to the bat, which was quite unbelievable.
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Uthappa also noted how this incident gave him his first sight of Kohli’s potential size.“It was the way he walked in his shifts was phenomenal, more than cricket, I remembered how he held himself. For me it was the first time I saw thirst and maybe the size of the Virt Kohli, just a virat as a player.
