King Kohli: Virat Kohli has started preparations for IPL 2024. At the same time, fans also call Virat Kohli as ‘King Kohli’. Virat Kohli was given the name King in the year 2014 by an Indian team fan.
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IPL 2024 King Kohli: Fans often call Virat Kohli as ‘King Kohli’. But hardly anyone would know who called Virat Kohli as King for the first time. Actually, Virat Kohli is now busy preparing for his first match of IPL 2024. Virat Kohli was seen at the RCB Unbox 2024 event on March 19. During this time, Virat Kohli had appealed to the fans not to call him King. You can call me Virat Kohli.
Who gave the name ‘King’ to Virat
Fans have been calling Virat Kohli as King Kohli for a long time. It is often seen on social media that Virat King Kohli’s name remains in trend. But do you know who has named Virat as King? Let us tell you. According to media reports, a person named Kunal Gandhi had said during an interview that he was the first to use the word king for Virat Kohli.
Kunal says that in 2014, when Team India was on the tour of Australia, he wanted to gift a jersey to Virat Kohli. At that time Virat was in very good form, then suddenly the word King came to my mind and I got King Kohli written on the jersey. After which I gifted that jersey to Virat Kohli and Kohli autographed that jersey and showed the jersey to the audience. After this, fans started calling Virat as King Kohli. Let us tell you, Kunal Gandhi lives in Australia and is a big fan of Team India.
Virat appealed not to be called king
When Virat Kohli entered the stage during the RCB Unbox 2024 program, the spectators present in the stadium started shouting the name King Kohli-King Kohli. After which Virat became silent for some time. After this Virat had said that you people should stop calling me king. I feel ashamed to hear the name King. After this Virat had said that you can call me by the name Virat.
