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Jemimah Rodrigues recalls when she spent hours chatting with Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma at a restaurant before they were all asked to leave.
Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma were once asked to leave a restaurant in New Zealand after spending hours chatting, India women cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues has revealed. The incident happened during a New Zealand tour when both India men and women cricket teams were staying at the same hotel.
Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana wanted to have a chat with Kohli regarding batting and the India batting superstar invited the duo to a cafe where he was sitting with Anushka.
They spoke about cricket for nearly 30 minutes before the conversation veered towards general life.
“So once we were in New Zealand. The men and the women’s team were staying in the same hotel. So, Smriti and I asked Virat if we could talk to him about batting. He was like, oh please come and then he was like come to the cafe down,” Rodrigues said Mashable India.
“So that time Anushka was also there. So the first half of an hour we spoke about cricket And he actually told Smriti and me that, you both have the power to change women’s cricket. And I can see that happening. You know, to just take up that responsibility and what change you can do is going to be big and massive,” she added.
They were eventually told to leave presumably because it was too late.
“So, that’s what he told us and a lot of batting and stuff like that we spoke. Then after that, we just spoke about life. Like if you know some long-lost friends meet and speak, we spoke for 4 hours – four hours just random stuff. And the only reason we stopped was that the cafe guys kicked us out. ‘That’s enough. It’s 11:30. Leave now’,” Rodrigues recalled.
When Will Virat Kohli Return To Competitive Cricket?
Kohli last played a competitive match during IPL 2025 and since then, he’s been in London where, according to several reports, he now resides with his family. The BCCI conducted the fitness tests of India cricketers at its Center of Excellence in Bengaluru. However, Kohli was reportedly permitted to give his test from London.
Kohli is expected to be part of India’s ODI squad for the Australia tour in October-November.
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