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WATCH - Virat Kohli's biggest fan asks Zlatan Ibrahimovic about ex-IND captain, teaches football legend about the cricket 'GOAT'

Social media influencer IShowSpeed in an interaction with Zlatan Ibrahimovic was seen asking the football player if he knows the cricketing icon Virat Kohli

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Virat Kohli superfan meets Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Twitter and Getty)

Virat Kohli superfan meets Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Twitter and Getty)

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IShowSpeed asks Zlatan Ibrahimovic about Virat Kohli.

Social media influencer calls Virat the cricket GOAT.

YouTube and social media sensation IShowSpeed is one of the biggest Virat Kohli fans. He has time after time openly expressed his love for the former Indian skipper, he never shies away from admiring the legendary Indian batter. The star influencer had an interaction with legendary football player Zlatan Ibrahimovic, where he introduced the Indian icon to him.

 

Speed tells Zlatan about Virat

 

In a video that is now going viral all over the internet at a rapid pace, Speed can be seen asking the former AC Milan player if he knows Virat Kohli. He said, "Do you know Virat Kohli?" However, the football icon admitted that he had not heard about Virat before. After which, Speed showed him a picture of Kohli but that didn't help the famous striker either in recognising the cricket icon. Speed was shocked by this and asked him "You don’t know Virat Kohli? You never seen him before?"

 

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Zlatan was humble in his response and said he is not seen cricket ever. He said, “I have never seen cricket in my life. Not being disrespectful, but no”. After this Speed started praising Kohli and called him the GOAT of cricket. Zlatan also got curious after seeing Speed's interest and asked him if he likes cricket too.

 

However, this is not the first time, Speed has introduced Virat Kohli to a football legend. During one of his interactions with Brazil's Ronaldo Nazario, the influencer asked the same question to the striker. Ronaldo after watching Virat's picture instantly recognised him.

 

Virat retires from T20Is

 

Virat Kohli announced his retirement from the shortest format of the game in International cricket after helping India win the prestigious T20 World Cup 2024 title. He would continue to play IPL but now called off on a glorious T20I career at the highest of the highs. He is the second-highest T20I run-scorer. Apart from the Indian batting maestro, Indian captain Rohit Sharma and veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has also announced their T20I retirements.

 

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