Virat couldn’t drive, I chauffeured him spherical quite a few events: Usman Khawaja reveals his first meeting with Virat Kohli

Australia batter Usman Khawaja revealed the rationale behind receiving a Virat Kohli signed India bundle as memorabilia on the penultimate day of the India-Australia Test assortment earlier in March.

In a video shared by FoxCricket on Instagram, the Australia worldwide acknowledged that he thought the 2023 Border-Gavaskar Trophy might be his closing recreation in direction of the earlier India skipper and so he obtained a momento to cherish it.

“All the way back then so I felt like it might be one of the last times I play against him, probably would be the second last time if we play him once more so I got a nice momento for that,” revealed Khawaja.

Khawaja moreover shared his first meeting with Virat and the best way he grew to grow to be good buddies with the latter.

“I have known Virat since I was 19 when I went to a cricket academy in Brisbane the first time he was actually one of the players that came from India,” he acknowledged.

“I was driving around the bus where he was going and he couldn’t drive so I would DD for him a few times, and became good mates with him,” he added.

Earlier in that assortment, Australian avid gamers had moreover gifted a signed bundle to Cheteshwar Pujara on his one hundredth Test in Delhi, a gesture very similar to what the Ajinkya Rahane-led Indian aspect had for Nathan Lyon throughout the earlier Border Gavaskar Trophy in 2020/21 in Australia.