Why did Virat Kohli touch Akshar Patel's feet in a live match? Know the truth from the video.
Team India also won its last group stage match in the Champions Trophy 2025. The Kiwi team could not even chase the target of 250 runs against India. Indian bowlers bowled brilliantly in this match. And Indian players were celebrating every wicket. But after the wicket of Kane Williamson fell, the players of Team India celebrated in a grand manner. However, Virat Kohli touched the feet of Akshar Patel during this time. At the same time, he also jokingly pushed him. The video of these moments is making a lot of headlines on social media.
Virat Kohli touched the feet of Akshar Patel
A video has surfaced on social media which is after Kane Williamson's wicket. The Kiwi team's wickets were falling continuously from one end but Kane Williamson was moving towards a century. However, Akshar Patel turned the match in India's favour by dismissing Williamson at a score of 80 runs. The Kiwi team had now lost 7 wickets for 169 runs. As soon as the wicket fell, Indian fans rejoiced. At the same time, Virat Kohli came near Akshar and bent down to touch his feet. But Patel stopped him from doing so. Both the players sat on the ground and started laughing and joking. After this, when both of them stood up, Virat jokingly grabbed Akshar's jersey and pushed him. The video of their fun and frolic is making headlines on social media.
Virat kohli touching axar patels feet after he got the williomson wicket #ViratKohli𓃵 #INDvNZ #AxarPatel #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/0K9GTEZydT
— Raju Shah (@iamshah0786) March 3, 2025
Axar Patel performed brilliantly
Team India batted first and scored 249 runs. Shreyas Iyer scored the highest 79 runs. Hardik Patel contributed 45 runs. Akshar scored 42 runs in 61 balls. While chasing the target of 250 runs, the Kiwi team was reduced to 205. Varun Chakraborty took five wickets. After doing wonders with the bat, Akshar took one wicket in bowling giving only 32 runs in 10 overs.
Kohli flopped in the 300th ODI
Virat Kohli registered another special achievement as soon as he entered the match against New Zealand. This was his 300th ODI. Virat has now become the 22nd player in the world and the 7th player from India to play 300 ODIs. But Kohli's bat flopped in this match. He could score only 11 runs in 14 balls. But Virat entertained his fans a lot during fielding.