Pradeep Sangwan who was the teammate of Virat Kohli in the Delhi team and U – 19 India team has revealed a secret about the former India captain of when he broke into tears by a prank. The prank was made by the coach and his teammates.
“We were playing in an U17 match in Punjab. He (Kohli) hadn’t been scoring big in the past 2 – 3 innings. We had a coach named Ajit Chaudhary who used to call him ‘Cheeku’. Virat was the main player of our team, and Ajit sir funnily suggested, ‘let’s tell him he will not play in the next match’. We all joined in on the prank,” Sangwan said in an interview with News24.
“In the team meeting, sir didn’t announce Virat’s name. He went to his room and started crying! He phone – called sir and said I’ve scored a 200 and a 250… he had scored big in that season, to be honest. It’s just that he didn’t get enough runs in the past 2 – 3 innings. He got so emotional he even phone – called Rajkumar sir (Virat’s childhood coach).
“Then, he came to me and asked, ‘Tell me Sangwan, what’s wrong? I scored so many runs this season’. I told him, ‘Yes yes, that’s very wrong!’. He wasn’t able to sleep all night as well. He said, “No, I don’t want to sleep. What’s the point of sleeping when I’m not playing?’ Then, I told him that he’s playing. It was all a prank!” he said.
Pradeep Sangwan has been part of many IPL franchises and was also a part of Gujarat Titans that won the TATA IPL 2022
