'He is not a player, he is an emotion' - Fans delighted as Virat Kohli fans distribute food packets to needy people on his 500th international match

Former Indian skipper and batting great, Virat Kohli is currently appearing in his 500^th international match in the ongoing second Test against West Indies. Kohli also achieved a historic feat in this match as he became the first cricketer in the history of the game to score a century in his career’s 500^th international match.

Meanwhile, devoted Virat Kohli fans took an initiative that won the hearts of a lot of cricket fans as they distributed food packets for needy people to celebrate their idol’s iconic achievement. Subsequently, a section of cricket fans was delighted with this beautiful initiative by Kohli fans. They immediately took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to shower praise on fans for this step.

Here’s how fans reacted:

He is not a player he is an emotion 💝 pic.twitter.com/h91g2yXUN7

— viratfied (@viratkohli_18_0) July 22, 2023

@Shravanviru wow bhai ek idhaar bhi bhai 😁😁

— Kartik Sehgal (@master_vlsi) July 22, 2023

Any Kohli fans here ??
Congratulations for 500 match to Virat

Ab ye biryani ka packet parsal kar dena ...savan baad 😋🤫🫠🤌

— Lord Kartike // 💙 (@Lord_Kartike) July 22, 2023

Great initiative ❤️👏🏻

— Kamal Shil (@KamalsOfficial) July 22, 2023

So nice of a gesture by himself.. i guess u can to a lot to contribute to ur society like this..

— Rabbill Gani (@IamRABBILL) July 22, 2023

That's something very good I always appreciate

— Hitman zindabad (@KrrishK43904676) July 22, 2023

@Shravanviru wow bhai ek idhaar bhi bhai 😁😁

— Kartik Sehgal (@master_vlsi) July 22, 2023

Speaking of the current action of the match at the Port of Spain in Trinidad, the hosts West Indies have scored 139 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in their first innings. At the time of filling this copy, skipper Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood are there in the middle on the individual scores of 67 and 3 runs respectively.

India’s debutant pacer Mukesh Kumar has scalped one wicket alongside one wicket claimed by the star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

Earlier in the first innings, the visitors posted a good total of 438 runs courtesy of some brilliant knocks by the batters. Former skipper Virat Kohli scored 121 runs and smashed his career’s 29^th Test century. Apart from him, skipper Rohit Sharma and young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored 80 and 57 runs respectively.

Apart from these, the star all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin also played the crucial half-century knocks. They contributed with individual scores of 61 and 56 runs respectively. Kemar Roach and Jomel Warrican scalped three wickets each for West Indies in the first innings. Other than these two, the veterans, Shannon Gabriel and Jason Holder also picked 1 and 2 wickets respectively.

Notably, Rohit Sharma’s men are already leading the two-match Test series by a margin of 1-0 after a comfortable win in the first Test at Windsor Park in Dominica.