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'King of one generation meets another' - Fans react to Virat Kohli meeting Sir Garfield Sobers in West Indies

The modern day great, Virat Kohli met with one of the legends of batting of the last century, Sir Garfield Sobers

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In India's most recent practice session, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Rahul Dravid, and others were in awe after meeting a cricketing legend. On Tuesday in Barbados, the legendary Sir Garfield Sobers as well as his wife visited Team India's training camp.

In a video, which has grown increasingly popular on Twitter and other social media sites, Sir Garfield Sobers as well as Virat Kohli gathered for a few pictures. The legendary WI player later spoke with India captain Rohit Sharma, head coach Rahul Dravid, and starting pitcher Shubman Gill.

Virat Kohli, a former captain of India, received the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for Male Cricketer of the Decade in notable fashion in December 2020. He also received the Men's ODI Cricketer of the Decade honour.

The Indian team that won the Cricket World Cup in 2011 as well as the Champions Trophy in 2013 included Virat Kohli, who accumulated the highest number of runs (20,396) in all of international cricket at this time. He was also named Cricketer of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, hence it was not unexpected for him to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for Male Cricketer of the Decade.

Sir Garfield Sobers’ cricketing career

From 1954 through 1974, former cricketer Sir Garry Sobers played for the West Indies. Because of his talent as a bowler, aggressive batting style, as well as outstanding fielder, he is recognised as one of the greatest cricket players of all time and the game's best all-rounder.

Overall, Sobers completed 93 Tests representing the West Indies, scoring runs with an average of 57.78 and taking 235 wickets with an average of 34.03 during his time.

When it comes to averages for batting in Test matches amongst cricketers having more than 5,000 runs, he is fifth. Sobers participated in 383 first-class matches, taking over 1000 wickets and scoring over 28,000 runs. Later, he played for Nottinghamshire and South Australia. For his achievements for the West Indies in cricket, Sobers was given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975.

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