Lahore-based Cricket Fan Invites Kohli To Play In Pakistan, Wins Million Hearts In India

The fan at the Gadaffi Stadium held a placard reading "Virat Kohli we want to see you playing in Pakistan", during the third and final T20I which the hosts lost on Wednesday.

Amid the heated political tensions between sub continent rivals India and Pakistan, cricket still seems to be a gluing factor which gets the people of two countries together. In a sporting gesture towards Indian captain Virat Kohli, a cricket fan invited India captain Virat Kohli to play in Pakistan during the team's home T20I match against Sri Lanka in Lahore, sending social media into a tizzy. Due to heightened diplomatic standoff between the two nations, arch-rivals India and Pakistan do not play in bilateral series and contest against each other in ICC events, the last being in the 2019 World Cup. Kohli, one of the best batsmen in the world and a hugely popular figure in the sport, is yet to play in Pakistan. The fan at the Gadaffi Stadium held a placard reading "Virat Kohli we want to see you playing in Pakistan", during the third and final T20I which the hosts lost on Wednesday.Pakistan's star batsman Babar Azam is also a huge admirer of Kohli and has said that in public on many occasions.

@imVkohli we are hoping you to come Pakistan and play cricket here also. We love you I am big fan of you. Lots of love ❤️ and strength from 🇵🇰 #PakVsSri #Lahore #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/ACHm00qd6p

— Shahbaz Sharif Qasmi (@shahbazSSQ) October 9, 2019

The two Asian giants haven't played a bilateral series since 2012/13, when Pakistan had travelled to India for an ODI and T20I series. India are currently playing South Africa in three Tests at home, the second of which is underway in Pune. Pakistan, meanwhile, lost to second-string Sri Lanka by 13 runs in the third and final T20 international as the visitors completed a 3-0 whitewash of the top-ranked T20I side in the world.