10 Dressing room secrets in cricket history

7. Virat Kohli’s debut prank by Yuvraj Singh and Co

It’s a no-brainer that today’s run-machine Virat Kohli is a massive Sachin Tendulkar fan and has looked up to the master throughout his cricketing life. Young Virat even while instantaneously joining the dressing room during his debut series was highly elated to meet the master and that’s when Yuvraj Singh and Company apparently decided to prank the newcomer.

As the master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar himself had once highlighted the incident and had said about him having no idea on why Virat was touching his feet in their first meeting, players like Yuvraj Singh, Munaf Patel, and Harbhajan Singh had actually convinced Virat that its a ritual for the newcomers to touch Tendulkar’s feet and seek blessings before their debut.

While after touching the master’s feet, Sachin did clarify that such things don’t happen here, both young Virat and Sachin looked at the pranksters who had got brimmed with joy and laughter after watching the incident. Also years after when skipper Virat was asked to highlight the experience, here’s what he said “After getting selected, the initial two days the only thing I could think about is meeting Sachin in the dressing room in any way possible. And these people got wind of it because I had told that to someone.”