Virat Kohli reveals the story behind his nickname "Cheeku"

Virat Kohli is one of the most popular figures in India. Today, he was accompanied by another popular guy Aamir Khan. Yes, Aamir and Virat interviewed each other and spilled some secrets. The Indian skipper being a top performer in his sport is a perfectionist himself, he is at his genius best while chasing a target. The duo was involved in a candid conversation with the Mr Perfectionist of Bollywood.

Both of them talked incessantly about themselves and what they think of certain people. However, there were a lot of revelations at the event. Virat was specifically asked about his nickname “Cheeku”.  He finally revealed the story behind it. There were a lot of other things that both of them talked about ranging from their professional careers to their partners.

The revelation

The Indian captain revealed about his nickname ‘Cheeku’ and the fans have been craving for it for a long time. The story goes way back to the teenage days of the Indian player. He said that it was his under-17 days when he had got this weird haircut which made his ears look big.

So everyone started calling him Cheeku rabbit. Then a few years later, the then captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni started using the same nickname. MS Dhoni being behind the stumps did not help Virat and his nickname was revealed when the keeper’s conversations were recorded on the stump microphone.

“During my u17 days, I had a haircut due to which my ears looked big, so everyone called me Cheeku rabbit, Eventually MSD started & stump mic did its job,” the Indian skipper revealed.

The show will be aired on the TV somewhere close to Diwali as it was a promotional event talk for Aamir’s upcoming movie. After the show, Aamir gifted Virat the first take clapper of his movie Dangal and the cricketer in return gave the Bollywood star his Indian jersey.

Here is the tweet that revealed the story:

During u17, I had haircut due to which my ears looked big,So every1 called me Cheeku rabbit,Eventually MSD started & stump mic did it's job.

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) October 3, 2017