Watch: Virat Kohli irked after fans in Sri Lanka call him 'chokli' at training

New Delhi: Star India batter Virat Kohli was seen very upset when a fan referred him as ‘ Chokli’ as he was doing shadow practicing with in a room with his fellow teammates. Kohli was going through his motions when a fan began chanting “Chokli-Chokli,” immediately catching Kohli’s attention. His head snapped almost instantaneously towards the source of the chant, and judging by the look in his eyes, Virat was visibly displeased.

‘Chokli’ is slang which gets used towards Kohli by trolls on social media. the slang is a mix of Virat’s surname Kohli and ‘choking’, as the trolls believes that Kohli fails to deliver in important, knockout games for India. The term first emerged after India’s elimination from the 2019 World Cup, where Kohli was dismissed for 1. This was the third time Kohli was dismissed for 1 in an ICC knockout game; he also fell for the same score in the 2015 World Cup semifinal against Australia and the 2017 Champions Trophy final against Pakistan.

Hence, when the term was fired at him, he did not take it kindly and responded saying: ‘Not here’.

Kohli arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday morning while his and rest of the ODI arrivals’ first practice session got cancelled due to rain in Colombo on Monday. The former India skipper participated in his first net session since the T20 World Cup triumph, on Tuesday.