India, Oct. 7 -- Former India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday strongly refuted claims that he was paid INR 5 crore to visit spiritual leader Premanand Maharaj's ashram in Vrindavan.

His team released a statement on social media in response to an allegation made by Dinesh Sharma, known as Falahari Maharaj and president of the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Sangharsh Nyas, that INR 5 crore was spent to bring Kohli to Premanand Maharaj's ashram.

Calling the allegation "completely false, baseless and factually incorrect", Kohli's spokesperson said: "We would like to categorically state that the claims made by Falahari Maharaj Dinesh Sharma in regards to Mr. Virat Kohli are completely false, baseless and factually incorrect."

The spokesperson al...