India, July 7 -- Kartik Sharma, a social media creator known for his striking resemblance to Virat Kohli, has sparked debate online after pranking shoppers at a mall by pretending to be the cricket star. An Instagram video of the stunt shows hundreds of people rushing to take selfies with him, believing they had encountered the real Kohli.

It was unsurprising to see the reactions from visitors to the mall, given that Kartik Sharma took great pains to look like Virat Kohli by copying the cricketer's hairstyle, tattoos and even wearing a Royal Challengers Bangalore jersey.

Kartik Sharma's Instagram video, shared on July 6, shows him visiting what appears to be the Lulu Mall of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

The Virat Kohli lookalike set out to ...