Virat Kohli Junior: Virat bhaiya bhi mere aare mein jaante hain and he doesn't mind
India, July 9 -- C
handigarh-based engineer and state-level cricketer Kartik Sharma, 25, is enjoying a viral moment after a prank video featuring him dressed as cricket star Virat Kohli, 37, racked up more than 11 million views on Instagram.
The reel, shared earlier this week, shows Sharma arriving at a mall in Lucknow last month, where crowds mistook him for Kohli and rushed to catch a glimpse of the cricketer. The video quickly took off online, adding to Sharma's growing popularity as "Virat Kohli Junior" and "Kartik Kohlee".
Reacting to the response, Sharma says, "Yeh toh bada level ka prank hogaya!"
He traces the resemblance back to 2016, when a cab driver remarked that he looked like Kohli. "I was very thin back then and my friends used to call me 'Patla Kohli'. After that, I started grooming myself and over time the resemblance became stronger," he says.
Despite the comparisons, Sharma insists he is not trying to imitate the former India captain. "Nahin, I am not that, bilkul bhi nahin. Virat bhaiya mere baare mein jaante hain and he doesn't mind," he says, adding, "When you are a fan, you naturally adopt certain traits in fashion and lifestyle. I'm just an ardent fan of King Kohli who happens to look like him."...
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