New Delhi: Virat Kohli is considered as the ‘poster boy’ of world cricket. Not only cricket, Virat Kohli’s popularity outside of cricket has been caught many times, it is Cristiano ronaldoBe it his greetings or his meeting with Harry Kane. Now another legend of world sports expressed his desire to meet Kohli.

Novak Djokovic owns the most Grand Slams in the Open era. His fitness and consistency have made him a tennis icon. Djokovic’s fan following in India is not less. It was Djokovic who expressed interest in meeting Virat Kohli this time. Not only that, the Serbian superstar also expressed his desire to play cricket and tennis together.

In a recent interview with Times Now about Kohli, Djokovic was heard saying, ‘We keep in touch with each other and when I come to India, hopefully he can join me. We will play a little cricket and a little tennis, have fun, spread positive images and hopefully celebrate the two sports.’

Djokovic didn’t stop there. The 38-year-old tennis star also claimed that he has recently started watching cricket and Virat Kohli is behind his decision. ‘Birat is my friend and I respect him and admire his qualities. To be honest, it was because of him that I started following cricket. I never watched cricket before. But I started watching cricket only after coming near him.’ Claimed by Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic narrowly missed out on his 25th Grand Slam at this year’s Australian Open. However, there are still three Slams left in the year. This year, the Serbian will become the first male tennis player to win 25 singles Slams in the Open era, aiming to make history in the remaining three Slams. On the other hand, Virat Kohli is currently busy playing IPL. His team, last year’s IPL champions RCB, are playing very well this year as well. They are currently second in the league table. KohliHe scored 247 runs in six innings at an average of 49.40 and a strike rate of 157.32. He reached the second time IPL Aiming to win.