‘Had a little chat after the game…’: Sam Konstas opens up on his conversation with Virat Kohli after Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Young Australian opener Sam Ko revealed his conversation with Virat Kohli after the BGT, as the youngster considered the Indian star batter to be his 'idol'.

Australia’s young opener Sam Konstas got welcomes to Test cricket with a shoulder bump from Virat Kohli at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). After the on-field spat, an old video of Konstas surfaced on social media, where he revealed the star batter to be his ‘idol’.

“I had a little chat after the game telling him that I idolise him, and it’s obviously a huge honour playing against him,” Konstas said in a conversation with CODE Sports.

“When I did verse him, I was like, ‘wow, Virat Kohli is batting.’ He just had that presence about him, all the Indian crowd getting amongst it. Chanting his name. It was quite surreal,” he added

“He was very down to earth. A lovely person and just wishing me all the best saying hopefully I go well on the tour of Sri Lanka he said if I’m in,” he further added.

“My whole family loves Virat. I’ve idolised him from a young age and he’s a legend of the game,” he concluded.

The 19-year-old made his debut in Test cricket in Melbourne, and further went on and scored a half-century. and is one of the batters whom Cricket Australia has given the allowance to play in a few Big Bash league (BBL) games before heading to UAE for a predatory camp.