Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday was the stage for Virat Kohli’s first Ranji Trophy appearance since November 2012, when he had less than 5,000 international runs to his name and had only just begun to stand out as a great of the game. When he took to the field on Thursday, that number had inflated to well over 27,000 runs and his reception at the venue reflected the immense success and respect cricket has brought him. However, as is often the case with sports, chants can never be straightforward and Delhites resorted to an age old classic to pay tribute to their main man.
With a long queue outside the stadium awaiting entry to catch a glimpse of Kohli, fans impromptu broke out into a song of, “Humaara neta kaise ho? Virat Kohli jaisa ho! [What should our politician be like? Virat Kohli!].” There was definitely a lack of collective creativity though as other chants were content with describing the 36-year-old with venerating adjectives such as ‘beautiful’.
Unfortunately for fans, they had to wait their turn to watch the legend with the bat as it was Railway who took to the crease first, albeit they were quickly reduced to 21/3 against the new ball on a seaming track.
Politician Kohli
Unreal
🥹Huge Chants from fans
10 rupees ki pepsi kohli bai sexy🥹#ViratKohli𓃵‘#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/6TABA66ODG— @virat18 (@Virat_kholi_1) January 30, 2025
10 Rupee ki Pepsi, Kohli bhai Sexy! 😎🔥 pic.twitter.com/IXiyqAHq8b
— Virat Kohli Fan Club (@Trend_VKohli) January 30, 2025
Vibe
Craze
“Kohli ko bowling do” chants in the stadium 🏟️
Craze 🔥🔥🙌 #viratkohli #arunjaitleystadium pic.twitter.com/F6QID5cas8— PhAnToM (@Anurag140703) January 30, 2025
RCB RCB Chants for KING VIRAT KOHLI 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/zsoUoPi2ab
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) January 30, 2025
Superb
Waited for a legend
Kohli Kohli…🗣️ chants at Arun Jaitley Stadium
People have been waiting since 4 AM in the morning at the gates for them to open, all because of one man. 👑#ViratKohli𓃵 #delhivsrailways #RanjiTrophy #kohli #goat #india pic.twitter.com/LoQ5CO6sWI— Circket Baba 🗿 (@circketbaba69) January 30, 2025
Crowd going crazy, chants
‘Kohli ko bowling do’ 😂 pic.twitter.com/Zcede2l2vf— ALKOHILIC (@Genius1807) January 30, 2025
Madness
