Virat Kohli gifts Akash Deep his bat; the seamer shares picture on Instagram

Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli has now become a topic of discussion because of giving his bat to his fellow cricketer Akash Deep. India vs Bangladesh test series is going to start in a few days, in which Akash Deep has also been selected. Before that, Akash's morale must have been boosted by getting the bat as a gift from Virat.

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Right-arm medium pacer Akash Deep shared a picture of Virat Kohli's bat with 'MRF' sticker on it on Instagram. With this, he wrote in the caption, "Thank you bhaiya @virat.kohli".

𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩 🏏

Before the #INDvBAN series, Virat Kohli gifted a bat to Bengal pacer Akash Deep, who had impressed with both bat and ball in the Duleep Trophy 2024.#IndianCricket #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/kML8NjiCnQ

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) September 16, 2024

Some time ago, Virat Kohli also came into the limelight due to the news of giving the bat to Rinku Singh. Apart from this, 'King Kohli' has been gifting his bat to many cricketers. The bat that Akash has received as a gift is not a new bat but he has practiced with it and has played many memorable innings in the past.

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Akash Deep's sensational performance in Duleep Trophy

Akash Deep is currently playing in the Duleep Trophy and is a part of India A under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. He has played only one match so far, but in the very first match he created a sensation by taking 9 wickets. His team, India A, is currently at the third position in the points table. This performance is an indication that he may get an opportunity to play in the playing eleven of the first Test match against Bangladesh starting on September 19.

Akash has taken 116 wickets so far in his first-class career of 32 matches. In the same year, he made his debut for India in the Test match against England. Akash had taken 3 wickets in that match.