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Watch: Virat Kohli wins hearts for stretching out cramping Joe Root

by Wisden Staff 3 minute read

Virat Kohli won the hearts of fans on social media for helping his opposite number, Joe Root, deal with cramps during his brilliant Test hundred on day one of the Chennai Test.

Joe Root, who continued his outstanding form in 2021 with a third successive Test century, slog swept Ravichandran Ashwin in the 87th over of the innings on day one before cramping up immediately after. The physio was called onto the field, but before he reached there, Kohli had rushed in to help Root stretch his foot out.

The video went viral on social media with fans going gaga over Kohli’s kind act.

Watch Kohli helping Root with his cramp here:

The gesture won hearts all over the internet with users sharing the picture of the incident.

Some found a funny angle to the incident with Joe Root’s ‘power move’ a common theme in some of the tweets.

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