The Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) leader, Tejashwi Yadavi claim in an interview that Virat Kohli played under his captaincy.
As Tejashwi Yadavi, who is the son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, use to play cricket in his younger days.
He even played age-group cricket for Delhi and then went on to represent Jharkhand in domestic cricket.
There is factual evidence to back the fact that former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar has indeed been a teammate of Kohli.
But the 34-year-old has gone one step ahead to claim that he was the captain the team which feature Virat Kohli.
Tejashwi Yadavi Said :
“I was a cricketer, and no one talks about it. Virat Kohli played in my captaincy, did anyone ever talk about it? Why don’t they do so? As a professional, I played good cricket. Many Team India players are my batchmates,”.
He was predominantly a middle-order batter.
Tejashwi Yadavi play one Ranji Trophy match, two List A matches and four T20s.
His last competitive match came in the year 2010.
Tejashwi Yadavi was a right-arm bowler as well and even has a wicket to his name in his 2-match long List A career.
He even got a contract from the Delhi Daredevils (Now Delhi Capitals) in 2008 but did not play a match for them.
So it is true that Virat Kohli played with him, but there is no evidence available to suggest that Virat Kohli played under Tejashwi Yadavi’s captaincy.
In fact, there have been many reports which suggest that Tejashwi Yadavi played under Virat Kohli’s captaincy.
Tejashwi Yadavi even made his junior cricket debut under Virat Kohli’s captaincy for Delhi U-15 against Jammu and Kashmir in a 2003 match with the same two batters at the crease when Delhi chase down their target of 199.
Other than Virat Kohli, Tejashwi Yadavi has also played junior cricket with Ishant Sharma.
Also, Virat Kohli may not have ever played under Tejashwi Yadavi as far as official matches are concern.
When it comes to club cricket matches or inter-school fixtures, there could still be a possibility that Virat Kohli might have played under Tejashwi Yadavi but the records of such matches are not available, so you can’t say with certainty whether or not that has happen.
