Published: Jun 11, 2016, 07:40 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 12, 2016, 07:25 AM (IST)
Team India’s superstar, Virat Kohli has declared his support for Germany in the ongoing Euro 2016 being held in France. With this, the Indian batsman caught the attention of one of the Germany’s top performer, Toni Kroos and the footballer thanked the right-hander and assured that he will like to gift Kohli something and acknowledge his support. Kroos confirmed the news on social media after seeing Kohli, who is an ardent football fan as well, going all out for Germany by posting a picture wearing their team jersey with the number 18 on his back, which is the number he wears while playing for India. ALSO READ: IND to play 4 Test matches against AUS in 2017
Beautiful shirt and great number choice @imVkohli ! Awesome! Going to send you a gift #FirstNeverFollows https://t.co/A0u3n15WP3
— Toni Kroos (@ToniKroos) June 11, 2016
Germany’s No.18, Kroos responded to the tweet and even praised his choice of jersey number. Kroos, who is integral to Germany’s chances of winning their first European Championship since 1996, posted this on Twitter ahead of Sunday night’s clash against Ukraine, which will kick off Die Mannschaft’s Euro 2016 campaign.
The 26-year-old central midfielder is fresh from winning Real Madrid’s 11th European title, which they claimed by beating Atletico Madrid via a penalty shoot-out in the UEFA Champions League final in Milan.
Although Germany go into the tournament as the World champions and one of the favourites, they still have a tough task in hand as they first need to get beyond their group, which contains difficult opposition in the form of Poland, Ukraine and Northern Ireland.
On the other hand, Kohli, who has been rested from his side’s tour of Zimbabwe, even played as a midfielder in the recent “Celebrity Clasico” football match for charity. It was a game that saw cricketers clash against Bollywood in a match between two star-studded teams. The game saw Kohli’s charity, the Virat Kohli Foundation line up as the All Hearts XI and play against Abhishek Bachchan’s “Playing for humanity” charity, who went by the name All-stars XI.
The game saw Kohli’s side, which included the likes of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and Yuvraj Singh come from behind to finish 2-2 against Abhishek Bachchan’s team that featured Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Dino Morea and Arjun Kapoor.
