Watch | Virat Kohli snubs Rinku Singh's plea for new bat ahead of KKR vs RCB match: ‘Ek match pehle le gaya tu bat…’

Kolkata Knight Riders take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their second clash of the season at the historic Eden Gardens today. In their previous encounter, KKR cruised to a comfortable 7-wicket win over RCB at the Chinnaswamy Stadium thanks to some brilliant batting from Sunil Narine and Venkatesh Iyer.

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Ahead of the clash, however, a hilarious conversation between former RCB captain Virat Kohli and KKR opener Rinku Singh has gone viral. In the conversation, posted on KKR's official X (formerly Twitter) handle, Rinku informs Virat Kohli about breaking the bat he had given to a spinner. In the ensuing conversation, Virat asks how the bat was broken before going on to say what he can do about the situation.

Rinku Singh's hilarious conversation with Virat Kohli:

Rinku Singh seemed to be in a mood to get another bat from Virat and could be playing knocking the ball with the senior player's bat while querying, "to bhej rahe ho aap (are you sending it?)". To which the senior batter replied, 'Kiske bhej raha hoon? (To whom am I sending it to?)".

At the end of the conversation, Virat could also be seen in an agitated avatar where he scolds Rinku about taking breaking a bat he offered in the last game. He says, “Ek match pehle le gaya tu bat. 2 match mei tujhe 2 bat dun. Teri wajah se na jo meri baad me halat hoti hai na. (You took the bat in the previous match. (Now you want second bat in second game? Because of you, I face consequences later.)”

Interestingly, the two batters are some of the likely names to represent India in the upcoming T20 World Cup starting right after the end of IPL 2024 season. And while Virat did refuse to entertain