{"id":658277,"date":"2025-12-27T18:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T18:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/658277\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T18:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T18:25:33","slug":"grateful-forever-spinner-who-got-virat-kohlis-wicket-shares-emotional-post-receives-signed-ball-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/658277\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Grateful forever&#8217;: Spinner who got Virat Kohli\u2019s wicket shares emotional post, receives signed ball | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/virat-kohli-and-vishal-jayswal.jpg\" alt=\"'Grateful forever': Spinner who got Virat Kohli\u2019s wicket shares emotional post, receives signed ball\" title=\"Virat Kohli and Vishal Jayswal (Insta)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Virat Kohli and Vishal Jayswal (Insta) <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a> looked set for another dominant outing while turning out for Delhi in their second <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vijay-hazare\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vijay Hazare<\/a> Trophy match against Gujarat on Friday at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. From the moment he walked out to bat, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kohli\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kohli<\/a> was in full flow, playing with authority and attacking intent. At 37, he showed no signs of restraint, taking on the bowlers early and finding gaps all around the ground. <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virat Kohli and Vishal Jayswal\" msid=\"126202818\" width=\"\" title=\"Virat Kohli and Vishal Jayswal\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766859930_825_virat-kohli-and-vishal-jayswal.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Virat Kohli and Vishal Jayswal<\/p>\n<p> Kohli appeared firmly on course for a second successive hundred, but the innings ended unexpectedly. Against the run of play, Gujarat spinner Vishal Jayswal provided the breakthrough. The left arm orthodox bowler managed to draw Kohli out of his crease as the ball spun away from the outside edge. The wicketkeeper was quick to react, removing the bails and sending Kohli back after a well made 77 off 61 balls. <\/p>\n<p>Virat Kohli&#8217;s childhood coach makes a big statement on 2027 ODI World Cup<\/p>\n<p> For a brief period, Gujarat looked in control and threatened to snatch the contest away from Delhi. However, a late collapse turned the tide, allowing Delhi to escape with the result despite the pressure applied by the Gujarat bowlers. <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vishal Jayswal\" msid=\"126202915\" width=\"\" title=\"Vishal Jayswal gets signed ball from Virat Kohli\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/vishal-jayswal.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Vishal Jayswal gets signed ball from Virat Kohli<\/p>\n<p> After the match, a warm moment unfolded between Kohli and Jayswal. The former India captain spent time with the spinner who dismissed him, signing the match ball and posing for a photograph. Jayswal later shared the image on Instagram, describing the moment as a surreal experience after growing up watching Kohli on television.The spinner also posted a video of the dismissal, capturing his emotional reaction to taking such a prized wicket. In another message, Jayswal spoke about the significance of the moment, calling it one he would cherish forever and expressing gratitude for the journey the game has given him.Kohli\u2019s return to domestic cricket saw him feature in Delhi\u2019s first two matches of the tournament, scoring 131 against Andhra before following it up with 77 against Gujarat. He was later seen leaving Bengaluru airport on Friday evening and is not expected to take part in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy fixtures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli and Vishal Jayswal (Insta) Virat Kohli looked set for another dominant outing while turning out for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,201261,201257,201260,45347,201258,79,16,15,199276,4221,201259],"class_list":{"0":"post-658277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-delhi-cricket-team","10":"tag-delhi-vijay-hazare-trophy","11":"tag-gujarat-cricket","12":"tag-kohli","13":"tag-kohli-77-runs","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-vijay-hazare","18":"tag-virat-kohli","19":"tag-vishal-jayswal"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115792939855027079","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}