The rivalry between Indian captain Virat Kohli and West Indies bowler Kesrick Williams became one of the most talked on-field fights during West Indies’ tour to India. Virat Kohli enacted Williams’ notebook celebrations after smashing him for a boundary in a T20I game.
Last year, in the T20I series, Williams came into the attack in the first T20I in Hyderabad, and the Indian skipper hammered him for a six. Then, he imitated the bowler’s “notebook celebration”. The moment became viral on social media and grabbed newspapers headlines the next day.
Notebook celebration is not going to work – Virat Kohli to Kesrick
West Indies fast bowler Kesrick Williams lifted the lid on his rivalry with India skipper Kohli in an interview recently. The two first came face-to-face in 2017 when Williams used his signature ‘notebook celebration’ after dismissing Kohli during a contest in Jamaica.
“As soon as Mr Virat Kohli walked into bat, he walks straight at me and says, ‘the notebook celebration thing is not going to work here tonight. I’m going to make sure it won’t work’,” Williams was quoted as saying in an interview with ICN360.
He didn’t see that way –
Kesrick Williams further revealed that Virat Kohli was the first person he used such celebration in Jamaica. Further, Williams added how Virat Kohli took it in the wrong way and how the clash further extended.
“Virat Kohli is the first person I did that notebook celebration on in Jamaica. When I did the notebook celebration, I did it because I liked it and I did it for my fans. But Kohli didn’t see it that way,” he said.
“After the game finished, I went to shake his hands, Kohli said good bowling but the celebration eeeh and he walked off. He didn’t walk off rudely. But it was the end of our greeting. ‘I felt good playing against you’, he’s the best player in the world, whatever, whatever. We went our separate ways,” he added.
