'Just Shut Up and Bat, You Sound Like a Child': Kesrick Williams Recalls Clash with Virat Kohli

[Savak]

'Just Shut Up and Bat, You Sound Like a Child': Kesrick Williams Recalls Clash with Virat Kohli

He smashed an unbeaten 94 off 50 deliveries in Hyderabad and during the course of his innings, also mimicked Williams' celebration.

IANS |May 11, 2020, 4:52 PM IST

West Indies fast bowler Kesrick Williams lifted the lid on his rivalry with India skipper Virat 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.

"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," Williams said in a video interview uploaded on International Cricket Network 360 YouTube channel.

"After the game finished, I went to shake his hands, Kohli said good bowling and he walked off. He didn't walk off rudely. But it was the end of our greeting."

Fast-forward two years and Kohli took apart Williams during the T20 series in India in 2019. He smashed an unbeaten 94 off 50 deliveries in Hyderabad and during the course of his innings, also mimicked Williams' celebration.

"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'," said Williams.

"Seriously! The episode is back from 2017. Every ball I bowled he said something but I simply responded with ‘mate, just shut up and bat. Really, you sound like a child'," Williams said.

"But all he heard was ‘can you just bat and shut up'. The part about child and whatever he didn't hear because I was walking back.

"That's all I said but he kept talking. In the match he beat me really bad, I got confused, because he got into my head honestly and I kept thinking its alright, he got into my head and that's why he beat me badly," he added.

Link: https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/...s-recalls-clash-with-virat-kohli-2615317.html

Comments: I think its pretty childish to be taking things personally on the field and holding grudges for 2-3 years especially if you are now a senior players vs a debutant. No legendary player behaves like this in their mature years.

 

[big_gamer007]

'Just Shut Up and Bat, You Sound Like a Child': Kesrick Williams Recalls Clash with Virat Kohli

He smashed an unbeaten 94 off 50 deliveries in Hyderabad and during the course of his innings, also mimicked Williams' celebration.

IANS |May 11, 2020, 4:52 PM IST

West Indies fast bowler Kesrick Williams lifted the lid on his rivalry with India skipper Virat 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.

"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," Williams said in a video interview uploaded on International Cricket Network 360 YouTube channel.

"After the game finished, I went to shake his hands, Kohli said good bowling and he walked off. He didn't walk off rudely. But it was the end of our greeting."

Fast-forward two years and Kohli took apart Williams during the T20 series in India in 2019. He smashed an unbeaten 94 off 50 deliveries in Hyderabad and during the course of his innings, also mimicked Williams' celebration.

"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'," said Williams.

"Seriously! The episode is back from 2017. Every ball I bowled he said something but I simply responded with ‘mate, just shut up and bat. Really, you sound like a child'," Williams said.

"But all he heard was ‘can you just bat and shut up'. The part about child and whatever he didn't hear because I was walking back.

"That's all I said but he kept talking. In the match he beat me really bad, I got confused, because he got into my head honestly and I kept thinking its alright, he got into my head and that's why he beat me badly," he added.

Link: https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/...s-recalls-clash-with-virat-kohli-2615317.html

Comments: I think its pretty childish to be taking things personally on the field and holding grudges for 2-3 years especially if you are now a senior players vs a debutant. No legendary player behaves like this in their mature years.

He got into the bowlers head and decimated him. All legendary players of every sport do that. Some do it like kohli, others do it calmly.

Nothing wrong here, that's how sports are. Anyone who has played at any decent level know that this is common.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Shows how immature Kohli actually is. This guy needs to consult a psychiatrist. Little guy.. big ego..

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

After taking retirement, Kohli will become another Gautam Gambhir. If you want to bookmark this post you are more than welcome to do it.

 

[viveks]

After taking retirement, Kohli will become another Gautam Gambhir. If you want to bookmark this post you are more than welcome to do it.

On the field he seems aggressive but of the field he generally seems to be calm I think

 

[Bhaijaan]

Kohli smashed him so bad it wasn't even funny. He can say all he wants fact is that the thing this nobody will be remembered for is being at the other end of the most epic on-field verbal contest phainty ever

 

[Realromeo]

Kohli does sound like a child, but being emotional and sensitive is in our blood. This is why the Aussies drilled us again and again with sledging for years.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

After taking retirement, Kohli will become another Gautam Gambhir. If you want to bookmark this post you are more than welcome to do it.

Kohli’s a lot smarter, for sure. Won’t make stupid statements for headlines. Doesn’t need it either. Definitely more arrogant though

 

[Slog]

Kohli for sure takes things personally for some reason to the point where he said ‘in ending friendship with Aussies.’ Like how childish was that

 

[Bezli]

Kohli for sure takes things personally for some reason to the point where he said ‘in ending friendship with Aussies.’ Like how childish was that

He has sareeal personality.

 

[pillionrider]

I'm not sure there are too many players around who have the confidence and guts to challenge a bowler right at the start without worrying about the consequences of possible failure.

And that innings by Kohli brought me back to looking forward to watching him after he'd of late slipped into being an efficient runscoring machine, while sacrificing entertainment.

 

[Snowflake]

Kudos to Kohli for the confidence and self belief! But to remember a bowler's celebration, that too that wasn't personally directed at you, does show he's got a fragile ego and is very insecure. Kesrick isn't far off with his childish jibe.

 

[Moh@n]

After taking retirement, Kohli will become another Gautam Gambhir. If you want to bookmark this post you are more than welcome to do it.

I don't understand this hate for Indian players

Williams is a nobody, Kohli is already a legend of the game. That celebration is as stupid as it can get, the guy was rightly put in his place.

Will Chadwick Walton also become another Gambhir?

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[cricketjoshila]

Shows how immature Kohli actually is. This guy needs to consult a psychiatrist. Little guy.. big ego..

Kohli is a giant on the cricket field.

 

[MenInG]

Kohli is a giant on the cricket field.

Bit of a no-contest with VK vs others but still he needs to have some basic norms in place.

 

[MenInG]

West Indies fast bowler Kesrick Williams has had a couple of interesting encounters with India captain Virat Kohli. In 2017, Williams dismissed Kohli and followed it with his trademark ‘notebook celebration’. Kohli did not forget it and during a T20I against West Indies at home last year, the batsman took Williams on, and after launching him for a six, got back at the fast bowler by pulling off a notebook celebration of his own

With Williams going unsold at the IPL auction, the renewal of this rivalry would have to wait till India face West Indies again. Although, whenever that happens, Williams is confident of bowling that one delivery that can get Kohli out again.

“Tough to bowl to Kohli? No, it’s not. When he gets going, he’s a talented player. He’s a great player but I am not worried about Kohli. I don’t go to bed at night and am like ‘ohhh it’s Kohli’! No,” Williams told Firstpost in an interview.

On being asked whether he will be ready for yet another run in with the Indian captain, Williams said: “Definitely, I am looking forward to it. I know whenever he sees me, he’s going to be pumped and be like ‘Yo, I am going to beat him’. But mate, at the end of the day, cricket is cricket. It takes one ball to get him out. And I will get that one ball again.”

Williams guaranteed that if and when it happens (him getting Kohli out), the 30-year-old quick will come up with a new celebration. That said, Williams pointed out he’s always up for good competition and it doesn’t get better than Kohli who has an aggressive demeanour, which in turn, brings the best out in the fast bowler.

“You better count on that. I like playing against Kohli, he is a very aggressive guy,” Williams said. “And I love playing against aggressive guys because it brings out the best in me. As I said, that guy is a talented player. I know when he sees me again, whenever, if I ever play against India, it’s going to bring out the best in him and the best in me.”West Indies fast bowler Kesrick Williams has had a couple of interesting encounters with India captain Virat Kohli. In 2017, Williams dismissed Kohli and followed it with his trademark ‘notebook celebration’. Kohli did not forget it and during a T20I against West Indies at home last year, the batsman took Williams on, and after launching him for a six, got back at the fast bowler by pulling off a notebook celebration of his own.

With Williams going unsold at the IPL auction, the renewal of this rivalry would have to wait till India face West Indies again. Although, whenever that happens, Williams is confident of bowling that one delivery that can get Kohli out again.

“Tough to bowl to Kohli? No, it’s not. When he gets going, he’s a talented player. He’s a great player but I am not worried about Kohli. I don’t go to bed at night and am like ‘ohhh it’s Kohli’! No,” Williams told Firstpost in an interview.

On being asked whether he will be ready for yet another run in with the Indian captain, Williams said: “Definitely, I am looking forward to it. I know whenever he sees me, he’s going to be pumped and be like ‘Yo, I am going to beat him’. But mate, at the end of the day, cricket is cricket. It takes one ball to get him out. And I will get that one ball again.”

Williams guaranteed that if and when it happens (him getting Kohli out), the 30-year-old quick will come up with a new celebration. That said, Williams pointed out he’s always up for good competition and it doesn’t get better than Kohli who has an aggressive demeanour, which in turn, brings the best out in the fast bowler.

“You better count on that. I like playing against Kohli, he is a very aggressive guy,” Williams said. “And I love playing against aggressive guys because it brings out the best in me. As I said, that guy is a talented player. I know when he sees me again, whenever, if I ever play against India, it’s going to bring out the best in him and the best in me.”

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...virat-kohli/story-5V4yRrnItWvYBdMXxLXGaM.html

 

[BreadPakoda]

He should write a book on this.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Love this guy's attitude

Kohli should pick him in RCB.

 

[tyron_woodley]

that's how you should be. Great player thrives when someone berates him. It fires him up. You never sledge kohli because he will fire back with the bat as the Aussies would know.

Keep praising him and he turns out to be a bit lacklustre instead due to over confidence.

finch in the last odi series vs india (2019-2020) proclaimed that smith was the best ever and started to take barbs at kohli. It backfired when kohli smashed them around the park. Never badmouth great players. They will eviscerate you.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Thats how Kohli plays, take the game to him and he will surely respond. He loves a personal battle. Remember him and Johnson in Oz 2014?

Having said that, watching that entire episode that day was extremely cringeworthy, he was celebrating every boundary he hit Pandya-esque. As a player at the top he needn't do that against an up and coming bowler. Felt he tried too hard that day to make a point.

 

[JattMaula]

Thats how Kohli plays, take the game to him and he will surely respond. He loves a personal battle. Remember him and Johnson in Oz 2014?

Having said that, watching that entire episode that day was extremely cringeworthy, he was celebrating every boundary he hit Pandya-esque. As a player at the top he needn't do that against an up and coming bowler. Felt he tried too hard that day to make a point.

Our kaptaan has low social IQ.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Our kaptaan has low social IQ.

He only looks good when he is batting.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

lol people actually believe what this 70 mph trundler has to say? Watch that video where he walks right next to Walton and insults him . That was uncalled for. O course, what walton did afterwards was just..... )

 

[Varun]

I have no idea who Kesrick Williams is, but Kohli is a child in many ways.

The anti-thesis of the quintessential Indian batsman. He needs to get a life.

 

[Sidilicious]

I have no idea who Kesrick Williams is, but Kohli is a child in many ways.

The anti-thesis of the quintessential Indian batsman. He needs to get a life.

Well, I feel Kohli needs petulance and anger inside him to get going. A calm and composed is not the best batsman. A pig headed and petulant Kohli is. I think he intentionally does this to get psyched up.

Outside of the cricket field he seems calm and composed, however very calculated. Thus, I feel his petulance is also very calculated.

 

[Anchorman]

Kohli's reaction reminds me of Jordan's "..so I took it personal." )

Seriously, the way some of you guys act, it's like you've never seen fiery competitors before yet the same people will whine about how our current team has too many "nice guys".

It's hilarious to see the shifting of goalposts.

Too aggressive? X is too arrogant. Who does he think he is?

Too nice? Pffft. You would never see Wasim/Shoaib act like that.

Everything has to be just... right to fit into your criteria of the "correct" personality, even though no player has ever claimed to take responsibility of being a role-model.

Some of the posts in here are particularly laughable. "Childish of Kohli to destroy a young and upcoming fast bowler's confidence." Whaaaaat? Kesrick is 30 years old. He's been playing professional cricket for ages and clearly he was not bothered by it because he was son'd even worse by Andre Fletcher. He still has the confidence to back himself.

Some people severely underestimate the mental fortitude required to play sport at an elite level. A professional cricketer who wants to play for a long time for his country can never be successful if he has such a fragile ego and weak mindset. Williams came up with the celebration and did it when he got players out. The other players have every right to give as good as they get when Williams is on the receiving end and Williams can not dictate how they respond just like the batsmen couldn't when the shoe was on the other foot.

I doubt many of you cared about the health/confidence of tailenders when Wasim/Shoaib would actively try to bowl bouncers to them to scare/hurt while Waqar was at the other end trying to crush their toes.

Every player's personality varies. Djokovic has fed off the crowd's hatred all his career and won 18 grand slams along the way in an era that was previously defined by Federer and Nadal.

Jordan would take every little sentence that was even slightly negative towards him and turn it into something "personal" and that attitude made him the biggest sports star of the modern era.

The personality and nature of Kohli has been discussed to death. It has served him and Indian cricket well for the most part and holds the latter back in other aspects. Indian fans can whine about it but I doubt even a handful of them would want him to change his personality and attitude if it meant it would affect the performance of an era-defining batsman who will at the very least, end up as the second greatest Indian batsman to have ever lived.

And to the Pakistanis, you know if Kohli was playing for our team, you would lap up every word he says, support him like you've supported no other Pakistani batsman and glorify moments like the one that happened with Williams for eternity.