Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin not too long ago recalled being scammed into sharing Virat Kohli’s quantity after the IPL 2025. The incident got here to gentle following a hilarious story involving a person from Chhattisgarh.
Manish Bisi bought a SIM card that beforehand belonged to Rajat Patidar, solely to search out himself receiving calls from cricket legends like Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers. Initially, he thought it was a system glitch, however the voices on the opposite finish turned out to be actual. Ashwin added {that a} prankster, posing as his CSK teammate Devon Conway, had virtually fooled him in the course of the mix-up.
“After the IPL obtained over, one man messaged me, claiming to be Devon Conway, ‘Hello buddy, how are you?’ and I additionally responded, ‘We’ll keep in contact. You are enjoying in MLC; I will watch the video games.’ He then requested, ‘I’ve misplaced Virat Kohli’s quantity, are you able to share it?’ I believed, why is he asking for Virat’s quantity? I believed I ought to ask him, however I did not need Devon Conway to misconceive. Then I picked Virat Kohli’s card and gave him a unique quantity,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.
“As soon as I shared it, he replied, ‘I’ve misplaced a couple of extra numbers.’ I requested whose numbers, and he responded, ‘Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni.’ I obtained suspicious and thought someone was enjoying a prank. I then requested him a query, ‘I gave you a bat this yr, how’s that bat?’ He stated the bat is superb, however I hadn’t even given him any. He lied, and I blocked him immediately. The man took an opportunity. I went again to the CSK group and checked Devon Conway’s quantity, and it was not the identical. Not less than I had the smarts to ship the duplicate card of Virat. It was his WhatsApp quantity in Australia. Thank goodness, as a result of he was asking for everyone’s numbers,” Ashwin added.
Not too long ago, Ashwin featured within the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2025 for Dindigul Dragons, main the crew to the finals, the place they completed as runners-up.
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