Watch: Ex-English footballer David Beckham plays football with Virat Kohli
On Wednesday, the knockout stages of the Cricket World Cup 2023 got underway as India squared off against New Zealand in the first semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium. Before the match, star India batter Virat Kohli caught up with former Real Madrid and Manchester United footballer David Beckham, who also paraded the Cricket World Cup trophy with batting great Sachin Tendulkar. On Instagram, Beckham posted a video where he can be seen exchanging a couple of one-twos with Kohli.
Beckham captioned the video on his Instagram story, "@virat.kohli with the assist.”
Watch the video here.
Notably, Beckham is in the country as an ambassador for UNICEF, a role also performed by Tendulkar. Before the start of the match, Kohli and Beckham also had a brief chat. India are bidding for a third one-day international World Cup title to add to their 1983 triumph in England and 2011 victory over Sri Lanka in a Wankhede final.