"Virat Kohli is Cristiano Ronaldo of cricket" - Punjab Kings’ player's viral statement!

The Sri Lankan has compared Virat Kohli to the world's leading footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

The 15th season of the IPL series is in full swing in India. The Royal Challengers Bangalore team led by Du Plessis and the Kolkata Knight Riders team led by Shreyas Iyer clashed yesterday. Batting first, Kolkata lost all their wickets for 128 runs. Batting next, Bangalore won by 132 runs in 19.4 overs.

Former Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has been lauded by Sri Lanka's Bhanuka Rajapaksa who is currently in the Punjab Kings team. He said, "Outside of the team, Virat Kohli is always someone I could speak to and get some advice on fitness. He's at another different level when it comes to fitness. To me, he is the Cristiano Ronaldo of cricket for sure. With the work he puts in you can obviously see the results. You can compare him to anyone when it comes to fitness or even skills-wise. He plays so hard and you can learn a lot by talking to him."

Bhanuka Rajapaksa, a 30-year-old Sri Lankan cricketer, was ruled out of the Sri Lankan squad due to a fitness problem. So he abruptly announced his retirement from international cricket. Following this, many Sri Lankan cricket executives contacted him. And thus, he withdrew from retirement. He was picked by the Punjab Kings in the IPL mega auction that took place.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa played his first match for the Punjab Kings in the recent match against Bangalore. The Punjab team played towards the Himalayan target of 206 runs to win. In that match, Bhanuka Rajapaksa faced 22 balls and scored 43 runs with 2 fours and 4 sixes. Similarly, the team captain Mayank Agarwal, Shikhar Dhawan, Odean Smith, 206 runs in the action of the team scored a remarkable victory.