[Watch] How Kuldeep Yadav taught Rohit Sharma to lift trophy like Lionel Messi after T20 World Cup triumph

Rohit Sharma grabbed the headlines when he walked to collect the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy in Lionel Messi's style. The Indian captain replicated the way Argentina's football legend walked to receive the trophy after winning the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

Wrestling legend Ric Flair also watched the clip and felt that Rohit Sharma was trying to mimic him. However, a video has now surfaced on social media, where it can be seen how spin bowler Kuldeep Yadav, who is a football fan, reminded Rohit to collect the trophy just like Lionel Messi.

A fan shared the video from the live broadcast of the post-match presentation on X. You can watch the clip here:

The video has already received more than 38,000 views on X, with more than 270 users liking the clip. It shows how Kuldeep seems to be reminding Rohit about his moves as he walked to the officials to collect the trophy.

Like Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer also followed Lionel Messi's way of collecting the trophy

Interestingly, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer also followed Lionel Messi's way of collecting the title when he led the Kolkata-based franchise to the IPL trophy earlier this year. Iyer walked down in Messi's style to his team after taking the trophy in his hands.

A social media user posted both the clips on his X profile after Shreyas Iyer's celebration. You can watch the video here:

While it seems obvious that Rohit Sharma followed Lionel Messi's way of celebrating the championship win, wrestling legend Ric Flair wrote on X that the Indian skipper mimicked the way he would celebrate during his days as a wrestler.

"@IMRo45, Taking A Page Out Of My Playbook! WOOOOO!" Ric Flair tweeted yesterday.

The Nature Boy's tweet went viral as well, as it received more than 90,000 likes. Ric added his own theme song in the background of that clip.

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