\u201cIt\u2019s been 20 years, I even know your coach. Your hand has got so weak,\u201d Kohli told Brar.<\/span><\/p>\n“It is a treasured memory for me” – Brar on Kohli<\/h2>\n
In 2021, Harpeet Brar dismissed Virat Kohli as his first IPL wicket. He also added the wickets of AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell in that game to win the Player of the Match award. <\/span><\/p>\nHistorically, Brar has had a very good record against RCB and has been almost exclusively used against the defending champions throughout his career. <\/span><\/p>\nSpeaking to Indian Women’s cricketer Harleen Deol on a PBKS podcast, Brar said that getting Kohli as his first IPL wicket would be a treasured memory for him. <\/span><\/p>\n“It’s a very big thing for me. I always feel blessed that I could do well against him. The biggest thing is my first wicket. It’s a great memory for me,” Harpreet Brar said. <\/span><\/p>\nHe then continued to explain the incident in that afternoon’s game and how it wasn’t really a heated altercation. <\/span><\/p>\n“Actually, it was an afternoon match. So, we were trying to ensure that whatever throws we made were on the bounce. Our captain [Shreyas Iyer] had told us to make sure that all the throws were one-bounce. So, all of us were doing that, but Paaji [Kohli] did not say anything to them.” <\/span><\/p>\n“I threw the ball to [Marcus] Stoinis, and he took one step back because he wasn’t sure whether to take it directly or on the bounce. Stoinis took the one-bounce throw, and Virat bhai saw me. I was standing at point, and I could see the non-striker’s end clearly.”<\/span><\/p>\n“Paaji saw me standing there, so I decided that I should not look back at him. I thought that once the over ends, he’ll be busy with something else. Then, I was supposed to bowl the next over, and I was marking my run-up, and he came next to the crease and said, ‘I have been playing for 20 years.’ I said, ‘You’re taking it the wrong way. I did not make that throw on purpose.’,” Harpreet Brar added. <\/span><\/p>\nBrar went on to add that the one-bounce throws were actually a tactic to try to rough up the ball. <\/span><\/p>\n“The one-bounce throw strategy was to rough up the ball, so that it reverse swings for our pacers in the death overs. But that match didn’t go to the death overs; it ended early,” Harpreet Brar concluded. <\/span><\/p>\n