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\"viratKolkata: You all know Sudhir Gautam who paints his body in the India tri-colour and wears Sachin Tendulkar’s name on his chest. You have heard about Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s crazy fan Ram Babu. Now meet Nikash Kanhar, a Virat Kohli die-hard fan.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Kandhamal district in central Odisha, the 33-year old private bus conductor has met his idol Kohli four times, the last being at the second ODI in Cuttack.<\/p>\n

On Sunday during India’s third and final ODI against England at the Eden Gardens here, Nikash was seen with the Indian flag in hand and donning a ‘Virat’ Team India jersey in the stands waving the Indian tri-colour relentlessly.<\/p>\n

“I watch matches at Visakhapatnam, Cuttack, Ranchi, Kolkata and sometimes in Punjab,” Nikash told IANS on the eve of the tie.<\/p>\n

Like Sudhir and Ram, Nikash has also renounced a lot for the love of the game and his hero Kohli, one of the world’s finest batsmen at the moment.<\/p>\n

“I do not have the finances to travel across India but I want to watch every game our country plays. I have shunned the daily household chores and my responsibilities for this and my favourite Virat Kohli.<\/p>\n

Read more: England opener Jason Roy’s dismissal fuels IPL talk on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“He (Kohli) has always been very kind to me and asks me about myself whenever he sees me,” a beaming Nikash said.<\/p>\n

If Sudhir pushed his marriage to a later date to watch India play at every venue, Nikash sold off his mother’s jewellery to finance his travels.<\/p>\n

With Tendulkar long retired and Dhoni in his twilight days, Kohli is well and truly Indian cricket’s poster boy now, fittingly having his ‘Super Fan’ to follow him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Hailing from Kandhamal district in central Odisha, the 33-year old private bus conductor has met his idol Kohli four times, the last being at the second ODI in Cuttack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[4744,466,622,20789,556,20788,542],"class_list":["post-32470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-cricket-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mahendra-singh-dhoni","tag-nikash-kanhar","tag-sachin-tendulkar","tag-sudhir-gautam","tag-virat-kohli"],"yoast_head":"\nVirat die-hard fan Nikash braves odds to support India captain - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32470\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virat die-hard fan Nikash braves odds to support India captain - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kolkata: You all know Sudhir Gautam who paints his body in the India tri-colour and wears Sachin Tendulkar's name on his chest. 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