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Legendary click! When Kohli met a Real galactico!

April 05, 2016 15:00 IST

India’s batting sensation Virat Kohli had a fan-boy moment when he met Portugal’s football legend Luis Figo for a meal on Monday night.

Virat Kohli with Luis FigoFigo is in Mumbai to promote Futsal – a five-a-side tournament in India.

Tweeting a picture of himself with the football great, Kohli wrote: With the legend himself @LuisFigo What an absolutely wonderful man #Grateful #FanBoyMoment.

In return, Figo also tweeted a picture of the duo and wrote: Great pleasure to meet @imVkohli the most loved sportsman in India.

The evident mutual respect aside, the tweets are bound to make lots of hearts skip a few beats.

Image: India's Test cricket captain Virat Kohli with former Portugal football captain Luis Figo

Photograph: Virat Kohli/Twitter

Rediff Sports Desk