Latest Cricket News: Cricket World Cup 2023, the marquee 50-over ICC competition, is currently transpiring across some all-famous venues in India. After commencing on October 5th, the ongoing World Cup edition has witnessed as many as 23 fixtures, with 25 more to go. As things stand, hosts India occupy the first position in the points table of the World Cup 2023 with a whopping 10 points.

The star-studded team of England has encountered a few horrible days on the field in the first half of their World Cup 2023 campaign. England have suffered 3 defeats in their first 4 fixtures of the competition and presently rank penultimate in the points tally. The Jos Buttler-led Englishmen now have to win all of their remaining 5 league games of this World Cup to qualify for the semi-finals.

Latest Cricket News: “Had two kids since you last scored a century’ Alex Lees To Virat Kohli

Meanwhile, Alex Lees, the renowned English opening batter, opened up on his less-known exchange with Virat Kohli in last year’s Edgbaston test. In July 2022, India squared off against England at Edgbaston (Birmingham) in a rescheduled one-off Test match. Following a successful run chase of 378 runs, Hosts England had registered a dominant victory over India in the exact red-ball affair.

The premier India batter Virat Kohli was engaged in multiple verbal battles with the England players amid the heated Edgbaston Test. Alex Lees, who opened for England in that test, recently revealed his non-pleasant chat with Kohli. Lees admitted that the veteran India batter tried provoking the English players and disclosed his befitting response.

Here’s what Alex Lees said about Virat Kohli’s exchanges with England players amid the Edgbaston Test

“Virat had been getting under people’s skin when I was batting. We are all equal out on the pitch. I just wasn’t going to put up with someone trying to intimidate me. It was as simple as that. He is an incredible player, but I thought he was just being a bit of an idiot.”