Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Prince Yadav recalled an interesting experience after taking Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s talisman Virat Kohli’s wicket in IPL 2026. The two teams were playing in Lucknow and Yadav got the big wicket of Kohli with a beautiful delivery when RCB were chasing 213 runs (DLS target) to win.
Mostly, bowlers who dismiss Virat Kohli in the IPL face abuse on the social medai but Yadav revealed he was appreciated by RCB fans when he got Virat Kohli’s wicket for a duck.
“I did not open my social media. My brother did. When I spoke to him, he told me that when other players dismiss Kohli, his fans abuse them. But for me, there was a soft corner. I did not get abused. There were only good things being said, like ‘being an RCB fan, very well bowled, what a delivery’ and such things. I do not use Instagram,” he said on a podcast with former India cricketer Aakash Chopra.
Prince revealed his father told him to focus on the next game after doing well against RCB. Yadav returned with impressive figures of 3-33 in that game.
“I spoke to my dad. He told me that the match is done and gone. You did well, but now focus on the next game. He does not get overexcited. When I was playing IPL, he would say so what? You’re not playing domestic for Delhi yet. When I did that, he said you’re not playing IPL yet. When I played IPL, he said he would accept it when I played for India.”
The Delhi cricketer said his father wanted him to work in the Railways or Police.
“My dad wanted me to join the railways or police. He liked cricket. But he thought, everyone plays, what will I do, how will I make a future, there is so much competition. I was only playing tennis and not leather that is why he was not convinced. I filled out the form for the physical for Delhi Police because of him, and I cleared it. But there was a written exam after that, and I did not give it,” he said.
Yadav is currently taking part in the T20I series against New Zealand.
