The British girl who loves Kohli

Who is this special fan that Virat Kohli is looking forward to meeting one day?

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00:00And I would love to give you a shirt of mine or a bat of mine signed as well.

00:15Doing what you're doing because it's very good for people.

00:20So Ailee started off as well listening to one of his autobiographies on an audiobook.

00:30So she knows how he liked tennis as well before he came into cricket and that inspires her to try

00:37all things. Being blind, she's completely blind, it has inspired her to say that you can do lots

00:42of stuff. But I think her dream would, she'd love to get a message from Virat because obviously she

00:47can't see him, but she would love, you would love to hear from him, wouldn't you? Yeah, that would be really super cool.

01:04And yeah, Virat Kohli, I just reckon that he's very good because, yeah, he was very good when I first

01:15got into cricket and I thought, oh, this is cool. So I just got into him that way.

01:21And he was the captain, which was quite cool.

01:27I would like to ask you, you are as enthusiastic and you have got your kid here, what kind of

01:35feeling do you have? Because it just delights me that you are doing so much for your kid.

01:40Well, we all love cricket and obviously I support England. But when Ailee started getting into

01:46cricket when she was younger, she just started supporting India and Virat. And who am I to tell

01:51her who she should support or not? That's her own choice. And yeah, she's loved it and watches it

01:57and we've been here a couple of times. Yeah, she just loves it. So I'd support her in everything she does.

02:10I consider it a huge blessing that even though she can't see me play, just by hearing my words,

02:17just by knowing about me, if she gets any inspiration, then it's a very special thing.

02:22I've never experienced anything like this before. A fan's, you can say, liking or whatever I do,

02:33the way I've given interviews or whatever they've heard, the way they've been inspired by that,

02:39it's a very special thing for me.

02:44Hi Ailee, it was very, very sweet of you to send this message across to me and to your mother as

02:52well. Thank you so much for such lovely and kind words. I'm really honoured, I'm really grateful

02:58that I was able to make an impact in your life and give you some sort of inspiration and make you

03:05optimistic about life, about what you want to do in life. And I can only wish you all the best.

03:11May God bless you with more happiness, more positivity moving forward in life. I would

03:17love to meet you when we come back to England one day. And I would love to give you a shirt

03:22of mine or a bat of mine signed as well. So I'm looking forward to meeting you.