One won't mind if it's Virat Kohli who gatecrashes your cricket podcast, which is what exactly happened with Punjab Kings' fast bowler Kagiso Rabada while he was doing a podcast with 'Willow Talk'.
Punjab will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Thursday.
The video clip going viral on social media shows Rabada sitting down for a podcast with his headphones on when he spots Virat behind his computer screen.
"Virat Kohli is right there; he's dancing," Rabada tells the interviewer on the other side. "I'm on a podcast," he then tells Virat.
"With who?" Virat asks. "It's called Willow Talk," says Rabada in his reply.
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Hearing their conversation, the interviewer asks Rabada to request Virat to come on screen and say hello.
"Hello boys," Virat could be seen saying, as he comes in front of the camera. "What's happening? Big boy KG here," says the RCB icon.
The interviewer then asks Virat: "How's he (Rabada) as a bowler?" But Virat can't hear that as Rabada is connected via a headphone.
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"I can't hear anything, so I am just going to keep blabbering as I always do," says Virat jokingly.
"He thinks I am a weak bowler," Rabada answers the interviewer's question, as Virat shakes hands with the Punjab Kings' bowler before leaving.
"That's a pretty cool guest on your show," says Rabada, and gets on with the podcast.
Going into their match on Thursday, both RCB and Punjab have 8 points from 4 wins in 11 matches, which leaves them with only faint hopes of finishing in the playoff bracket of the top four on the points table at the end of the league stage.