“Real King”: Mohammad Amir Takes Subtle Dig at Babar Azam as Virat Kohli Scores 7th IPL Century

Former Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has yet again come up with words of appreciation for Royal Challengers Bangalore star batter Virat Kohli, after the latter smashed his seventh IPL century tonight. Also, in the process, he made sure to take a subtle dig at Pakistan captain Babar Azam.

It is worth of a mention that this is not the first time that Amir has overtly praised Kohli upon reaching a landmark moment. Be it while anticipating his long-awaited 71st international century or finally celebrating the very moment last year, Amir has always cheered the former Indian captain like a passionate fan does.

However, this time around, he also tried to settle down the debate around who the better batter between Kohli and Azam is, by specifically mentioning the term ‘Real King’ in his Tweet.

Mohammad Amir Takes Subtle Dig at Babar Azam

Hailing Kohli for smashing his 82nd century (75 international + 7 in IPL), Amir sneaked in the words ‘Real King’, possibly as a subtle reference for the ones claiming Babar Azam as a better batter than the former.

Further referring to Kohli as a ‘true champion’ and ‘inspiration’, Amir yet again invited some wrath from the Pakistani fans in the comments section.

100 number 82 from the real king @imVkohli what a inning in must win game. true champion and inspiration for many people 👏 🙌.

— Mohammad Amir (@iamamirofficial) May 21, 2023

Mohammad Amir-Babar Azam Controversy

The market of speculations were always warm with claims that Amir and Babar do not really gel along well with each other.

The same was apparently made evident by Amir during the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League this year. Ahead of one of his team’s contest against Babar’s Peshawar Zalmi, Amir had stated that for him there’s no difference between bowling to Babar or a tail ender.

He then expressed some over-the-top aggressive behaviour during Karachi Kings’ opening match of the season against Peshawar, particularly before the Pakistan skipper. As expected, fans and former cricketers were unimpressed with the way he had conducted himself, being a senior player.