Virat Kohli and his IPL teammate, Glenn Maxwell share an excellent camaraderie both on and off the field now but it wasn’t all easy when they first encountered.

The Australian and RCB middle order batter, Glenn Maxwell who has been in the same team as Virat Kohli in the IPL for the last 4 seasons revealed that the former RCB captain had blocked him on Instagram.

Talking to the LiSTNR Sport podcast, Maxwell opened up about his initial conversations with Kohli where the Australian got to know about getting blocked by Virat for mocking him.

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Why did Virat Kohli block Glenn Maxwell on Instagram?

In his conversation with LiSTNR Sport podcast, the 36-year-old who has been a part of RCB setup since 2021 revealed that he was blocked by the then-captain when he arrived in the RCB camp.

“When I knew that I was going to RCB, Virat was the first guy to message me and welcome me to the team. When I turned up for the pre-IPL training camp, we obviously got chatting and spent a fair bit of time training together as you do. So, I go to his social. media, follow him. Didn’t even think about it before that. Never really crossed my mind. I was like ‘I can’t find him,” he said

“I’m sure he’s on social media somewhere so I didn’t think anything of it. Not really that maybe he wasn’t savvy with Instagram. Didn’t really understand why he wasn’t coming up and then someone mentioned that he might have blocked you. That is the only way you’re not able to find him. I was like surely not,” Maxwell added

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After someone told him that he might be blocked, the Aussie went to confront Virat to ask him if he was blocked. When he asked Virat for the reason, the Indian recalled an older incident where the duo had a heated moment in one of the Test matches at Ranchi during 2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy where Maxwell mocked Virat after the Indian had been hurt on his shoulder.

“Then I went and asked him ‘Have you blocked me on Instagram?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah probably. It was when you mocked me during that Test match. I think I got the sh*** and decided to block you. I was like ‘Yeah, that’s fair enough’. So yeah, he ended up unblocking me, and we became great friends after that,” concluded Maxwell.

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The Aussie star also went on to share how his relations with Virat Kohli evolved over the years, right from being young and brash and on each other’s faces to sharing great moments in the dressing room as matured teammates.

You can watch the full interview here: Glenn Maxwell talks his new book ‘The Showman’