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HIGHLIGHTS

• Kevin Pietersen and Virat Kohli once again engaged in friendly banter on social media
• Pietersen asked Kohli to “shave his beard off” after looking at this throwback picture
• Kohli replied by saying that his beard was still better than KP’s TikTok videos

India captain Virat Kohli engaged in a funny banter with former England captain Kevin Pietersen after he posted a picture on his Instagram account on Sunday.

Kohli posted a throwback picture of himself on his Instagram account. Pietersen asked the superstar cricketer to shave his beard off after looking at the picture.

But Kohli was in no mood to obey Pietersen’s request and gave a hilarious reply which had his followers in splits.

“Shave your beard off!” KP posted. “Better than your TikTok videos,” Kohli replied.

The banter between the two regarding Kohli’s beard started last month when the Indian cricket had shared a video in which he said he trimmed his beard and challenged his fans to do the same.

“While we’re all indoors, it’s extremely important to do stuff that makes you feel good. Staying well groomed is one of the things that keeps me in the zone. So I thought of trimming my beard at home and giving myself this new look,” he captioned the video.

Pietersen’s comment on it stumped Kohli. “Does it get rid of your grey there buddy?” Pietersen wrote.

But this time Kohli had an apt reply for KP and had the last laugh as well.

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