He might be surrounded by the who’s who of Bollywood, but Kareena Kapoor’s older son Taimur couldn’t care less. Instead, his heart belongs to sports, and he often asks Kareena if she knows India cricketers
Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli so he can message them and ask for a bat.
Speaking on Soha Ali Khan’s podcast on YouTube, Kareena reveals that besides sports, Taimur is also interested in cooking and usually follows into the footsteps of his father Saif Ali Khan.
“The only thing he (Taimur) keeps asking is, ‘Are you friendly with Rohit Sharma? Are you friendly with Virat Kohli? Can you message and ask him if I can get that bat of his? Is there a contact you have for Lionel Messi?’ I’m like, ‘No! I don’t know them!’ He isn’t even interested in music; he’s just interested in some Chelsea players right now,” Kareena said.
Taimur’s grandfather the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi played Test cricket for India and is often considered as one of the finest captains to have led India. He played 46 Tests and scored 2793 runs at an average of 34.91 while hitting six centuries and 16 half-centuries.
Rohit, Kohli Set To Return
Meanwhile, Rohit and Kohli will be back in action later this week during the Australia tour. The duo has been picked in India’s ODI squad for the three-match bilateral series starting October 19 in Perth.
BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla recently dismissed concerns over their ODI futures with speculations rife that the Australia tour could be the last of their international career.
“They are great batsmen. We will succeed in defeating Australia with them in the team. It is absolutely wrong to say that this is their last ODI series. It depends on the players as to when they have to retire,” Shukla, who was present and the trophy ceremony in Delhi after India’s 2-0 series win against West Indies, told news agency ANI.
