Can I touch your feet? Arshin Kulkarni after meeting his childhood hero Jacques Kallis

Can I touch your feet? Arshin Kulkarni after meeting his childhood hero Jacques Kallis

India U-19 all-rounder Arshin Kulkarni touched his childhood hero Jacques Kallis’s feet after meeting him for the first time in his life. all-rounder has idolised South African great all his life and got the chance to meet Kallis, who is currently working as the assistant coach for Pretoria Capitals in the SA20.

In a video shared by Pretoria Capitals, the youngsters can bee seen having a chat with the former South African all-rounder and showed a note to Kallis, who has signed it for the then eight-year-old about 10 years ago.

“You signed it and send it back to me around 10 years ago,” said Arshin, while showing the notes to Kallis.

“Can I touch your feet?, asked Arshin to which the South African legend acknowledged and the Indian all-rounder bent down to seek his hero’s blessings.

Arshin also narrated a story of his eight birthday, which moved the Kallis.

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“On my birthday, I was around eight years old. My granny asked me ‘What would you like for your birthday?’ I said Jacques Kallis. And she got a 6 feet poster of yours and it’s still in my room,” said Arshin.

Kallis signed Arshin’s jersey and said: “That’s so sweet. That’s beautiful. I hope you have a good tournament. All the best.”

Later the Indian youngster posted on his Instagram sharing few pictures from his interaction with Kallis and wrote “For the past 12 years you have been the person i looked upon as a perfect cricketer and as a role model, Today was the day when i finally met you every time my parents asked me about my favourite destination, I would say south africa in a hope that i would finally get to meet him i have always been your admirer and you have always been my inspiration ALWAYS AND FOREVER SIR.”

Arshin is a top-order batter who can bowl seam up. Arshin has that ever-elusive skillset in Indian cricket. Arshin Kulkarni was a find of the inaugural Maharashtra Premier League. He played only in three games, but hit six more sixes (19) than any other batter in a tournament where the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kedar Jadhav and Rahul Tripathi participated. Those exploits earned him a senior team debut for Maharashtra at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and also an IPL contract. He was signed by Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL auction.

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