'Cocky..... ': Former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers' first impression of Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli's friendship with former South African cricketer AB de Villiers is well known, but did ABD like his IPL colleague right from the start... doesn't seem so!

The 37-year-old whose partnership on-field and off-field with Virat Kohli in the Royal Challengers Bangalore's camp is quite famous felt that the young Indian cricketer was a bit cocky...

While speaking on an RCB podcast, de Villiers revealed his initial impression of the young batsman and said that before the 2 properly knew each other, he thought Virat Kohli was a bit cocky when he was a youngster.

Even though I could see that he has got respect and the basics are in place I felt like he has got a bit of swagger going in, said ABD.

However, the Proteas cricketer who recently retired from all forms of the game said that once he was a part of RCB, their connection just kicked off straight away.

While Virat Kohli has played for RCB since the start, ABD got inducted into the team in 2011 and since then the 2 players have been the backbone of the IPL franchise in almost all the seasons.