Never imagined would speak to Virat Kohli: Fans recall Patidar sim mix-up experience
"I never imagined I would speak to Virat Kohli one day, and that too from our village. When AB de Villiers called, he spoke in English. We couldn't understand a word, but we were so thrilled," said Khemraj as quoted by PTI. "When Manish used to get calls, he would hand over the phone to me. The callers who identified themselves as Virat Kohli and Yash Dayal asked us why we were using Patidar's number. We explained to them we had bought a new SIM and this is our number."Manish's brother said that the villagers were also thrilled with the whole mix-up as most of them are RCB fans. The villagers are overjoyed because most people here are RCB fans and talking to legends like Kohli and de Villiers is something that cannot be described and even now seems like a dream, said Manish's brother Deshbandhu Bisi."Even if it was all due to a mix-up, these conversations happened out of sheer luck. People just dream of seeing them, we got to speak to them," Deshbandhu gushed.No foul Gariaband Deputy Superintendent of Police Neha Sinha said that the Patidar's SIM had been deactivated after 90 days of inactivity as per the telecom policies and was reassigned to a new customer, in this case Manish. Sinha said that there was no legal issue or fault on anyone's part. "Manish was actually getting calls from cricketers who were in contact with Rajat Patidar. Patidar informed the Madhya Pradesh Cyber Cell that his number had been allotted to someone else and requested to have it back.""There was no legal issue or fault on anyone's part. This was simply a result of standard telecom procedures," Sinha added.With the consent of Manish and his family, the SIM card was returned back to Patidar recently. - EndsMust Watch
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