'Can You Share Virat's Number?': R Ashwin Recalls Hilarious Phone Call With Scamster
Ace India spinner Ashwin has recalled a scammer posing as Conway asking for Kohli's number after IPL 2025, amidst reports of youngsters getting calls from Kohli and de Villiers.
Ace India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has recalled how a scamster once called him soon after IPL 2025, posing as New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Devon Conway and asked him for Virat Kohli's number, amidst reports of two youngsters receiving calls from Kohli and AB de Villiers over Rajat Patidar's missing number.
The SIM card once belonged to Patidar and soon an awestruck Manish Bisi was fielding calls from Kohli and de Villiers.
What Manish and his friend, Khemraj, thought was a system glitch when they saw the profile picture of Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Patidar after they installed WhatsApp soon turned as real as voices on the other end of the phone line.
Manish and Khemraj were soon sucked into a world of disbelief as callers identified themselves as Kohli, de Villiers and Yash Dayal, though the two tried to remain grounded in reality, thinking these were all part of some elaborate prank by friends.
Speaking about the story on his YouTube channel, Ashwin shared a similar experience of his own.
'A guy messaged me after IPL 2025 ended, saying he was Conway and went, 'Hi buddy, how are you?' I responded and we had a full-fledged conversation as I asked him to stay in touch and promised that I would watch him play in MLC," Ashwin hilariously narrated.
'Then he said, 'I missed Virat's number, can you share it?' I wondered why he was asking for Kohli's number, but I couldn't ask him that since I didn't want Conway to misunderstand," Ashwin said.
'What I did was send him another number, saying it was Virat's. Then he said, 'I missed a few more numbers'. When I asked who else, he said Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni. I understood this was a prank. Then I asked him, 'I gave you a bat this year, how is it?' He said, 'The bat is amazing, ' but I never gave Conway a bat. He lied and I blocked him," Ashwin added.
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