Overview

• Rodrigues said she and Smriti Mandhana met Kohli at a hotel café during a New Zealand tour when the men’s and women’s teams were staying at the same venue.
• Anushka Sharma joined the conversation, which began with batting talk and then shifted to life beyond cricket.
• Rodrigues quoted Kohli as telling her and Mandhana, “you both have the power to change women’s cricket, and I can see that happening.”
• The discussion lasted about four hours before staff asked the group to leave, with Rodrigues recalling they were told to go around 11:30 pm.
• The widely picked-up anecdote aligns with coverage of Kohli and Sharma keeping a low-profile family life in London and has not been disputed in reports.