India's star cricketer Virat Kohli has bought a new house. The 34-year-old cricketer now owns a lavish villa in Alibaug near Mumbai. The Alibaug villa is spread across 2,000 sq ft in area. The villa is a part of Avas Living - a luxury bungalow project in Awas Village, Alibaug and it reportedly costs Rs 6 crore. "Awas is a preferred location due to its natural beauty. Besides, the Mandwa jetty is five minutes away from Awas and the speed boats have now reduced the distance to Mumbai to 15 minutes," advocate Mahesh Mhatre, who works as the legal consultant for Avas Living Alibaug LLP, was quoted as saying in Hindustan Times.
Mhatre also said that it was Virat's brother Vikas Kohli who came for registration of the villa as the cricketer is busy with the India vs Australia Test series. Kohli has reportedly paid Rs 36 lakh as stamp duty to own the villa which also includes a 400 sq ft swimming pool. Not to forget, this is the second property that Kohli has bought in Alibaug. Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma had bought a 36,059 sq ft farmhouse in Zirad village for ₹19.24 crore last year in September.
Watch how Kohli's new Villa in Alibaug looks like
Kohli eyes first Test ton in more than 3 years
Kohli will be aiming for his first Test ton since November 2019 when India take on Australia after a 10-day break in the third Test in Indore. The former India captain has not shown his best so far in the series. He did score a gritty 44 in the first innings of the Delhi Test but a controversial LBW decision saw his downfall. Kohli has had his issues with spin bowling in the past couple of series and it will be interesting to see how he goes against the likes of Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy in Indore, which is expected to be a better batting track than other venues in India.
