So I’m sitting there watching cricket highlights, right? Virat Kohli just smashed another century and my eyes keep drifting to that slick watch on his wrist. Curious bugger I am, I type into Google: “How much does Virat Kohli’s watch cost?” Big mistake.
First page shows me all these shady websites promising 90% discounts. Clicked one that looked kinda legit – boom! Browser starts throwing pop-ups like confetti at a wedding. Closed that tab faster than a cricket bowler’s run-up.
Okay, lesson one: Never trust watch prices from sites ending with .xyz or .bargain. Moved over to proper brand sites instead. Scrolled through endless pages of fancy watches, squinting at tiny product images till my eyes crossed. Took me twenty minutes just to find Virat’s exact model buried in the luxury section.
Finally spotted it! Price tag made me choke on my chai:
- Basic steel version: ₹2,75,000
- Gold trim edition: ₹4,20,000
- Diamond-studded monster: ₹18,00,000+
My cousin Vinod – total cricket gear nut – video calls me that same evening. Told him the prices and he goes silent for full ten seconds. Then erupts: “18 lakhs?! For that money I could buy:
- A Honda scooter
- Annual IPL season tickets
- And still afford biryani for whole mohalla!”
Next day, dragged Vinod to the high-end watch store at Phoenix Mall. Salesman gives us the full VIP treatment when we mentioned Virat. Unlocked the display case with actual fingerprint scanner – felt like mission impossible! Let us hold the steel version. Thing weighed like a cricket ball but shinier. Vinod nearly dropped it when he saw his reflection in the bezel.
Final realization hit hard: Real fans ain’t buying this unless they won lottery or smashed records like Kohli. That diamond edition costs more than my first apartment! Still glad I did the research though. Now when buddies ask about Kohli’s watch during matches, I can shut down rumors faster than third umpire’s DRS review.
