Virat Kohli’s wax statue to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Delhi
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli’s wax statue is scheduled to be unveiled at Madame Tussauds wax museum in Delhi on Wednesday. The Indian cricketer would join sports legends like Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who feature at the museum in Delhi.
Kohli has led India's Under-19 team to a World Cup win and was a part of the 2011 World Cup winning side. He has been awarded the Arjuna award in 2013 and the Padma Shri in 2017 by the Government of India and was also named ICC World Cricketer of the Year award in 2017. The list of honors now includes a wax statue in the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Delhi, which will be unveiled on Wednesday. Ahead of the unveiling of his wax figure, Kohli had invited his fans to click selfies with his soon-to-be-unveiled wax figure with a video posted on Twitter.
Come 6th of June, let’s play statue! 😉 Excited to be at #MadameTussauds 😃#TussaudsDelhi@MadameTussauds@tussaudsdelhi pic.twitter.com/074c3lQF0o
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) June 5, 2018
Thanking Madame Tussauds for showcasing his life-like wax figures in Delhi
A team of experts from Madame Tussauds had earlier arrived from London to meet Kohli for the sitting, during which they took over 200 specific measurements and images to create an authentic figure.
Madame Tussauds has wax statues of renowned people from the fields of entertainment, sports and politics under one roof. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussauds in London and now there are smaller museums in other cities as well. Kohli would join the likes of Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who already have a wax statue at Madame Tussauds in Delhi.