Virat Kohli is once again breaking the internet, but this time not because of his match-winning performances for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ongoing IPL 2026. Actually, Virat Kohli’s small social media activity has taken the social media by storm.
Amid the ongoing IPL 2026, Kohli has reportedly liked the picture of a German model and influencer named Lieselz, and it has created a massive buzz online. Within minutes, the screenshots of Kohli liking Lizalz’s picture went viral and became a hot topic of discussion on social media platforms.
The situation became even more interesting because Kohli does not even follow Liz Laz. However, the influencer was seen supporting RCB on social media. He was seen creating a blog wearing the RCB jersey and even posted a video of himself singing in the same jersey.
Virat Kohli liked an influencer’s photo (apparently by mistake)
Yuzvendra Chahal commented “algorithm” on that post. 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/IdxX4kbiZY
– Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) 17 April 2026
Due to this everyone became curious to know the connection. Nevertheless, several memes went viral on social media, some of which created different stories about the incident. After an uproar on social media, LizLays has finally broken her silence on this matter.
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LizLaze feels for Virat Kohli after viral ‘Like’ drama
The German model revealed that she sees herself trending everywhere. His social media was flooded with messages and people kept sending him posts and news links about the incident. This became a shocking but exciting moment for him as he found himself trending overnight.
Lizalz was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying: “It was crazy because I woke up and then I was all over the news. I don’t even know when she liked the picture; I found out through the news. So many people found articles done about me on so many different platforms and sent them in my DMs. I got so many messages today; people were so excited about it.”
He also felt bad for the Indian cricket superstar as he had reportedly gone missing. The singer and rapper further shared, “I was so happy that she liked it, but then she disliked it, I felt a little bad for her because I don’t even know how it became such a big story.” How did people notice? How did they make it news… maybe that was not their intention behind it, but still I am grateful for it and appreciate their support.
Lizalz tells how she became an RCB fan
Interestingly, Lizalz also revealed that she is a fan of Kohli and RCB. He became interested in the sport while traveling in India and watching IPL matches with friends. The influencer shared that she traveled all over South India, Goa, Mysore, Coorg, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad and also North India and during this travel, she got introduced to the game of cricket.
Before his India tour, South African-born Lieselz had not watched a cricket game as he grew up in Germany, where football is the only national game. But now she is watching IPL and has become a fan of Kohli and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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‘Virat Kohli is the most exciting player to watch’
“Obviously it was the IPL last year, so I started watching with my Bangalore friends. It was infectious. I was also growing up a fan of Royal Challengers Bangalore. And obviously, if you support RCB, Virat Kohli is the most exciting player to watch. He’s very good. So I was happy that he was liking the picture,” Lizlaz said.
Well, this is not the first time that Kohli has made headlines with such social media activity. Last year, Kohli made headlines for allegedly liking actress Avneet Kaur’s picture and later blamed the Instagram algorithm for it.
This time, when Liz Laz liked the photo, she has not commented yet.
Will we see it soon🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/IJ6yYO8Oii pic.twitter.com/PVnNANLlGR
– Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) 17 April 2026
