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I already had it at the back of my mind that I had to create this thread. Kohli-The Captain is in the discussion a lot these days here in India and among the lot of Indians. So I just felt whether I could have my opinion on this topic and the best place where people can actually put up something for a healthy discussion is a public discussion forum and no forum seems to be a better place to discuss Cricket other than Planet Cricket so I decided to create this thread. So basically I won't be able to put together only in one post so I will be having few chapters of this discussion. And to add to it, these are solely my views and the facts that I have collected are from random sources and I don't want to force my opinion on someone. Everyone can have their own views regarding this.
Name- Virat Kohli
Born- 5th November 1988
ODI debut- 18th August 2008 v/s Sri Lanka
Test debut- 20th June 2011 v/s West Indies
T20I debut- 12th June 2010 v/s Zimbabwe
Captaincy achievement- Won 2008 ICC U19 WC for India
Now let us just look at when the journey of this exceptional player started
Born on 5th November 1988 in a Punjabi family in Delhi. His father Prem Kohli was a criminal lawyer and mother Saroj Kohli was an housewife. Virat Kohli joined West Delhi Cricket Academy (WDCA) as a 9-year old boy. He was taken there by his father on the suggestion of neighbours that Virat shouldn't waste his time in playing gully-Cricket (basically an Indian form of street Cricket) and should rather join any professional club.
He was trained by his coach Rajkumar Sharma. Rajkumar Sharma was all praises for Kohli when he saw him play for the first time. In his words he said, “He oozed talent. It was so difficult to keep him quiet. He was a natural in whatever he did and I was most impressed with his attitude. He was ready to bat at any spot, and I had to literally push him home after the training sessions. He just wouldn’t leave.”
Actually Virat Kohli wasn't from a rich family. He had to live in average conditions but still somehow found his way to Cricket. Even as a student in school Kohli was remembered by his Teachers as, “a bright and alert child.” Kohli's studies was majorly affected due to him playing Cricket. I have a couple of things to quote that Kohli himself had said
Name- Virat Kohli
Born- 5th November 1988
ODI debut- 18th August 2008 v/s Sri Lanka
Test debut- 20th June 2011 v/s West Indies
T20I debut- 12th June 2010 v/s Zimbabwe
Captaincy achievement- Won 2008 ICC U19 WC for India
Now let us just look at when the journey of this exceptional player started
Born on 5th November 1988 in a Punjabi family in Delhi. His father Prem Kohli was a criminal lawyer and mother Saroj Kohli was an housewife. Virat Kohli joined West Delhi Cricket Academy (WDCA) as a 9-year old boy. He was taken there by his father on the suggestion of neighbours that Virat shouldn't waste his time in playing gully-Cricket (basically an Indian form of street Cricket) and should rather join any professional club.
He was trained by his coach Rajkumar Sharma. Rajkumar Sharma was all praises for Kohli when he saw him play for the first time. In his words he said, “He oozed talent. It was so difficult to keep him quiet. He was a natural in whatever he did and I was most impressed with his attitude. He was ready to bat at any spot, and I had to literally push him home after the training sessions. He just wouldn’t leave.”
Actually Virat Kohli wasn't from a rich family. He had to live in average conditions but still somehow found his way to Cricket. Even as a student in school Kohli was remembered by his Teachers as, “a bright and alert child.” Kohli's studies was majorly affected due to him playing Cricket. I have a couple of things to quote that Kohli himself had said
Virat Kohli said:This might be a record, I got 3/100 in Maths in class 9. Anyone can get atleast 15-20. But I got only 3 marks
Virat Kohli said:I loved going to school whenever I could. It got difficult little later as I got busy playing Cricket
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