New Delhi: Virat Kohli has one ICC trophy – World Cup title under 19 of 2008 – under his belt before making it to the senior Indian side.
He did not have to wait long to get to the senior team because the 19-year-old was given the debut of ODI for India against Sri Lanka in 2008 itself.
He was picked as a reserve batsman at first but he immediately strengthened his place as a medium BATSMAN on the side of Odi.
Thanks to the consistent performance, Kohli was included in the 2011 Indian World Cup team.
He was only 22 when he was picked on the MS Dhoni-LED side for the Mega tournament.
Playing and sharing the dressing room with Stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Dhoni helped Kohli learn the nuances of being a mature cricketer.
He learned to hit the art under pressure, scored in important moments, and accelerated the level of assessment.
The chat in the field with Dhoni, while setting the field or choosing a bowler, also saw it evolved as a leader.
He was appointed as Deputy Captain of the ODI team in 2012.
Indian Cricket Legend Yuvraj Singh, the 2011 World Cup tournament player, the evolution of Virat had been ‘big’.
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Early in his career, pants were criticized for throwing the goal by going for a rash shot, after entering.
He had when asking about the transformation of the Virat since the 2011 World Cup campaign, Yuvraj said – “Big difference (since 2011).
Virat showed several big promises when he came to the ship.
When he got a chance, he grabbed them.
That’s how he took a place on The World Cup (squad), because he was very young at that time.
And it was between him and Rohit.
At that time, Virat scored.
That was the reason, Virat got the place.
And compared to now, there is a total change in him, ” Yuvraj said to TimesOfindia.com in an exclusive interview.
Over the years, Virat became a managed machine.
While the captain’s skill has been questioned by some time, time and again, cannot deny his skills as Batsman.
Kohli, who has 12169 ODI walking under his belt, was the second Indian in general Odi was running, after Sachin Tendulkar (18426 Run) and the overall sixth.
Taking the ‘Chase Master’ tag to pursue planned and executed running, Virat is also the second highest ODI goal scorer on the list of all current times.
He already has 43 odi centuries and sat right behind Tendulkar who had a record of 49 odi tons under his belt.
(Toi photo) “I have seen it grow and practice in front of me.
He may be the hardest worker, very disciplined with his diet, very disciplined with his training.
When he scored, you can see that he is someone who does it want to be the best player at The world.
He has such an attitude.
He has the stolen items, “Yuvraj said again.
“He scored a lot of things and then he became captain.
Sometimes you are jammed, but when he becomes captain, his consistency gets better.
At almost 30, he has achieved many things,” former India all.
Rounder, who played 40 tests, 304 ODIS and 58 T20i for India, scored more than 11,000 international roads and took 148 Wickets to Timesofindia.com.
“People become legends when they retire.
At the age of 30, he (Virat) has become a legend.
It’s really nice to watch him grow up as a cricket.
Hopefully he is finished high.
Because he has a lot of time,” Yuvraj.
signed.