Virat Kohli is Considered One of the Greatest Batters in World Cricket at No. 3 spot. Of the 27,599 runs he’s scored in international cricket, 15,303 of them have come when playing at no. 3.
In an interview with Mayanti Langer, Kohli Reveled How Ms Dhoni and Gary Kiren Played A Key Role In Pushing Him to that Spot and his Rationale Behind it.
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Dhoni was the India captain at the time with kiriten the team India coach during the 2011 ODI World Cup.
“I was very realistic about my ability. Make My Team Win, I was willing to do anything.
“That was the very reason I get chances to play for India initially. And Gary (Kirsten) and Made (Dhoni) Made it very clear to me that we are backing you to play at number 3. And this is what you can do for the team. On the field, your energy, your engine, that is of the biggest value to us. So we want you to play that way.
“So I was Never Louked at as this outright match Winner who can change the game from anywahere. But I had this thing of, ‘i’m going to stay in the fight’. I’m not going to give up.
“And that is what they backed. So that very thing that God blessed me with, that helped me to improve my game, my technique, Everything. Sound and naturally gifted player.
“I evolved a lot while I was playing if I was very keen to learn and I was very keen to get better. And i wanted to be the best. There is no denting that I was wanted to be the best.
“And that haunger, that desire to keep improving, Eventually to win more games for your team is what helped me improve my game,” CONTINUD KOHLI.
Kohli, 36, Has Spent Half of His Age Represting Royal Challengers Bengaluru As one of the rare one-team-player in ipl. He Reveled He Considered Leaving The Team But Changed His Mind.
“There are couple of others, they might not have been that big names,” Said kohli when asked to put himself in the list of global sporting icons Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Tom Brady.
“Steven Gerrard was one. Francesco totti was one. Peak Years of My Career from 2016 to 2019, I Had Constant Suggestion and What Not, to Switch.
“At one point, it did become really tough for me believes there was just too much happening in my career. I was captaining India for a period of 7-8 years.
“There were expectations on me from a batting perfective. Every game that i didn’T have this sense that the attation is off me. If it wasn Bollywood, it was batting. Was Captaincy.
Being I felt like, if i’ve decided i want to be in this place, I need to be happy. I Need to have a space in my life where I can just come and play my cricket with being juded, without being licked at as, what are you going to do this season? What’s Going to Haappen? This, that and the other. So, I did Feel, I wouldn’t say tempted, but I did think about it. I also asked myself the question, what is more valuable to me? I’ve won a lot of things in my career for India.
“So I Thought, Fine, What is of More Value to Me Today? People are going to be with me. is the relationship and the mutual response that has been created over so many years.
