Virat Kohli is a rare talent in Indian Cricket. Why? He is a typical youngster who is aggressive in his approach but also has the quality of calmness in him. The latter was very much evident when he and another fine player and his Delhi teammate Gautam Gambhir made Sri Lanka's total of 315 a joke at Kolkata.
He is just 20 has loads of cricket left in him. He is a good leader who lead India to a Under-19 World Cup victory in Malaysia two seasons ago. Royal Challengers Bangalore his Indian Premier League franchise did pluck him in the auction because of his ability as a good all round T20 player.
Kohli has more great qualities. It was Wednesday, December 20,2006. Kohli, then 18, was playing representing his state Delhi in a crucial Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka. Delhi was staring at a follow-on situation. At 3 A.M on the dreadful day, Virat lost his father, Prem. But he stayed to play for his state scoring a brilliant 90 thereby saving Delhi's face.
Sachin Tendulkar did a similar thing in the '99 world cup rushing back to England after attending his father's funeral. There is no more passion one can show to a nation. Greatness is imbibed and Kohli is designed to be one.
Now Indian Cricket is rising and every body performs well. Fight for places is heating up and it is a better sight rather than no players to fill a void. Kohli certainly has proved he belongs there with another classy knock today and hopefully it will cement his place.
Let the future be bright for the Delhi dasher!!
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