interview between journalist &Virat Kohli
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Virat Kohli responded to a journalist who wanted to know if the captain was worried about his performance as an opener in India's series triumph over England.
Rajarshi Gupta
New Delhi
February 2, 2017UPDATED: February 2, 2017 12:27 IST
(Reuters Photo)
(Reuters Photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
Kohli got irritated after a journalist asked him if he was worried about his form as opener
Kohli was filling in as an opener in the T20Is due to Rohit Sharma's absence
Kohli managed 52 runs from three matches at 17.33 with a top-score of 29
You thought Virat Kohli could only hammer hundreds and oversee one series win after another? If you did, you could not be further off the mark. (Having Dhoni behind the stumps is priceless: Kohli)
Remember, you don't have to be a bowler for King Kohli to hit you out of the park for a six. The king can also dismiss you from his presence if you ask a poor question in a press conference. But with a smile on his face. (Important to have belief, says Virat Kohli after thrilling win)
Sample this. Kohli has been the best batsman across all formats over the last year. His form in T20 cricket has been surreal. Those three half-centuries in Australia, all those runs in the World T20 and the four hundreds in the Indian Premier League. (Bengaluru T20I: Chahal's record haul of 6/25 sets up India's third successive series win over England)
Against England, having sealed the Test and ODI series, Kohli decided to open with KL Rahul and returned modest scores of 29. 21 and 4. He did look eager to run singles in the last innings in Bangalore Wednesday night and was eventually run out. But India rode on half-centuries from Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni and a record-breaking 6/25 from Yuzvendra Chahal to clinch the T20I series in style.
Kohli was ecstatic in victory. As captain, he would have been thrilled that the team had managed to win a series without him having to fire. If Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah took the hosts over the line in Nagpur, Bangalore had new protagonists waiting. (Yuzvendra Chahal second bowler after Ajantha Mendis to take six-wicket haul in T20Is)
But a journalist asked Kohli if he was worried about his meager returns in the opening slot.
The captain was unstoppable in his response.
"Sir, I had also opened in the IPL and I had scored four hundreds. No one said anything then.
"Now I couldn't score in one match, then it's a problem. Then (during the IPL last year) people said what a revelation (my opening slot was).
"Sir, focus on the others in the team also. There are 10 other people in the team. If I do everything, what will the others do? Give the others a chance."
Kohli delivered these lines in Hindi and there was a smile on his face throughout. Not for a moment did he seem to lose his cool nor was there a hint of disrespect.
The 28-year-old signed off by saying it was a memorable series win for India and he was happy about that.
"It's a great series win for us. I am happy about that and am not worried about my opening slot at all.
"Had I scored 70 runs in two matches, you wouldn't have asked me this question, no? Be happy for the team, it's a good series win. Enjoy it."
With these words, the debate was settled. There's no need to worry about three modest Kohli knocks. He will bounce back with more runs soon.
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Kohli’s team for a sit-down interview with the most in-demand cricketer in the world and after several false leads and probably more than a hundred emails, India’s captain is finally ready and waiting. Well, almost.
As I stand in a corridor outside a hotel room at the Taj Hotel in St James’ Court, London, waiting to be summoned, Kohli has some filming to finish up first. He is the subject of a National Geographic documentary as part of a new series in which scientists and psychoanalysts explore the lives of five Indian national icons and attempt to decipher whether geniuses are born or made. Watching Kohli’s 149 at Edgbaston two weeks later, it feels a pertinent question.
Mike Brearley believes genius requires a combination of the “instinctual” with “passionate devotion and hard work” and Kohli’s innings at Edgbaston, his 22nd Test century three months before his 30th birthday, was a perfect marriage of the two.
With Kohli now having completed 10 years as an international cricketer, there is little doubt that we are watching a genius at work, and one who transcends his sport. He was recently ranked No.11 in the World Fame 100, ESPN’s annual list of the most eminent athletes, and was the only cricketer in the Forbes Top 100 of the world’s highest-paid sportspeople last year, with estimated earnings of $24million.
Those numbers are still swirling around my head as my phone buzzes and I’m asked to enter. Kohli is ready.
In the UK we find it hard to comprehend the level of attention and adulation that Indian cricketers, and you in particular, receive in your home country. How do you cope with it?
When England came to India last, Alastair [Cook] asked me the same. Even players who’ve toured many times, it still amazes them how much passion and attention people have towards cricket in India. I said, ‘You just get used to it’. There is literally no other option. You cannot avoid it. I don’t try and fight it anymore. I’ve tried to do that in the past, where I wanted people to understand to an extent what an individual wants in terms of space and just to be able to have a normal life… for a bit! But that is very, very difficult to expect when you have so many people wanting to see you or meet you or are inspired by you. So I’ve come to terms with the fact that it’s just something you have to accept.
Does it help that your wife Anushka [Sharma, the Bollywood actress and film producer] understands what it’s like to be in the public eye?
That was one of the reasons why we got along so well, to be able to understand each other’s mindset and the demands of being in such a position. And also the fact that we are so similar in terms of the backgrounds we have. People do not understand us at all. They think we live a fairytale life and things are only of royal standards, but in reality we are really normal people. We are in the public eye so it seems too far-fetched for the public to connect with, but we lead a very simple life at home. And that’s how we like to live. We do something that is in the public eye but we never chose to be recognised in this way.