Indian captain Virat Kohli, who is one of the greatest batsmen in cricket history, has recently revealed his experience after he was rejected for the first time in the state selections.
Virat Kohli started to show his incredible batting talent at a very early age. During his youth career, Kohli mostly played the top batsman role for his teams. He started his professional cricket career for Delhi in 2006. In quick time, he showed his brave character for the game.
When there is passion and commitment, that motivation comes back to you: Virat Kohli
However, at an early age, when Kohli was rejected for the first time in the state selections, he was really upset. The youngster couldn’t believe that rejection due to scoring well and feeling perfect for the state selections. Kohli not only cried till 3 AM on that day, but he also continuously asked his coach the reason for his rejection. However, now the Indian captain believes that the motivation always comes back if the passion and commitment remain still.
In a recent online session, Kohli recalled that incident by claiming, “The first time I was rejected in the state selections, I remember it was late at night and I just cried. I howled till about three in the morning and I could not believe it. Because I scored well, everything was going perfectly for me. I performed till I reached that stage and I was rejected. And I kept asking my coach for two hours, why didn’t it happen? And I couldn’t make sense of it. But when there is passion and commitment, that motivation comes back to you.”
Now, Virat Kohli is one of the most consistent batsmen in the present time. He came to the limelight for the first time when he led the India U19 team to win the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2008 in Malaysia. Since then, he has continuously impressed with his passion for the game.
After making his international cricket debut in 2008, Kohli has played 86 Tests, 248 ODIs and 82 T20Is where the right-handed batsman has scored 7240 runs (average 53.62), 11867 runs (average 59.33) and 2794 (average 50.80). Due to maintaining incredible consistency in his batting for a long time, Kohli has now made it habit to break the top batting records when he comes to bat.
Kohli is currently the no.1-ranked ODI batsman, no.2-ranked Test batsman and no.10-ranked T20I batsman. He is the leading run-scorer in T20I as well as IPL history.