Indian captain Virat Kohli has been an aggressive batsman, who with time has subdued his doubters and haters with some eye-boggling batting records and after he bagged his third Polly Umrigar award at the annual awards in Bengaluru on Wednesday, he promised of doing so in the coming years too.
Virat Kohli recently invited attention after being involved in accusing Steven Smith for altering the game’s spirit during the Bengaluru Test. The DRS – Dressing Room drama had many greats talking about it. Match referee, Chris Broad also declared his verdict on the matter saying there was no ill-intent from Steven Smith and that he has been cleared now.
Former Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy was lately caught admitting he is losing respect for the Indian skipper for his outrageous on-field behavior against the Aussies. Reverting back to all those who’ve doubted him time and again, Virat – during the award ceremony -said he gives his 120% every-day and that he is not answerable to anyone after it.
“All along in my career, there were many people who had doubted the way I have gone about my game. Even now there are doubters and haters all around, but one thing is for sure that I have always believed in myself. I always believed in my heart that if I work 120 per cent everyday in my life, I am answerable to no one.”
The captain had a terrific 2016 with bat but has struggled to score runs against Australia in the ongoing Test series. So far in two matches, Kohli has scored a total of 40 runs. The next match between both sides will begin from March 16 in Ranchi.