“Jab India mein yeh log aayengey, tab dikha doonga” reads almost like the dialogue from a Bollywood masala film in the 70s except that it was voiced by a certain Virat Kohli, the new age fearless Indian cricketing superstar after yet another abysmal tour of the Antipodes. This from a man whose attitude made us believe that no target is unachievable and no territory unconquerable, was disappointing in the extreme. […]
The eminent British Critic Neville Cardus once said “We remember not the scores or the results in after years: it is the men who remain in our minds, in our imagination. A true batsman should in his most of his strokes tell the truth about himself”. And so they do, but while the object of Neville’s subjective, romantic pieces and his flowery prose were the flamboyant wizards of the willow, […]
Virat Kohli had once said that he sees himself as more of a Cristiano Ronaldo than a Lionel Messi. According to him, “Messi is a freak (genius) but this guy (Ronaldo) is giving him a run for his money because of his hard work”. While this could be a corollary to the talent vs. hard work debate, it points to a trend that has gone beyond the truism it has […]
Virat Kohli shared a photo on his Instagram account in which he displayed a book titled ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ by Paramhansa Yogananda and stated that this changed his outlook towards life. Virat Kohli shared a photo on his Instagram account in which he displayed a book titled ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ by Paramhansa Yogananda and stated that this changed his outlook towards life. Recently, the Indian skipper shared a […]
Bowlers set up India’s comprehensive six-wicket win over New Zealand in the first one-day international as batting mainstay Virat Kohli anchored the hosts’ chase in the low-scoring encounter in Dharamsala on Sunday. The hosts, who were chasing a modest 191 for victory, rode on the 60-run partnership betwen Kohli (85 not out) and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to canter home in 33.1 overs. But it was the bowling led by debutant […]
Virat Kohli, India’s star batsman became the fastest ever batsman to complete 6000 runs in One-Day Internationals. The batting maestro broke former West Indian legend Viv Richards’s record. Kohli achieved the feat against Sri Lanka on Sunday, after he struck a well made 53 runs. Kohli who needed 50 runs to complete the milestone, had 5950 runs in 135 innings. Viv Richards had managed to score 6000 runs in […]
