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This time he did not pump his fists, this time he did not jump in the air, this time he did not utter any unparliamentary words to the crowd. It was a serene, unfazed celebration from Virat kohli as he reached yet another century against Srilanka last Saturday. He is making it a habit now to score centuries wherever he goes, making us believe that he is one of the finest prospects that the cricketing world has produced, in the last decade or so.


I saw Virat kohli first when he was captaining the U-19 team India in 2008. The team went on to win the world cup in a last over thriller. The way he ran on the field and hugged his bowler, I saw glimpses of the fighting spirit of ‘Dada’ and later when I saw him bat in a four-day match between India-A and Australia in which he and Rohit sharma made centuries apiece, my instinct said that he is going to become one of the most promising finds of Indian cricket. Of late, in the recently concluded India-Australia series, people were telling that Rohit sharma should be given chance and Virat has to be left out of the test team. But he shut all their mouth by scoring the most runs in both Test and ODI series.
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Over the last decade Indian cricket has produced some fantastic batting talents starting from Virendar sehwag to Mahendra singh Dhoni. But none of them have been as consistent in all the forms of the game as Virat kohli is at this point in time.(He has still not made a concrete point in the international test arena though)
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He entered the international stage without much expectations or any background. But once he got the opportunity he latched on to every possible chance he was provided with. If you remember it right, In the world cup team squad selection there was a tussle between him and Yusuf Pathan. But by his performances Virat became an obvious pick for the selectors and Suresh Raina had to make way for him. From then on he never looked back and converted all his hurdles to success. In fact he made it look like as if he had no hurdles during this course. But as we all would agree, it is not so easy as said.
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Arguably Indian cricket currently has few better talents than him who are finding it difficult to consistently perform in all stages, which is not a case with Virat. One thing that differentiates him out from others is that his passion to perform and the zeal to convert his ability to achievements. Understandably, this is one good quality that every youngster is supposed to possess. Day by day he is becoming an idol for all the growing talents not only in cricket but in any other field as well.
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Sometimes, we see Virat kohli as an over-excited kid, making bad scenes and showing immature emotions on the ground. But we all forget that he is in his early twenties and can learn from his mistakes. We keep making fun of him and he keeps scoring centuries. More importantly he is also making a statement to the world that he has developed his game considerably and learnt to control his emotions substantially. The last century and the following celebration was one example of his matureness. Mark my words, my dear friends! He is going to break some of the biggest records of the cricketing world down the line!

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