Virat Kohli identifies two people who supported him to beat N ° 3 at the start of India | Cricket news

Virat Kohli is considered one of the largest strikers in world cricket in place n ° 3. Of the 27,599 points he scored in international cricket, 15,303 of them came when they played at n ° 3.
In an interview with Mayanti Langer, Kohli revealed how Mrs. Dhoni and Gary Kirsten played a key role by pushing him to this place and their justification behind.
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Dhoni was the captain of India at the time with Kirsten, the coach of the India team during the ODI 2011 World Cup.
“I was very realistic about my abilities. Because I had seen many other people playing. And I did not have the impression that my game was anywhere near theirs. The only thing I had was determination. And if I wanted to win my team, I was ready to do anything.
“This is the very reason why I had the chance to play for India at the start. And Gary (Kirsten) and MS (Dhoni) clearly told me that we support you to play number 3. And that’s what you can do for the team. And what you represent on the field, your energy, your commitment, which is of the greatest value for us. So we want you to play in this way.
“So, I have never been considered this downright match winner who can change the game anywhere. But I had this” I’m going to stay in the fight “. I’m not going to give up.
“And that is what they argued. So, this very thing that God blessed me, who helped me to improve my game, my technique, everything. And I was never shy to admit that I was not the most solid and naturally gifted player.
“I evolved a lot while I was playing because I was very eager to learn and I was very impatient to improve. And I wanted to be the best. It is undeniable that I wanted to be the best.
“And this hunger, this desire to continue to improve, possibly to win more matches for your team is what helped me improve my game,” continued Kohli.
Kohli, 36, spent half his age representing Royal Challengers Bengaluru Like one of the few players in a team in IPL. He revealed that he was planning to leave the team but changed his mind.
“There are a few others, they might not have been big names,” Kohli said when he was asked to put himself in the list of world sports icons such as Michael Jordan, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Tom Brady.
“Steven Gerrard was one. Francesco Totti was one. He stayed at Roma throughout his career. I have already mentioned this.
“At one point, it has become really difficult for me because there was simply too much career. I captain of India for a period of 7 to 8 years. I captain RCB for nine years.

“There were expectations on me from the point of view of the striker. Each game I played. I did not have the feeling that the attention is out of me. If it was not the captain, it was the striker. If it was not the striker, it was the captain. I was always in this space where I said to myself, what was doing too much at the end. That’s why I did well.
Because I had the impression, if I decided that I wanted to be in this place, I need to be happy. I need to have a space in my life where I can just come and play my cricket without being tried, without being watched as, what are you going to do this season? What will happen now? This and the other. So, I felt that I wouldn’t say tried, but I thought about it. I also asked myself the question, what is more precious to me? I have won a lot in my career for India.
“So I thought, very well, what’s more value for me today? Do I want to go to a new configuration and try to understand life again? And I don’t know how the system will be, how people will treat me, how people will be with me. Mutual respect that has been created over so many years.