New Delhi. It was the year 2018, after the Perth Test was over, Team India reached Melbourne on 19th December, where the Boxing Day Test i.e. the third test match of the series was to be played from 26th December. When Team India got off the bus, almost every player had a smile on their face, but Kohli looked very upset. The then captain Kohli was facing a lot of trouble in Australia for his/her attitude.
Kohli is again the target of Australian media on this tour of 2024. First Ricky Ponting questioned Kohli’s form, then Aaron Finch questioned Kohli’s place in the team and then the photo controversy with the Australian reporter at the airport. It seems that Virat’s patience ran out and on the first day of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, Kohli pushed and argued with 19-year-old Australian opener Sam Constas, who was playing the debut match.
ICC fined Kohli and match referee Andy Pycroft not only deducted 20% of Kohli’s match fee for bad behavior on the field but also gave him/her one de-merit point. In this case, Sam Constas who in an interview had described Virat Kohli as his/her favorite player in the whole world. Sam himself said that we both got carried away with emotions.”
It is obvious that the Australian media went after Virat Kohli, with which journalists from countries like Pakistan which were irritated with India also started supporting him/her. What is even more interesting is that the technique on Kohli is being done by Australian players who themselves have never been known for good behaviour. Ricky Ponting, who gave the most knowledge, once hit the shoulder of 18 year old young Harbhajan Singh after his/her own dismissal and today he/she is giving sermon on sportsmanship in Kohli case.
The surprising thing is that some Indians are also joining Ponting’s tune. Virat Kohli’s performance as a batsman is also not up to his/her level. Virat Kohli himself has admitted that he/she is not able to perform in a disciplined manner. In an interview given to Fox Sports, Kohli said – The last two-three innings were not as I wanted.
Virat has made and continues to make a great contribution to Indian cricket. There can be debate on whether Virat is a perfect role model for the youth or not, but there is no doubt that he/she is the biggest model of aspirations of the middle class youth of the new India. The youth who challenges the system at every step. One who knows his/her goal and is confident in his/her abilities. If anyone comes in his/her way, instead of stopping, he/she will give him/her a befitting reply.
For him/her, small happiness does not matter and contentment is not a part of his/her nature. he/she works much harder than his/her peers and that hard work sometimes makes him/her impatient. But he/she never claimed to be God himself. he/she never hides his/her flaws but moves ahead with the help of his/her strengths.
In the same series in which India won the first Test, when the Indian team moved back towards the pavilion at the end of the last session of the third day, Kohli almost pushed Jaiswal forward to score a big century. As if saying “You lead”. The reality is that runs will be scored, they will never be scored, but Virat’s legacy is special. Don’t compare Virat’s nature with Sachin’s, they are two different people, different personality, different upbringing, different environment, different challenges and different times. Actually aggression is a part of Kohli’s behaviour.
There is no batsman like Kohli in this generation, but he/she also has the potential to be at the top among “All Time Greats”. But the issue is whether Virat Kohli is a perfect role model? Is their behavior appropriate? Is he/she a team man? Is their “aggression” intolerable? Do they get into so much trouble that their personality becomes a canker?
Experts say that “whatever brings you success, stick to it.” You should not deviate from your formula for success. It doesn’t matter what others say”. Former Indian fast bowler Praveen Kumar once said, “Kohli has been playing such aggressive cricket since his/her Under-16 days. If he/she is showing the same aggression while playing for India then what is special in it? I have played a lot of cricket with him/her and I can say that he/she cannot play his/her best cricket without aggression”.
Overall, in Virat’s personality you get a glimpse of a fighter who is aggressive, shouts and screams, and gives his/her life to achieve victory. This attitude is also criticized in the society, but remember that a poet from Virat’s own city, Delhi, had said, “We are not a fan of running in our veins, what is blood when it does not drip from our eyes. “
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first published : December 27, 2024, 05:45 IST
