Kohli’s T20 journey: Debut Se Domination Tak
Witness the incredible rise of Virat Kohli, from a young 'Cheeku' to a global cricket icon. Watch his top T20 performances and relive the moments that defined his legendary career.
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00:00Impressed by his fast-paced performance, his state coach named him after a famous character of Champak Comics,
00:07Chiku the Rabbit.
00:09Even today, senior players call him by this name with love.
00:13Batter Chiku is now an icon of international cricket and fitness.
00:17Now you must have recognized whom I am talking about.
00:21Welcome to Nazariya Ki Nagariya.
00:29I, Ashish Chhatre, have brought you to the world of cricket.
00:33Today, we will tour the streets of International T20 and talk about Virat Kohli's T20 World Cup career.
00:41Virat Kohli, who grew up in a Punjabi family in West Delhi, Uttam Nagar,
00:45had a family support for cricket since childhood.
00:48But still, his father made sure that his son's education is not left behind due to cricket.
00:53But sir, who can avoid the inevitable?
00:56Apart from cricket, Virat had no backup plans.
00:59For cricket, Virat even switched schools.
01:02He got admission in the 9th class in Savien Convent School
01:06because the school wanted to build a strong cricket team.
01:09He loved history, but maths and science passed over his head like a bouncer.
01:15Somehow, the car reached the 11th class.
01:19But after that, Virat decided to drop out of school and completely focus on his cricketing career.
01:25You must remember this photo.
01:27Here, Chiku is receiving a prize from none other than Ashish Nehra.
01:33Who would have thought that they will be sharing the same pitch in international cricket?
01:37A spunky, chubby, jelled-haired, proper Delhi boy
01:41was seen by everyone when India won the U-19 World Cup in his captaincy.
01:48Compared to all the other formats, I believe that his T20 career was the most adventurous.
01:54Virat Kohli is one of those talented cricketers
01:57who shared a team space with players like Tendulkar, Sehwag, Dhoni and Nehra.
02:02Because of his aggressive, fast-paced game, he became the prominent face of international T20.
02:08In 2012, he scored 78 runs in just 61 balls, not out, against Pakistan.
02:13In 2014, he scored 72 runs in 54 balls, against South Africa.
02:18And in 2016, he scored 82 runs in just 51 balls, against Australia.
02:22From 2014 to 2016, with his attacking style, he got to be known as the king of the run chase.
02:29In the course of time, his performance broke such dangerous records
02:34that experts believed to be impossible.
02:37Cricket audience, media and advertising industry.
02:40Virat Kohli was everywhere.
02:43But as Azhar Lucknowi has said,
02:46this love story will also change.
02:49With time, the world will also change.
02:52Every sportsman goes through good and bad times in his career.
02:56Similarly, Virat Kohli's bad times also started.
02:59But his timing was super bad.
03:01His aggressive style and attitude started working against him.
03:052017, 2018 and 2020 went very bad for Virat.
03:09This was also the time when MS Dhoni had retired from cricket.
03:13And Virat was given the responsibility to lead the Indian cricket team in all the three formats.
03:19So, expectations were sky high on him.
03:22T20 format is a high octane format.
03:25And along with that, people get very emotional.
03:27We, the Indian audience, are also very infamous for
03:32making the player sit on their head in good times.
03:35And if the form is a little bad,
03:37then in bad times, we become extremely cruel.
03:41This also happened.
03:42Whenever India was not performing well,
03:44Virat became the subject of anger and trolling because of his not so good form.
03:48And the limit was reached when after his marriage,
03:51people started directing all the hate and trolling towards his partner Anushka Sharma.
03:57Even many senior cricket experts said very brutal and insensitive things about his personal and professional life.
04:05By the way, he did get affected by it.
04:08He shared that all of this was heart-breaking for him.
04:11In such a time, MS Dhoni and his close friends supported him.
04:15Virat also mentions in his interviews that
04:18the advice of Dhoni between professional instability and public aggression
04:22kept him sane and focused.
04:25And like a good sportsman, he focused on his fitness and game.
04:29Stayed away from the media.
04:30In the end, we got to witness the evolution of a legendary cricketer.
04:34He came out to be a more mature, disciplined, and extremely wise batter.
04:39Virat had started recovering.
04:41His T20 performance in 2019 was actually pretty good.
04:45But went completely unnoticed.
04:47But there was something wrong.
04:49Some sort of a curse, I mean.
04:51Let's assume that when Virat performed well in the T20 World Cup,
04:55he couldn't progress much in the India World Cup.
04:58In the 2016 World Cup, Virat scored a total of 273 runs.
05:02And he was the player of the tournament.
05:05But India lost in the semis.
05:07In 2022, he scored 296 runs.
05:10But still, India lost in the semis.
05:13And the disaster of 2021.
05:15Neither did Kohli perform well, nor did India qualify for the semifinals.
05:20All time low.
05:22In 2022, Virat took an extremely difficult decision.
05:26Like, stepping down from the T20 and ODI captaincy.
05:30Just imagine how difficult it must have been for a player of his caliber.
05:35But for the larger good.
05:37Then comes the time, which I consider one of the greatest comebacks in the history of world sports.
05:43India vs Pakistan, 2022.
05:45Virat chased the massive 159 score with 82 runs not out.
05:50And brought India to victory.
05:52India may have lost in the semis, but Virat established his comeback.
05:56These innings, even ICC themselves,
05:58scored in the highest moments of the T20 World Cup.
06:01Virat was at a strike rate of 138 with 92 boundaries.
06:06Now, let's come to the recent T20 World Cup final.
06:09India vs South Africa.
06:11Rohit Sharma has kept the innings packed.
06:14Friends, we have to admit that India has not lost a single match in the World Cup.
06:19Both bowlers and batters have maintained their performance in attack mode.
06:23The team is full of zeal.
06:25They just have to remember not to turn their zeal into overconfidence.
06:29In 2014, India had to face defeat in the finals because of that.
06:33Rohit Sharma is handling the pitch.
06:35Virat Kohli is on the other side.
06:37Rohit is still on fire in the Guru Tournament.
06:41Whereas, Virat Kohli has not shown any great performance.
06:44It seems that his comeback was just a trick.
06:47It will be impossible for India to get out of this wicket.
06:52I hope this match doesn't end up like 2014.
06:56Virat has handled the run.
06:58Fantastic shot! Amazing! In the air!
07:02Virat is on the pitch.
07:04He has done a great job, Guru.
07:06This is called a blast.
07:08He has played with his head held high.
07:10With this, India becomes the World T20 Champion.
07:14With this, Virat has also paid off his debt.
07:18Virat, in an amazing form, led India to win the 2024 T20 World Cup.
07:23It was an emotional moment for all of us.
07:25Virat officially announced his retirement from International T20 Cricket.
07:30And I think he deserved and earned all the rights to take that decision.
07:34We at Nazaria wish him all the luck for his future endeavours.
07:39But we also know that in Virat's case, luck had no role to play.
07:44It was his hard work and discipline that spoke for him.
07:48All hail the King of Run Chains!
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07:54Let me know in the comment section below
07:56what are your favourite moments from Virat Kohli's T20 career.
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08:04I, Ashish Chhatre, will take your leave for today.
08:07I will see you in the next video of Nazaria.
08:09Until then, take care of yourself. Bye!
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