THE EMERGENT INDIAN – VIRAT KOHLI

Though these are early days, India can feel they have really found a star and a batsman who can play a sheet-anchor role in limited-over cricket in Virat Kohli. The young lad from Delhi has all reasons to be regularly selected in the playing XI as he has defied all odds. He did made statements by his batting and on-field captaincy during the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2008 held in Malaysia, but there were many better than him than. Take for example, Tanmay Srivastava who was the leading run scorer in the tournament but ended just having a contract with IPL’s Royal Challengers Bangalore and is yet to prove his credentials. Kohli in the U-19 CWC scored the third highest run getter with 235 @ 47.00 and a brilliant strike rate of 94.75. He got a match-winning 74 ball 100 against the Windies-who did had an upper hand in the tournament. And after all he ended being the winning captain and took the honors of one of the promising future stars. Quoting to this reference was George Binoy of Cricinfo, “The word aggressive sums up Virat Kohli, the India U-19 captain, succinctly. He's an attacking batsman who looks to get on top of the bowlers and his attitude on the field is that of a person with authority. He played the innings of the tournament agains...