Kohli’s T20 journey: Debut Se Domination Tak

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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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