Kohli: “My personality reflects the New India” in cricket

Virat Kohli: A Leader Who Embodies the “New India”

The renowned cricket player, Virat Kohli, has chosen to define himself as a representative of a “new India.” This selection “rises up” to any challenge. The reception Kohli has received in Australia has been unprecedented.

Kohli is the most Australian non-Australian cricketer of all time.

Greg Chappell

Kohli, for his part, feels comfortable being himself.

I have always been myself. My personality and character represent the new India. That’s how I see it. It’s not a comparison with the Australian mentality. It’s how we have begun to stand out as the Indian cricket team. My personality has always been like this from day one. This represents the new India, where we want to face challenges and move forward with optimism and positivity.

Virat Kohli

Kohli acknowledges that Australia welcomes those who perform well on its soil. The player, who has visited Australia for many years, expressed that it is a wonderful place to play cricket. When you perform well, you earn the respect of the public. There is anticipation to see him play, just like with Jasprit Bumrah.

For the team, the most important thing is that the general public wants to see India perform as a team, which was the highlight of the last tour. The focus remains on that. All external aspects are beyond their control. This is good for the publicity of the series, but the focus is on how they can perform as a team. The Indian team will prefer to go unnoticed and let Kohli take the spotlight. Ajinkya Rahane, who will take over the leadership when Kohli leaves, has a completely different personality, but the India captain promised similar intensity.

We have had a lot of understanding and mutual respect over the years. We have had great partnerships batting together, based on trust and understanding of what the team needs. Jinks has done a tremendous job in the two practice matches. He seems very calm and knows the strengths of our team and how we should do things. The way we have played our cricket has been a collective effort of the whole team. It is a cultural effort and it doesn’t just depend on me to strategize and present things to people. It’s the whole team that has bought into it. They already know the template we play with and how we want to do things. We are absolutely on the same page. I am sure he will also do a tremendous job in my absence, but the focus remains, until the moment I am here, to provide captaincy, leadership and performances as a player in the best possible way, and from then on, I am pretty sure Jinks will do a tremendous job. I have said before that I feel this is his moment to really step up and perform strongly as an individual and also as a captain.

Virat Kohli