Is the Merit System Bringing Kohli Back to Where He Began?
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The BCCI selectors have now made it challenging for Virat Kohli to maintain his spot till the 2027 World Cup. According to recent reports, Kohli will only be selected on the Merit system. This makes every match important for the King to play in the next World Cup.
The BCCI selectors have now made it challenging for Virat Kohli to maintain his spot till the 2027 World Cup. According to recent reports, Kohli will only be selected on the Merit system. This makes every match important for the King to play in the next World Cup.
Imagine being the best ODI batsman in the world, and still fighting to prove your potential. This is currently the scenario for Virat Kohli in the ODI format. After , Kohli only had the Mission 2027 World Cup in his mind.
But ahead of the Australian tour, the BCCI selectors have made things challenging for him. It has been stated that Virat Kohli will only be selected if he performs well for the team consistently. This has also brought Virat Kohli back to the time when he was a youngster, eager to make it to the Indian team.
Virat Kohli was not able to participate in the Junior cricket team of Delhi. Despite his performances, Kohli was not able to make it to the team, which disappointed him. However, he now stands as one of the best cricketers not only in Delhi, but all over the world.
His late father, Prem Nath Kohli, played an important role in instilling some values in Kohli when he was a youngster. When Virat Kohli was the captain of the Indian team, he spoke about the incident in a YouTube podcast.
, “My father simply said, 'If you want to select Virat, then let it be purely on merit. I will give you nothing extra.' I didn't get selected. I cried a lot. I was broken.”Surely he was broken at that time, but as time passed, Kohli learned about the values. He said,“That incident taught me a lot. I realised that this world runs like this. If you want to progress, do something that no one else is doing. If I had to become successful, I needed to be extraordinary. And I had to achieve this purely through my own effort and hard work. My father showed me the right way, through his actions and not merely words. Those little things had a great impact on me.”
After decades of not hearing about the Merit System, it has now returned for Virat Kohli. It surely would be a Deja Vu feeling for the former Indian skipper. As the BCCI selectors announced their squad for the upcoming Australia tour, it was also confirmed that Virat Kohli will be making his comeback.
Virat Kohli in ODI format:
He last played in the ODI format during the Champions Trophy, where he had some crucial knocks. With Virat being retired from the Test and T20I formats, he will have to sustain till the 2027 World Cup in the ODIs too. But it for the Indian batsman this time.
The BCCI selectors have confirmed that Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will only be selected based on the Merit System. This brings back the same system, whose roots were put into Kohli back in his childhood by his father. Now, Virat Kohli will also be eager to prove his worth to the Indian team by performing well in the upcoming tours.
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