As per report Virat Kohli has been breaking records at will across all formats of the game. The india captain is among the greatest batsmen of the modern-era, if not the greatest. Ranked No. 1 in ODIs, No. 2 in Tests and among top 10 in T20Is, virat kohli has been dominating the batting charts for quite some time now. kohli comes across as a mentally strong character who has gotten into the habit of adapting himself easily to some of the most challenging conditions.
As it turns out, virat kohli displayed this characteristic of mental toughness right from his junior cricket days. Former india chief selector dilip Vengsarkar has revealed how kohli impressed him during the Emerging Players Tournament in australia in 2008 that eventually led to his india call-up that year. virat kohli made his debut for india at the age of 19 in an ODI series against Sri Lanka. It seems the hundred that he scored in australia at the Emerging Nations tournament worked in his favour.
Dilip Vengsarkar, who was the chairman of selectors during the tournament, said he decided to pick virat kohli as part of a strategy that allowed them to pick players who would go on to play for the senior national team soon. "When there was an emerging players' tournament in australia, I was the chairman of the selection committee. We had decided at that point of time that we must pick players who were fringe players or who would play for india very soon, especially the U-23 boys. So we had picked virat kohli in the team," Vengsarkar said during an interaction with Sportskeeda. In fact, virat kohli was not the top scorer in the Emerging Nations tournament. kohli managed 204 runs in 5 matches at an average of 51 while shikhar dhawan top-scored for india 334 runs in 6 matches.
