He is just 21 years but the way he batted till the last run in calcutta ,mirpur and dhaka the level of maturity is of a player who has played some 200 one day matches.He does not plays rash sorts not much expriment with shots nothing extraordinary but yet smoothly and smartly he maintains a brilliant strike rate and before you realise he has done something special he lifts his bat and you find out that he has completed is half century.
54,107,61,91,102 these are his scores in 5 out of his last 7 innings and 9,27 the other two out of which 2 times he has been unbeaten .He has statistics temprament and performance along his side but this special kid is a replacement man he does not enjoys a permanent place he has been a replacement when a senior player like sehwag ,yuvraj, gambhir or sachin have either taken rest or have been injured .
virat kohli started his carrer in ranji trophy with delhi team in 2006-07 .he was made captain of india under-19 team in 2008 and in jan 2008 only he became the second captain to bring the under 19 world cup for india first being mohd.kaif in 1999 .the main thing of 2008 world cup was that the indian team remained unbeaten in 2008 under 19 world cup In ranji trophy the most memorable inning by virat kohli came against himachal pradesh when delhi was reeling at 70 for four in a test match and at that stage virat came and played an inning of 251 runs .He got selected in indian team first time in september 2008.Since then he has played some 20 one dayers scored 6 half centuries and 2 centuries with an average of 58 and a strike rate of 88 but he has been given a chance in this star studded batting line up only when a star is made to sit out due to injuries .The selectors are showing a lot of confidence as he has become an obvious replacement for any big batsman in side ecxept dhoni because virat cannot keep wickets.we ecxept that he gets a permanent place in the squad which he truely deserves.
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