From Ahmedabad to Antigua: U-19 World Cup winning captain Virat Kohli holds session with 2022 batch

Virat
Kohli
also
knows
how
it
feels
when
criticism
flies
thick
and
fast
when
one
doesn’t
perform
as
per
potential
after
a
global
trophy.
And
no
one
knows
more
than
Virat
Kohli
how
it
feels
to
be
a
world
beater
at
a
level
where
it
matters
the
most.

So
it
was
not
just
“good
but
a
great
morning”
for
the
likes
of
Rajvardhan
Hagargekars,
Kaushal
Tambes,
Yash
Dhulls
connected
on
a
zoom
call
from
their
respective
hotel
rooms
in
Antigua,
they
had
one
of
their
role
models
waiting
to
“congratulate
them”
and
also
speak
to
them
about
what
it
means
to
play
an
U-19
World
Cup
final.

India
U-19
led
by
Yash
Dhull
will
take
on
England
in
what
will
be
the
fourth
successive
final
at
this
level
since
2016.
And
Kohli
knows
a
thing
or
two
about
winning
high
pressure
final
at
the
junior
level
when
his
team
beat
South
Africa
on
a
balmy
evening
in
Kuala
Lumpur
in
2008.

Fourteen
summers
have
passed
by
and
Kohli
had
become
captain
and
is
now
a
former
leader
of
the
senior
team
with
more
than
20k
international
runs
to
his
credit.

Whether
it
was
BCCI
secretary
Jay
Shah
or
NCA
chief
VVS
Laxman,
whoever
requested
Kohli
to
spare
some
time
for
the
‘Baby
Blues’ did
a
remarkable
job
as
there
could
be
few
who
can
tell
what
it
takes
to
make
the
grade.

U-19
is
just
a
first
stop
and
even
if
they
win,
there
are
certainly
no
guarantees
that
the
life
will
be
bed
of
roses
from
here
on.
“It
was
really
good
to
interact
with
you
virat
kohli
bhaiyya.
Learnt
some
important
things
about
life
and
cricket
from
you
which
will
help
us
in
getting
better
in
upcoming
times,”
wrote
team’s
premier
pace-bowling
all-rounder
Rajvardhan
Hangargekar
on
his
instagram
stories.

“Some
valuable
tips
from
the
GOAT
before
the
final,”
wrote
spinner
Kaushal
Tambe.

Their
head
coach
Hrishikesh
Kanitkar
was
also
present
listening
intently
to
what
one
of
world’s
greatest
batters
had
to
say.
One
can
be
rest
assured
it
was
more
about
the
road
ahead
where
a
lot
of
them
will
fall
by
the
wayside,
some
will
remain
confined
to
domestic
level
and
only
a
select
few
with
enormous
talent
and
temperament
will
make
the
grade.

Kohli
knows
what
are
the
perils
of
early
stardom
and
how
one
can
get
his
feet
back
to
the
ground.
He
has
seen
zenith
and
nadir
and
one
can
only
hope
this
discussion
will
make
these
youngsters
more
rounded
as
sportsmen
than
they
were
before.