While Virat Kohli is now widely regarded as a modern-day great, he has revealed that even he feared for his career when he was trying to find his feet in international cricket. The right-handed batsman made his debut for Team India in 2008, just months after leading India to glory in the Under-19 World Cup.
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Kohli was not a part of India's original squad but was called up after Yuvraj Singh incurred a finger injury. In a space of four days, Kohli left for South Africa from Bengaluru and was handed his first appearance in the game against Pakistan. It was also his first ICC match for the senior team.
"They used to tell me, keep your suitcase with you, keep your clothes packed and keep your passport on you at all times. I was always a standby, so they called me over. I was in Bangalore, actually. They asked me to fly over immediately. So when I went over, the very next game I played was Pakistan in three days. That was my first India-Pakistan game.
I've just messed it up: Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli said that he was struggling to process the entire episode and the failure with the bat against Pakistan made things worse for him. The former India skipper recalled that he could not sleep the entire night after the game and kept looking at the ceiling while fearing the worst.
"I've been called after a year, and I've just messed it up. I don't know how this is going to shape up. I had a lot of moments like that where I really, really doubted myself and had to again kind of recalibrate and find a way to slowly build up again and just try to focus on what is in front of me and what might go wrong in whatever amount of time," said Kohli.
Well, Kohli has made amends for that failure in style and boasts a stunning record against Pakistan. The batting superstar has scored 778 runs in 17 ODI innings, including 4 centuries against the Men in Green. In T20Is, he has hit 492 runs in 11 innings with the help of 5 fifties.
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