Only 72 runs shy of putting this new record on the cricket books, Virat Kohli is about to write history, just as the legendary Indian cricketer is about to write a new record.
But, even while the new record stirred up large-scale and furious fan zeal and cricket expert fandom, it also disclosed a lot about Kohli’s reign as a cricket legend. Kohli is a gritty, hungry run-scorer and one of the top players when under pressure and that’s been true this season as well.
His recent stats not only raised his team’s profile because he is known worldwide, but also put him on a path to this record. If he scores 72 runs in the next match, he will be the first batter ever in cricket to achieve this monumental achievement. Though record books are scarce, every book that exists on Kohli has an album of records.
So when we think that this was a major accomplishment, we are shocked to learn how rare and large an accomplishment it is. It’s a testament to his durability, versatility regardless of format and how he plays the game. Here’s the unbelievable life story of Kohli, given the plot line in a game from a very young child to the captain of the most cricket batters of this season, the unchangeable greatness story.
Already, fans are counting toward that, and on social media, buzz fills up with predictions and celebratory feelings. If only for a moment, Cricket watchers say, Kohli will most likely begin to blossom as a cricketer and cement his place in the pantheon for life.
Kohli’s strength of mind and discipline, and his former talent, are significant, say experts. “It’s the sort of success you recognise not only at talent but at years of hard work and years of fighting at the very highest level as well.”
As fan anticipation mounts, all eyes will be on Kohli again. It doesn’t really matter whether he's making history through a wall-high boxy, giant innings of an off-the-wall play or something here and there along the way; there's one thing we do know: History is just 72 runs away.
