“Become an Indian cricketer” Virat Kohli’s slam book

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Why was Virat Kohli obsessed with Hrithik Roshan? Here are some secrets from the cricketer’s slam book.

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00:00Kamona Pyaar Hai had come out and I went mad watching him dance.

00:05So, I used to regularly watch Ekphal Kazeena.

00:09And I was like, how can someone dance like that?

00:11So, I always had a very convinced feeling that I will play at the top level.

00:17It wasn't like my setup was such that I felt like,

00:20you know, I've got this great setup and the academy is a famous academy.

00:24So, people will have their eyes on me and I have chances.

00:27It wasn't like that.

00:30Slambook

00:33Slambook?

00:35Yes.

00:37Pause it, Peer. Pause it here.

00:39First of all, no one wants the address.

00:41It's a matter of Rs. 50 and Rs. 50.

00:43Not now.

00:44Not now?

00:45Not now.

00:46But I mean, whatever is written on the left,

00:50I still can't pronounce the phone number.

00:53And address, PIN code, everything.

00:57This is my friend's Slambook.

01:00He used to play with me.

01:02Cricket.

01:03Was it Piyush?

01:04No, it wasn't Piyush.

01:05Piyush.

01:06He used to have a Slambook, right?

01:08No, no, no.

01:10Piyush is actually my best friend.

01:15So, even today, I am in touch with the same person.

01:18He is still the same as before.

01:21He hasn't changed at all.

01:22So, that's why I wrote his name.

01:24This Slambook is, I think, of Shailaj.

01:27He used to play cricket with me.

01:29And I grew up at his house.

01:31What stood out here is ambition.

01:33This was a long time ago.

01:35VK, do you remember this?

01:36I mean, obviously, Hrithik had made his debut in Bollywood.

01:39Yes, by then, Kauna Pyaar Hai had come out.

01:42And I went mad watching him dance.

01:45So, I used to regularly watch Iqbal Kazina.

01:49And I was like, how can someone dance like this?

01:52So, this happened after that.

01:54That was, what, 2000?

01:562000.

01:572002-2003?

01:58I don't know.

01:59Around that time.

02:00It was around 2004.

02:01Yes, I know.

02:02At least, I was maybe 13, 12, 13.

02:08But you knew you wanted to become an Indian cricketer.

02:10Yes, yes.

02:11It's about ambition.

02:12And I actually remember it from the very first interview.

02:14One thing is that, yes, I will become one.

02:16Was it always like that?

02:17Ever since you started playing serious cricket,

02:19you were almost like, then bat seriously.

02:21It will happen.

02:22Yes, get that feeling.

02:23I used to think so, honestly.

02:25I mean, I won't sit and lie that, no, I didn't think so.

02:30I think, now I realize that the path is already laid out for you.

02:36Then it depends on your hard work.

02:38So, I always had a very convinced feeling that I will play at the top level.

02:44I don't know what it was.

02:46It wasn't like my setup was such that I felt like, you know,

02:49I've got this great setup and the academy is a famous academy.

02:53So, people will have their eyes on me and I have chances.

02:56It wasn't like that.

02:57It was just a case of performing and going up step by step.

03:03But there was a common feeling that I can reach.

03:08I will reach.

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