6 key members who helped Virat Kohli achieve the pinnacle

Childhood coach - Rajkumar Sharma

Virat Kohli joined West Delhi Cricket Academy in the year 1998 at the age of 9. Rajkumar Sharma, a former Delhi cricketer who was the founder and head coach took the young Virat under his wings. Rajkumar remembers Virat as a very curious child who oozed talent. Virat would always pester Rajkumar to allow him to play with seniors as he felt that playing with kids of his age-group did not excite him.

When he was not getting selected in the Delhi side even after scoring tons of runs in the age-group levels, he was disappointed. Rajkumar advised Kohli to convert his hundreds into two-hundreds and his double hundreds into three-hundreds. He took this advice seriously and started shattering records in school cricket. Eventually, he was selected by Atul Wassan in the Delhi side at the age of 15.

Virat has always admired his coach and shares a special bondage with him. He even gifted him a Skoda Rapid on Teachers day in 2014. Rajkumar Sharma was awarded the prestigious Dronacharya Award for his contributions in developing, honing and nurturing the young talent who has become a giant in world cricket.