Virat Kohli birthday: 5 life lessons we can learn from the Indian skipper

#2 Strive to be the pillar of support as a leader

Virat Kohli: Honestly it is the players that make you the captain that you become. To be very honest, anyone knows how to set fields in the ground, it's just that you have to make sure that you take up the responsibility of keeping the energy of the team up.

One of the biggest highlights of Kohli's still-nascent captaincy career has been the endless support and encouragement that he has extended towards his teammates.

In every post-match interview, he is seen lauding the efforts of the players who do well and standing up for those who fail to perform on the day. Ever since he took the leadership baton from MS Dhoni, he hasn't publicly criticized a single player of the team and has always looked to raise plaudits to them in national as well as international media.

It is believed that when you speak to the press, you are indirectly speaking to your own players. Kohli seems to believe in that theory and tries to motivate his teammates individually as well as collectively whenever he takes that powerful mike.

It is a beautiful quality in a leader and definitely is one of the reasons for Kohli's unbelievable stint as the Indian commander so far.