"Even now, there are doubters and haters all around." That was Virat Kohli in 2017 sharing his roadmap to success. He decided to step down as India’s T20 captain this week.
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00:00I've always believed in my heart that if I work hard 120% every day of my life, I'm non-cerebral to no one.
00:14I always wanted to be one of the top players in the world, for sure.
00:19So I understood what it would take for me to maintain my form in all three formats, not just one format.
00:25Because it's very important in a transition phase to be available for all three formats, to take your country forward.
00:31And the kind of position BCCI has put me in, which I'm very thankful of, I take it as an opportunity.
00:38I don't take this as a job. It's an opportunity and it's a responsibility.
00:43I've been put in a place that I need to do the right things, set the right examples and follow a certain path that the whole team believes in.
00:53And along my early days in my career as well, there have been a lot of people who have doubted the way I've gone about my game.
01:01Even now, there are doubters and haters all around.
01:04But one thing is for sure that I've always believed in myself.
01:08I've always believed in my heart that if I work hard 120% every day of my life, I'm non-cerebral to no one.
01:16And I think the reason I thank my teammates is because they bought into it and we all play with that kind of attitude.
01:21We don't care about what happens outside that change room door.
01:24And that's the attitude I've taken ever since, as I mentioned, late 2015, where I stopped putting pressure on myself.
01:32I told myself I'm working hard enough. I have the talent. I have the ability.
01:36I'm just going to go express myself. But if I get an opportunity, I'm going to make sure that I win games for my team.
01:43And I try to do that every time that I go to play.