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Talent for the game: Kohli's innings in winning endorsements continues

He has had a few match-winning knocks recently but gets more ad deals than teammates performing better

I let complications grow on me, not scoring big was eating me up: Kohli

India's star batter Virat Kohli has admitted that not being able to make any substantial contribution to team India's cause for a long time was "eating him up" and he let the expectations overwhelm him a bit because he was desperate to score a big Test hundred. Kohli hit a splendid 186 against Australia in the drawn fourth Test, ending a three-year wait to get his 28th Test century. In a conversation with head coach Rahul Dravid, the 34-year old Kohli revealed that the weight of expectations became a bit tough to handle for him. "Honestly, I've let the complications grow on me a bit because of my shortcomings," Kohli told Dravid in the chat, the video of which was posted by the BCCI on its website. "The desperation to get to the three-figure mark is something that can grow on you as a batsman. I let that happen to me to a certain extent. But a flip side to it is, I'm not a guy who is happy with 40-45. I take a lot of pride in performing for the team. "It's not like when Virat Kohl

Not in a space where I'll go out and prove someone wrong: Virat Kohli

Indian star batter Virat Kohli, who ended his century drought in Tests with a patient 186 against Australia here, on Monday said he's not in a "space where I will go out and prove someone wrong". Kohli endured a painful wait of more than three years to notch his Test century number 28, the knock helping India finish with 571 in reply to Australia's 480 in the drawn fourth and final game. "The expectations that I have for myself as a player are more important to me," Kohli told the official broadcasters after being adjudged Player of the Match. "I am not in a space now where I will go out and prove someone wrong. I also need to justify why I am there on the field," Kohli, who now has 75 international centuries, said. "I think in Test cricket I wasn't able to play with my tempo and template that I have played with for the last 10 years for awhile now. So that was the one thing I was trying to do. I felt like I was batting really well from the first innings in Nagpur." Kohli admitted

IND vs AUS 4th Test Highlights: India take BGT 2-1, book place in WTC final

India vs Australia, 4th Test, Day 5 Highlights: The visitors did not seem perturbed and lost only two wickets on the last day which eventually led to the hosts settling for a draw in Ahmedabad

IND vs AUS, 4th Test, Day 4 Highlights: Kohli's 186 gives India 91 run lead

India vs Australia, 4th Test, Day Live Updates: Virat Kohli has been caught by Marnus Labuschagne off the bowling of Todd Murphy and India finish their innings at 571 as Shreyas Iyer wouldn't bat

Ricky Ponting backs Kohli to perform in ongoing Border-Gavaskar series

Ponting discussed Kohli's current woes with the bat with host Sanjana Ganesan on the latest episode of The ICC Review

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 2 Stumps: Lyon's 8-64 demolishes IND to 163

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 2 Live Updates: Nathan Lyon's haul of 8-64 has demolished India for 163. The hosts could only manage to get a lead of 76 runs and the visitors now need 77 to win

Anushka is an inspiration, sacrifices made by her massive: Virat Kohli

Kohli added that apart from Sharma, it was only MS Dhoni who had reached out to Kohli during his tough phase

Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Kohli set to play 200th international match at home

When India takes to the field against Australia during the third Test at Indore, it will be a special occasion for hosts' star batter Virat Kohli, who will be playing his 200th international match

Only person who genuinely reached out to me has been MS Dhoni: Virat Kohli

The strong bond that Virat Kohli shares with Mahendra Singh Dhoni is well-known among Indian cricket fans. But what makes the relationship tick, on and off the field?

Kohli completes 25,000 runs in int'l cricket; 6th batter to touch landmark

Virat reached this landmark during the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in front of his home crowd at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

IND v AUS 2nd Test: India eye victory to make Pujara's 100th Test memorable

India will be aiming for another victory when Cheteshwar Pujara marks his 100th Test appearance in the second Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy series

Decoding Brand Anushka+Virat: A formidable force in a package deal

Hero MotoCorp is the latest in the power couple's endorsement list; Alia-Ranbir come a distant second

Chetan Sharma sting operation: Right to privacy vs public interest

Chairman of Indian men's cricket team Chetan Sharma giving out classified information sparks debate

Chetan Sharma in the eye of storm after 'sting operation'; details here

BCCI Chief Selector Chetan Sharma said that former Indian Captain Virat Kohli tried to defame then BCCI President Saurav Ganguly as he felt Ganguly was responsible for him losing the ODI captaincy

Virat Kohli's epic 166 fires India to 390/5 against Sri Lanka in final ODI

Virat Kohli strolled his way to his third hundred in four innings after Shubman Gill's sublime century as India amassed 390 for five against Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI here on Sunday. Skipper Rohit Sharma (42 off 49) and Gill (116 off 97) laid the platform for a massive total with a 95-run opening partnership before Kohli (166 not out off 110) did the needful with his 74th international hundred and 46th in the 50-over format. Kohli, who had ended a nearly three year wait for an international hundred in the Asia Cup last year, is back to his best and has been scoring hundreds at will in a World Cup year. The 34-year-old is now only three short of equalling Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 centuries. What is remarkable is his conversion ratio as he got to his 46th ton in 259 innings while Tendulkar had taken 452 innings to get to 49 centuries. Before Kohli took over, Gill had played some high quality strokes en route to his second ODI hundred. The 23-run over from Lahiru Ku

DCW asks police to file FIR over lewd comments on daughters of Dhoni, Kohli

Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal on Wednesday asked police to file an FIR in connection with the "lewd" comments on social media against the daughters of cricketers M S Dhoni and Virat Kohli. "Some accounts are posting pictures of the daughters of two senior players of the country, Virat Kohli and (M S) Dhoni, on Twitter and making lewd comments. Disgusting comments about two-year-old and seven-year-old girls. If you don't like a player, will you abuse his daughter? Issuing notice to police to register FIR," she said in a tweet in Hindi. Maliwal also posted blurred screenshots of some of the comments.

IND vs SL 1st ODI Highlights: Despite Shanaka's perseverance, India win big

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Highlights: Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka fought a lost battle with nerve-wracking perseverance. But it was never going to be enough as India won the match by 67 runs

IND vs SL 1st ODI: Toss details; Predicted playing XI of India, Sri Lanka

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both India and Sri Lanka for the third T20I of the three-match series

IND vs SL 1st ODI: Pitch report, weather forecast, live streaming details

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI: The match takes place at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. India would be looking to pile on the runs like they did last time they were here for an ODI against Windies