Virat Kohli shares 10-year-old tweet after ICC award win, looks back at journey in Blue

As Virat Kohli earned ar accole on Monday, Team India captain turned clock back in time in retrospect of his journey in world of cricket. Indian skipper thanked his family, coach, friend and or as he was judged ICC Men’s Cricketer Of Dece on Monday morning. Sharing his tweet from 10 years ago, Kohli asserted that dream is too big to achieve if 'you believe in yourself and play sport for right reasons.'

tweet shared by Kohli from 10 years ago, "Looking forward to scoring lots of runs for my Team," just before he took international cricket by storm. 

Kohli judged ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of Dece

After making his debut for national team in 2008, Virat Kohli has played 87 Tests, 251 ODIs and 85 T20Is ever since. In Tests, he has plundered 7,318 runs at an aver of 53.41 and in ODIs, he has stockpiled 12,040 runs at a prolific rate of 59.31. With 2,928 runs, he is leing run-getter in world in international T20 matches and is only player to simultaneously hold an aver of 50-plus across all three formats. 

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While Indian captain bagged ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of Dece, he also won coveted Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Men's Cricketer of Dece. Moreover, Kohli also featured in ICC Test, T20I and ODI teams of year and was chosen as captain in longest format of game. 

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In a video mess on Monday morning, Kohli said, "I never strive to be better than everybody else. I just wanted to be best version of myself and I am proud to receive this award because I kw number of quality players that have played in last dece and what y bring to international cricket as well. It's t a sense of feeling superior to anyone, it is just that I feel this is a recognition of perseverance and hard work that I have put in last 10 years and will continue to do so in future as well." 

Indian skipper recently led Men in Blue to a T20 series victory against Australia after India's defeat in ODI series. Kohli also captained India in first Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy before returning back home for birth of his first child. 

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