Virat Kohli: My aggression is hard to control

Virat Kohli points to the heavens after guiding India to its crucial group victory over Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup.

If Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was 18, his father had a massive heart attack at 3am and died.

The young batsman was 40 not out overnight, in the grip of a game.
"I mean [Delhi] coach the morning shouting," Kohli, now 27, told CNN: "I said I wanted to play there, for me is a sin not a cricket match concluded.
"That was a moment that changed me as a person. Holds The importance of this sport in my life is very, very high."
Due to its almost divine talent, it is probably fair to say that Kohli has become one of the gods Indian cricket.
Revered for his ruthless batting - Kohli took single passage the Indian side to the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 this year - the cricketer is aware that his driven nature has its downsides.
His raw, uncensored in the game Passion is considered by some parts of the conservative Indian society as unnecessary aggression.
"Been a problem for me my temperament," admits Kohli. "It has been very difficult, sometimes catching."
Aggression or passion?
In February Kohli was 30% his match fee punished for insulting the referee after he was ruled he was leg before wicket in Asia Cup T20 match against Pakistan.
There were clashes have been with players, journalists, referees and the fans and it is a sore point in India.
"When I came," said Kohli "I had tattoos, I have to dress in a certain way, do things that I felt were fine for me, but did not address the typical moral behavior [a cricket in India.]
"But I knew in my heart I was to work hard on my sport. There is no particular moral [code] is how you should think and behave ... just because you are a cricketer.
"If you do not see the results there, then you have the right to criticize."
Kulturwandel
The results have never been a problem for Kohli.
Nicknamed "the walking machine", he has his land increased from leading-19 team to be international Test captain to victory at the 2008 World Cup in India.
In 2014 he was elected ICC World Twenty20 player of the tournament.
He is the second batsman in the world - to be the first Sourav Ganguly - have achieved up to 1000 or more ODI runs for four consecutive calendar years.
The confidence factor
Kohli, his faith even a mirror on the growing confidence of his generation in India says itself holds.
In 2014, India had 356 million 10 to 24 year olds, compared to China's 269 million, according to the United Nations.
The young population of the country is called its biggest economic weapon.
Kohli speaks of a "cultural change" among its demographic, the "go to help the whole nation."
"[If] you are more individual, [you] have more chance of success ... you have the opportunity to take note of the national forward, because everyone has strong ideas.
"When we go people abroad talk about our country and be surprised at how expressive we've become."
Instead of being somewhat apologetically, Kohli believes aggression is something to exploit.
"I feel every athlete should know that ... killer instinct, because you take pride in the ability you have to have ... not in an arrogant way, but in a manner confident.
"I'm here, I'm good enough, and I'm going to express that because it may be the best help me, I can be."
Price of fame
But there is a downside one of the most recognizable athletes in India to be - a few days Kohli he says can not even leave the house.
"When I think, to have a house, I think, to have everything in it ... because going for myself out of the house to have a meal as a mission."
The price of fame, though, is one thing, Kohli has managed to remain calm.
"It has to provoke me, but I have come to accept the fact that I have to stay in the house.
"It needs to go a lot of planning."

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