How a Simple Game Became a Worldwide Fever
Cricket is not a sport any more it is an international addiction. Having gone through the stressful last-ball climaxes to stadiums that abound with excitement, the game has become just entertainment. The emergence of T20 and majorly-leagues such as Indian Premier League made players into super stars and fans into fanatics.
Such idols as Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler, and Kane Williamson are not just sportsmen; they are worldwide personalities. Get together nail-biting competitions, stadiums of the world, meme wars on social media, and you have a sport that will never stop.
Cricket isn’t changing.
Cricket has transformed - and the world is winning it.
You can either be watching or be behind.
This special version is centered on a player/team/tournament.
The following is the one that concentrates on Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli Phenomenon: How a single man became the most important source of energy in the sport of cricket.
In a hundred years of history, cricket has made legends, and none of them have excited the contemporary game as Virat Kohli did. His career is an amalgamation of discipline, charm, violence, and inconceivable consistency all of which made him the heartbeat of the world cricket.
Whenever Kohli goes on the field something is different. Stadiums get louder. Bowlers get nervous. Fans get hopeful. A cloud envelops him and it is the cloud that very few athletes in the history had.
Yet, that is not the only bright thing that Kohli does. It’s about his mentality. He is not playing cricket, but it is a part of his life. Be it pursuing the batsman in a run chase, lifting India in a pressure T20 night, or just being passionate about it all, Kohli does not just play, he lives.
His popularity burst in the tournaments such as the Indian Premier league where he has emerged as a statistical power house, and an audience magnet. Youths imitate his physical condition, his mentality, and even his celebrations. Social media worships him. Stadiums echo his name.
In the current world, Kohli is not only the superstar in India, but the face of cricket in the world.
A phenomenon.
A movement.
An ode to what contemporary cricket has turned into.
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