Virat Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's one-day century milestone in international cricket. Here's a throwback to 2022 when Kohli played yet another memorable innings.
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00:00Nothing else for me in the world existed at that moment.
00:02I wanted to hit those two sixes and that was the only thing.
00:08That was not the bowler, not the pitch, not the ground, not the dimensions,
00:12not where to hit, how to hit, just hit two sixes.
00:30At this point, Virat, as per ESPN Trick Info's win algorithm, India's chances of winning
00:52at this point were 3.1%.
00:55I remember talking to myself at that moment.
00:59I said something like, come on, Cheeks, come on, Cheeks, come on.
01:02And then, literally after this, when I sat up and I was looking down, I literally said
01:08to myself, you have to hit two sixes here.
01:11And it was so clear, there was literally like nothing else for me in the world existed at
01:16that moment.
01:17I wanted to hit those two sixes and that was the only thing.
01:22That was not the bowler, not the pitch, not the ground, not the dimensions, not where
01:27to hit, how to hit, just hit two sixes.
01:31Not for one millisecond in these two balls did I think about his skills or his strengths.
01:38The only thing I told myself was, just watch the ball and you've got what it takes to hit
01:45those two sixes.
01:46At that time, I had faith in my own game that I have the skill to hit, I just have to watch
01:52the ball.
01:53There was, because as I said, the pressure goes so high that your brain shuts down.
01:58But there comes a time when you can't afford to think anymore because you know this is
02:03it.
02:04You can't afford to use this anymore because if these two balls go, it's gone.
02:08I don't think I've ever been that present in my life in anything, to be very honest.
02:12That was surreal.
02:13That was surreal.
02:15It didn't come from thought, it came from something else that I can't explain.
02:19I don't have any, and I have said this many times, I can't even claim this because I didn't
02:25push myself into that place.
02:27You understand what I'm saying?
02:28I didn't put myself in that space, it just happened to me.
02:33And I felt like something greater was propelling me that night.
02:37So I have never claimed that, nor will I ever claim that.
02:42Because I know exactly what happened that day and how it happened.
02:46I can't guarantee how it happened, but it was something else.
02:50I can't explain that.
02:52I can only feel grateful.
02:54I mean, how can you not feel grateful?
02:57You're a part of a moment which you felt was so pure and so intense at the same time.
03:05And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:12And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:15And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:18And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:21And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:24And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:27And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:30And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:33And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.
03:36And you were chosen to be there in the execution of that moment.