From Ahmedabad to Antigua: U-19 World Cup winning captain Virat Kohli holds session with 2022 batch

Virat Kohli knows exactly how it feels to be on top of the world when you have barely attained the age to have a driving licence. Virat Kohli also knows how it feels when criticism flies thick and fast when one doesn't perform as per potential after a global trophy. And no one knows more than Virat Kohli how it feels to be a world beater at a level where it matters the most. So it wasn't just "good but a great morning" for the likes of Rajvardhan Hagargekars, Kaushal Tambes, Yash Dhulls connected on a zoom call from their respective hotel rooms in Antigua, they had one of their role models waiting to "congratulate them" and also speak to them about what it means to play an U-19 World Cup final.

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Yash Dhull has led the Indian Under-19 team to the ICC Under-19 World Cup final leading by example, scoring a century against Australia in the semifinal. India's unbeaten run now makes them the tournament favourite. India's Under-19 team will now face England in the final and the entire nation is

India U-19 led by Yash Dhull will take on England in what will be the fourth successive final at this level since 2016. And Kohli knows a thing or two about winning a high pressure final at the junior level when his team beat South Africa on a balmy evening in Kuala Lumpur in 2008. Fourteen summers have passed by and Kohli has become captain and is now a former leader of the senior team with more than 20k international runs to his credit. Whether it was BCCI secretary Jay Shah or NCA chief VVS Laxman, whoever requested Kohli to spare some time for the 'Baby Blues' did a remarkable job as there could be few who can tell what it takes to make the