Hardik Pandya Reveals Brilliant Answer From Virat Kohli After Asking His Captain Reason Behind His Excellence

India allrounder Hardik Pandya interacted with young cricketers of Baroda Cricket Association on Thursday (June 25). Along with him, his elder brother and India allrounder Krunal Pandya also gave the youngsters some words of wisdom. During the interaction, Hardik Pandya revealed the details of a brilliant conversation with Virat Kohli.

Having made his international debut in 2016, Hardik Pandya is now an integral part of the Indian team across formats. On the other hand, Krunal Pandya made his T20I debut last year during the tour of Australia and is yet to cement his place in the team.

Coming to the interaction, Hardik Pandya told the youngsters what makes the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and MS Dhoni successful as he asked the budding cricketers to work hard. During the conversation, he revealed he had asked Kohli something that he has never asked him: ‘What is the reason behind your excellence?’.

“At least 10 of you should play for India. Otherwise, I will be disappointed. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to play with me in 10 year’s time. It will be fun,” Hardik Pandya told the bunch of young cricketers.

“I was talking to Virat (Kohli) two days ago. I asked him something that I never asked him before. I asked him ‘What is the reason behind your excellence?’.

“He sent me a message. ‘Your attitude is fine, everything is fine. Just you have to keep one thing in mind to reach and have that kind of consistency. You have to have a great hunger to become No. 1 in the right way. Not by pushing anyone down but based on your hard work and merit you should set becoming No. 1 as your goal’,” he added. “Then I came to know how he is as consistent as he is.”

He further cited the examples of MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, saying that his senior and illustrious teammates never like be No. 2 but they don’t have a problem if they come second.

“Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni they are extremely consistent because they don’t want to come 2nd but if they do, they don’t have a problem with it. They will once again begin their work to become the No. 1.

“You have strive to be the best. If you’re a bowler, you have to be the best. If you’re training, then you have to be eager to train. In life, you need to compete with yourself,” he said.

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