Key Points
Virat Kohli, the 35-year-old spring chicken who challenges youngsters, did not want to field in slips..
Here's why.. Virat Kohli didn't have the most memorable outing with the bat in the 3rd T20I against Afghanistan, his desire to become the first Indian to complete 12000 T20 runs not faring as per plan..
Kohli, who already won the customary post-match fielding medal twice during the World Cup, went a notch higher, this time securing the 'Fielder of the Series' award..
While he was being praised, India fielding coach T Dilip revealed how last year, Kohli refused to stand in the slip cordon, not because he wasn't confident of his skills but because Virat wanted to test and push himself further..
I still remember in the WestIndies, when he told me that he doesn't want to stand in slips, wanted to do it at short or fine-leg; challenging the youngsters that he wanted to be the best inthe World Cup, and he showed that," Dilip said.. Kohli brings intensity..
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