Used to tell people I wanted to be like Sachin Tendulkar: Kohli

TIL Desk Sports/ Indian captain Virat Kohli has constantly drawn comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar due to his consistent performances that have broken a number of records over the years. However, he has always tried to stay away from any such talk and maintained that Tendulkar was one of his childhood heroes.

Kohli recently revealed that he never shied away from telling people that he wanted to be like Tendulkar in his growing up years. “What he did from the pure skill point of view, just the way he was able to bat, was so much more different to anyone else and that just fascinated me,” he told sports web-show, ”In Depth with Graham Bensinger”.

“I was like man, this is so much more different and it was so captivating you just couldn”t take your eyes off when he was batting. I used to go to these shops and get my packet of chips and my nibbles and just sit in front of the TV to watch him bat, and it was just pure joy. I used to tell people, I want to be like Sachin.”