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SPORTS
Virat and Dhoni go down
memory lane as young blood
shines in T20 games
OUR BUREAU
New Delhi/Mumbai/Kolkata
ricket icon Virat Kohli ad-
mitted that breaking Sachin
CTendulkar’s record of 49 ODI
centuries would be an emotional
moment for him, whereas Indian
football team skipper Sunil Chhetri
revealed why he thought of giving
up on football at the age of 17 as Let
There Be Sport documentary series
unfolds never-heard-before stories
of India’s top sporting legends.
Kohli, who is just three short of
equalling Tendulkar’s record of
most ODI centuries in the world,
when asked about his thoughts
on reaching that milestone, he
quickly says, “It will be a very
emotional moment for me.”
The gripping conversation also
includes Kohli talking about his
childhood memories of play-
ing cricket with older boys and
highlighting the importance of
sports.
“Sports teaches you some val-
ues of life, discipline and planning.
It opens up your side, making you a
productive person. No matter which
profession you are in, the value of
playing sports is immense. Don’t
make them [students] just play him when his school’s vice princi- Lekhara, PUMA’s six-part docu-se- in the 2022 T20 World Cup and also
sports, teach them. It is important
to teach them small details of what
it means to play a sport,” Kohli adds
as he further recalls the incident that
took off the pressure of studies from
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IPL 2023
Harmanpreet also shares an
incident where she convinced girls
from her school to build a cricket
team. “I was the only girl playing
cricket in the school. So, I went to
every class asking girls if they can
play cricket so that I can also get to
play. That experience taught me a
lot of things. Sport teaches you how
to handle responsibility and it makes
you independent,” Harmanpreet
says.
The docu-series also showcases
Yuvraj talking about how a young
Indian team added fuel to the In-
do-Australia rivalry with fearless
cricket in 2007. Mary Kom and
Avani also shared compelling sto-
ries of their journeys, emphasising
the need to give sports more prom-
inence and encouraging Indians to
engage in sporting activities.
Hardik Pandya will lead:
Shastri on India’s T20
captaincy
Former Indian Head coach and
cricketer Ravi Shastri feels that Gu-
jarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya
should lead the Indian cricket team
in next year’s T20 World Cup.
At present, Rohit Sharma is
leading the Indian team in all three
formats but he has missed a lot of
action in the shortest format of the
cricket. Apart from Indian Premier
League, Sharma last featured in the
Gujarat Titans’ Hardik Pandya being greeted by Lucknow Super Giants Krunal Pandya after the T20I format in the 2022 T20 World
Cup.
match during the Indian Premier League 2023, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad (ANI) KL Rahul is suffering from an
injury. He served as Rohit’s deputy
pal advised him to religiously follow ries, in association with Disney+ played his last T20I match in that
cricket. Hotstar, takes a deep dive into jour- tournament.
Featuring Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, neys of these six sporting greats and In the absence of the two play-
MC Mary Kom, Chhetri, Harman- also showcases the role and impact Continued on next page... >>
preet Kaur and para-athlete Avani of sports and fitness in their lives.
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