Virat Kohli

Jeff Goodwin has a number of interesting anecdotes about the team members, especially Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina.

Living in Mumbai, making a living and fuelling his cricketing dream, this boy has climbed a mountain of odds.

As I sit down to write this piece, India has won the Intercontinental Cup, and Sunil Chhetri now has 64 goals to his credit in international football – tied with none other than Lionel Messi.

Virat Kohli, and global sports brand PUMA commissioned a pan-India study on physical activity and sports adoption in India. The results were alarming.

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports ook to Twitter to openly challenge sportspeople to share their favourite workout session with the online world.

Such is their popularity and visibility across the world that no formal introduction is required for these eminent personalities.

While cricketers are worshipped and are looked upon in adulation, we bring you stories of 5 cricketers who totally live up to that praise by the work they do off-field.

Ranking seventh in the global list, Virat Kohli shares the same podium of sporting legends like Roger Federer, LeBron James and Usain Bolt.

Taking a look back at some finer moments in the cricketing history shared by the two nations.

He spent close to an hour at CARE, an animal rescue and rehabilitation centre in the city, hanging out with the adorable puppies!