{"id":496105,"date":"2026-03-26T08:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496105\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:59:11","slug":"i-will-beat-the-living-hell-out-of-these-people-virat-kohlis-raging-response-amidst-coachs-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496105\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I will beat the living hell out of these people\u2019: Virat Kohli\u2019s raging response amidst coach\u2019s conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virat Kohli<\/a>\u2019s mental toughness and fortitude have always stood out. The cricketing world knows how he turned up for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy<\/a> the day after his father\u2019s death and scored 90 to help save the match for his team. As it turns out, that wasn\u2019t the only occasion where Kohli\u2019s steely resolve came to the fore. Back in the day, when a young Kohli was setting tournaments ablaze with his batting heroics, he was subjected to unfair treatment from one of his coaches.<\/p>\n

\"ViratVirat Kohli has always stood up to the challenge (AFP)<\/p>\n

Kohli was on fire during the 2005-06 Vijay Merchant Trophy for Delhi, amassing 757 runs at an impressive average of 84.11. However, did you know that one of the team\u2019s coaches didn\u2019t take a liking to him and even conspired against him? Kohli\u2019s former teammate, Jagrit Anand<\/a>, once recalled this fascinating incident that highlighted how a young Virat overcame the odds stacked against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were playing Under-17, we had played two seasons \u2013 Virat had scored a double century and a couple of centuries in the previous season. Virat was a known name in the Delhi circuit. He was always outstanding. Now, when it came to the next season, there was a particular coach who was not too much in favour of Virat, so he was trying to pull him down in his own ways in spite of having that kind of record,\u201d Anand, a former Delhi Ranji player and Head of Academies and ex talent scout with Delhi Capitals, said on The Quiet Rise Podcast by Meha Bhardwaj Alter.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first game was against Punjab in Patiala. It was Punjab\u2019s home ground. Sidharth Kaul<\/a> was one of their pacers, and another guy, Amanpreet\u2026 they were doing extremely well. They were the terror in the fast-bowling circuit. So all the odds were against us. Virat was always someone who, if you give a challenge, he would love it.<\/p>\n

\u2018I will beat the living hell out of these people\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHere I am talking about mental resilience. Before that match, we were just having a casual chat. We were talking about how this match is going to pan out. Now, this was a personal conversation that we guys had. He said, \u2018I will beat the living hell out of these people,\u2019 in his proper Delhi language. He scored a double century in that game. That season, he scored another double century, to go with three more hundreds, and that season, Delhi went on to win to become champions in the Vijay Merchant Trophy. So, you see, that kind of challenge. Imagine the coach has the authority in that age group, but that still did not stop someone like Virat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the clip below:<\/p>\n

The year before, Virat Kohli had already made headlines with a blistering 251* against Himachal Pradesh in Una. And when it mattered most, he once again rose above the rest. Kohli hammered 227 in that match against Punjab and, as Anand recalled, followed it up with another commanding 228 against Baroda in the semi-final. This sensational run paved the way for Kohli\u2019s List A debut the following year. Two years later, in 2008, Kohli led India\u2019s Under-19 side to World Cup glory in Kuala Lumpur. The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli\u2019s mental toughness and fortitude have always stood out. The cricketing world knows how he turned up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,128892,174725,28866,48672,101,56,54,55,15624],"class_list":{"0":"post-496105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-delhi-cricket-team","10":"tag-jagrit-anand","11":"tag-kohli","12":"tag-ranji-trophy","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom","17":"tag-virat-kohli"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}