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Virat Kohli's journey from 'spoilt brat' to winning 'Spirit of Cricket' award

By Saurabh Sharma January 15, 2020 • 15:26 PM View: 1121

New Delhi, Jan 15: India skipper Virat Kohli is surprised to have won the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award for 2019 on Wednesday, as for many years he has been under the scanner for all the wrong reasons.

Back in 2008, when the 20-year-old broke into the international circuit, he gave the impression of being an immensely talented but temperamental kid who never shied away from verbal spats and taking on the opposition.

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