Overview
- Sports outlets on Thursday reported Jagrit Anand’s retelling on The Quiet Rise podcast of a coach who opposed a teenage Kohli in Delhi’s under-17 setup.
- Anand says the unnamed coach tried to pull Kohli down despite strong scores, framing the episode as a test of the batter’s mindset.
- Before a tough match against Punjab in Patiala, Anand recalls Kohli telling teammates he would “beat the living hell out of these people,” then scoring a double century.
- Kohli followed with another double hundred against Baroda during the 2005–06 Vijay Merchant Trophy, an Indian under-17 competition, finishing the season with 757 runs at about 84.
- Hindustan Times and CricketAddictor link those youth feats to his next-year List A debut and, later, captaincy of India’s 2008 U-19 World Cup winners, while noting the coach claim rests on Anand’s recollection without independent corroboration.