#5 He loves the challenge

There are some people who love challenges being thrown at them because they enjoy them. Virat is one of those people. The bigger the challenge, the hungrier Virat is to overcome it.
He thrives in the pressure and in the big moments. What allows him to do this is his strong mental power. No matter how skilled a player is, no matter how many shots he has in his arsenal, he can execute them in such high pressure situations only if he has belief in his own abilities and has confidence that he can do it.
Virat has plenty of it, and notable examples include the way he fought back at Adelaide in 2015 after being hit on the helmet by Mitchell Johnson, and him smashing James Faulkner all around the park after being involved in sledging. Such moments & challenges seem to bring the best out of Virat Kohli.
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