{"id":693172,"date":"2026-01-13T12:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693172\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T12:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:51:15","slug":"i-dont-feel-good-about-it-virat-kohli-on-crowd-cheering-when-batsman-before-him-gets-dismissed-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/693172\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I don\u2019t feel good about it\u2019: Virat Kohli on crowd cheering when batsman before him gets dismissed | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dismissal of any India batter should ideally lead to dejection among the crowd in any venue. Yet, for a number of years in ODIs, the fall of India\u2019s first wicket has only led to an eruption of joy in every Indian stadium.<\/p>\n

It was no different at the BCA stadium in Vadodara on Sunday when Virat Kohli<\/a> walked out to bat at Rohit Sharma\u2019s fall in the ninth over.<\/p>\n

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The crowd went into a delirium as the former captain strode out under the lights. For any other cricketer, this might fill him\/her with joy. Kohli, however, thought otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is all different timings happens at different games, I\u2019m aware of it, and honestly, I don\u2019t feel good about it. I\u2019ve seen the same thing happen with MS (Dhoni) as well. It\u2019s not a great feeling for the guy walking back. I understand the crowd\u2019s excitement, but I try to focus on what I need to do and not think too much about it,\u201d Kohli said at the post-match presentation.<\/p>\n

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The 37-year-old has more than one milestone to his name over the course of his 17-year international career.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, he became only the third batsman after Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara to cross 28000 international runs. The right-hander said that he did not care about milestones anymore.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I am being brutally honest, the way I\u2019m playing right now, I\u2019m not thinking about milestones at all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While Kohli may have played more than 300 ODIs, he was open enough to admit that he had put in a lot of hard yards, over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I look back at my whole journey then it is nothing short of a dream come true for me. I have always known my abilities, but I also knew I had to work extremely hard to get where I am today. God has blessed me with far more than I could ever ask for, I look back at my journey with a lot of grace and gratitude, and I feel really proud of it,\u201d the right-hander<\/p>\n

Kohli expressed a sense of fulfillment, viewing his career not just as a professional pursuit, but as a rare privilege. He acknowledged that the ultimate reward for his lifelong dedication to cricket is the ability to bring genuine joy to millions of fans.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m extremely grateful. It\u2019s a blessing, honestly. To give so much happiness to so many people just by doing what you love \u2013 playing the sport you\u2019ve loved since childhood \u2013 what more can I ask for? I\u2019m living my dream, and seeing people smile makes me happy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The dismissal of any India batter should ideally lead to dejection among the crowd in any venue. Yet,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[209289,1406,209286,209287,209288,209285,79,16,15,209284,209278,209282,209280,209279,209283,209281],"class_list":{"0":"post-693172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-adithya-ashok-debut-performance-vs-india-1st-odi","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-india-vs-new-zealand-1st-odi-2026-full-scorecard-and-results","11":"tag-kl-rahul-29-vs-new-zealand-1st-odi-final-overs","12":"tag-kyle-jamieson-4-wicket-haul-vs-india-vadodara-2026","13":"tag-list-of-players-with-28000-international-runs-in-cricket-history","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-virat-kohli-28000-runs-milestone-four-off-adithya-ashok","18":"tag-virat-kohli-93-vs-new-zealand-1st-odi-vadodara-highlights","19":"tag-virat-kohli-fastest-to-28000-international-runs-innings-breakdown","20":"tag-virat-kohli-interview-on-crowd-cheering-rohit-sharma-dismissal","21":"tag-virat-kohli-player-of-the-match-speech-vadodara-2026","22":"tag-virat-kohli-vs-sachin-tendulkar-vs-kumar-sangakkara-28k-runs-comparison","23":"tag-what-did-virat-kohli-say-about-missing-54th-odi-century-virat-kohli-comments-on-ms-dhoni-and-crowd-behavior"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}