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Virat Kohli admitted in a recent documentary series that breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record will be an emotional moment for him
Virat Kohli admitted that breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI centuries would be an emotional moment for him, while Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri revealed that he had a 17-year-old as part of Puma’s Let There Be Sport documentary series. Why thought of leaving football at the age of . Never-heard stories of India’s top sporting legends.
Kohli, who is just three short of equaling Tendulkar’s record for most ODI centuries, when asked about his thoughts about reaching that milestone, said, “It is a very emotional moment for me. Will happen.”
In an entertaining conversation, Kohli talks about his childhood memories playing cricket with the older boys and highlights the importance of the game.
“Sports teaches you certain values of life, discipline and planning. It opens up your side, making you a productive person. Irrespective of the profession you are in, the importance of playing sports is immense. Don’t make them [students] Just play the game, teach them. It is important to teach them little things about what it means to play the game.
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Featuring Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MC Mary Kom, Chhetri, Harmanpreet Kaur and para-athlete Avni Lekhara, PUMA’s six-part docu-series in association with Disney+ Hotstar takes a deep dive into the journey of these six sporting legends and also shows that the role and impact of sports and fitness in their lives.
Harmanpreet also shared an incident where she convinced the girls of her school to form a cricket team. “I was the only girl in school to play cricket. So, I used to go to every class and ask the girls if they could play cricket so that I could get to play too. That experience taught me a lot. Sports teaches you to take responsibility and it makes you independent.
PUMA’s ongoing revolutionary Let There Be Sport movement promotes the integration of sports into the main educational curriculum rather than just as an additional activity.
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In one of the episodes, football star Chhetri is seen reminiscing the time when he felt left out of the game.
“I still remember one game we lost badly [while playing for Mohun Bagan], We faced a lot of criticisms. I called my father saying that it is not for me. I was 17 years old at that time. We used to play in Delhi but never experienced such craziness and when this happened I was crying in the bathroom and I thought to myself that I will not be able to do this [play at such level], I was physically scared,” Chhetri recalled.
“But looking back now, thankfully it happened at the time because you understand it’s serious [sport] And because of such incidents in sports, you remain humble.
The docu-series also featured Yuvraj talking about how a young Indian team fueled the India-Australia rivalry in 2007 with fearless cricket. Mary Kom and Avni also shared compelling stories from their journey, stressing the need to give more prominence to and encourage sports. Get involved in Indian sports activities.
