'There was magic in every game...': Kohli expresses admiration for basketball legend Michael Jordan

Star India batter Virat Kohli heaped praises on American basketball legend Michael Jordan recalling how he used to watch his matches in the National Basketball Association NBA league and was inspired by his oncourt intensity and winatallcosts attitudeVirat is currently participating in the ICC T20 World Cup which is being hosted by West Indies and the USASpeaking in a video shared by the US Consulate General in Mumbai on their official Instagram Virat recalled how he used to catch up with NBA Basketball games as a youngster when he used to go for his cricket practice and fell in love with Jordans style of play and personality Besides Jordan he expressed his admiration for late basketball icon Kobe Bryant as wellI guess there have been many before and after I used to love watching Kobe Bryant play as well But I guess the time that I saw Michael Jordan play I clearly remember there used to be the early morning basketball games that used to be aired on ESPN in India And I used to be up quite early to go to cricket practice So I would always catch all of those games And just watching him play it was just a real natural connect with his body language with the way he moved on the court and just his personality and that you know you could see on his face the intensity and the will to win And I just immediately connected that I was like man I just want to watch this guy again and again said ViratView this post on InstagramA post shared by US Consulate Mumbai usconsulategeneralmumbaiAnd I used to mark the you know in the newspaper the list of the Chicago Bulls games when they are going to be aired And I made sure that I was up to watch him play And there was magic in every game that he played There was something or the other happening So for me that was a very strong core memory and something that I still hold very dearly If I saw him I would absolutely go crazy At any point in time I would be a fanboy and I would just run up to him to ask for an autograph Not necessarily take pictures without asking That is the school I have grown up in But I would absolutely be acting like a small boy when I see him he addedAlso Read Exselector Banerjee backs Kohli as opener Raja Venkat disagreesThe 61yearold basketball icon played the sport from 19842003 From 19841993 and then 19951998 Jordan had two runs with the NBA team Chicago Bulls From 20012003 he played for Washington Wizards Jordan secured six NBA Championship titles throughout his career all with the Bulls The sixfootsix superstar was also given the NBA Final Most Valuable Player award on all these occasions He was also a fivetime NBA MVP title winner for his consistent performances in full season in 1988 1991 1992 1996 1998 The trophy was named after him in the 202223 seasonHe is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all timeMeanwhile Virat is not having a great T20 WC so far having scored just 66 runs in six innings at an average of 1100 with the best score of 37 Virat his team and fans alike would be looking forward to the batter firing all the cylinders during the semifinal clash against England in GuyanaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever