New Delhi (Reuters) - Virat Kohli had just turned 18 when his father passed away on a cold December morning in 2006. Within hours, the overnight batsman was back at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium to help Delhi avoid the follow-on in a Ranji Trophy match.
"I called my coach in the morning," he would later tell CNN. "I said I wanted to play because for me not completing a cricket game is a sin."
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