Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is the nation’s pride. While Kohli is dominating in the cricket world not with just batting, also with the captaincy, India is celebrating as well as respecting him in a huge way. Recently, Kohli appeared in a Class X’s question paper in West Bengal.
Currently, Madhyamik examination (Class X examination) is running in West Bengal under the WBBSE (West Bengal Board of Secondary Education) board. During the recent English language examination, a compulsory 10-mark biography came on Indian skipper Virat Kohli. The question part is in the following:
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Date of Birth – 5 November, 1988, Delhi.
Father – Prem Kohli, criminal lawyer.
Mother – Saroj Kohli, homemaker.
Showed interest in cricket at the age of three.
Enrolled at West Delhi Cricket Academy, when nine.
Right-hand batsman, right-arm medium pacer, outstanding fielder.
Test debut 2011 – captain of the Indian team 2014.
More than 5000 runs in test matches – more than 8000 runs in One Day International Matches
Received Arjuna Award – 2013
Biography of virat kohli in matric exam in WBBSE BOARD pic.twitter.com/bBnTUv19a0
— NITISH MAHATO (@NITISHMATHARI) March 14, 2018
The students, who appeared in that exam, were delighted with that question.
According to the Hindustan Times, a student name as Shamim Akhtar quoted, “We wrote the answer with delight as we never expected a question like this. He is my idol.”
Another student Shreya Ghoshal said, “It was a compulsory question (of 10 marks). We had to write a short profile based on the points mentioned in the question paper. But Kohli is so popular that even if points were not given, many could have written pages.”
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Former Indian cricketer and former Bengal’s all-rounder, Laxmi Ratan Shukla was in very pleasant after that initiative. The Trinamool Congress’ legislator in the West Bengal assembly, Laxmi Ratan Shukla quoted, “Besides being an icon, Kohli’s life is about dedication, hard work and discipline, which can be an example for students. I appreciate the gesture and I hope in future there will be questions on sporting icons not only in Madhyamik but other board examinations as well.”
