Meet the real Virat Kohli: India’s best-loved cricketer who wants to be ‘a monk in a civil world’

Tracking down a modern-day cricket star can be a nightmare. When the individual in question is Indian cricket’s millennial icon, it becomes that much tougher. Moving from one game to another in an endless whirl of competitive sport, encircled by protective agents and pushy sponsors, the 21st century sportsperson is living life in a bubble. Entering that hallowed space is not easy.