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Australia Under-19 star credits watching Virat Kohli in 2018 as his cricketing inspiration

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Published -, 12 IST | Updated -, 12 IST Aryan Sharma, a young 17-year-old cricketer from Australia, was recently drafted into the Under 19 side for the ongoing series against the Indian side. The youngster has credited star cricketer Virat Kohli as his source of inspiration for picking up the sport and dreaming to play for his country, a few years down the line. Aryan recently went down the memory lane, narrating how he went to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia during the 2018-19 edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Aryan saw Virat bat for his brilliant 82 in the first innings, which guided India to an emphatic 137-run win against the Tim Paine-led side. "In 2018, at just 11 years old, I went to the… (Updated 22 Sep 2025, 13:02 IST; source: link)

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  • Published -, 12 IST | Updated -, 12 IST Aryan Sharma, a young 17-year-old cricketer from Australia, was recently drafted into the Under 19 side for the ongoing series against the Indian side
  • The youngster has credited star cricketer Virat Kohli as his source of inspiration for picking up the sport and dreaming to play for his country, a few years down the line
  • Aryan recently went down the memory lane, narrating how he went to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia during the 2018-19 edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy