Virat Kohli is box-office viewing but is India’s hype man becoming a liability? | Jonathan Liew

Former captain’s legacy is secure although his energy in the field doesn’t make up for the alarming drop in form with the bat

In the film Crank, Jason Statham stars as a hitman who – as a result of being poisoned by a rival gangster – will die unless he can maintain his adrenaline above a certain level. To this end he is forced to engage in constant acts of self-stimulation, from taking cocaine to starting random fights to having sex in public.

Not a lot of people outside Hollywood know this. But Statham’s character in that film was based directly on Virat Kohli.

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