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India Today Editor in Chief Aroon Purie talks about the Newsmakers of 2017 and why Virat Kohli deserves to be on top of the list.

To understand India Today's Newsmaker of the Year 2017, one has to go back to 2006, when he was 18. Representing Delhi, Virat Kohli played for his team against Karnataka the day after his father's death and went on to score 90, going directly to the funeral after he was dismissed. Many, including his mother, believe that was a turning point in his life, the day when his father's dream became his own. Looking at him

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