Karnataka batsman Karun Nair's inspiration isn't restricted to cricket only. While many prefer to look up to sportsperson from their own sports, Nair isn't among them.

Talking about global icon Cristiano Ronaldo in a chat with Arun Venugopal on his YouTube channel, Nair said he likes the footballer's transformation into a legend.

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“The non-cricket sportsperson that inspires me a lot is Cristiano Ronaldo. I have followed him since he joined Manchester United. You know it’s astonishing to see how someone can grow from being just a normal player to being the best in the world,” Nair said during the chat show Homerun with AV with sports commentator Arun Venugopal on his YouTube channel Gethist Creative.

“The hard work that he has put in to get to where he has, and the determination and the focus that he has… if you need to be the best in the world you need to have something different, different mentality. It is something that really inspires me everyday.”

Nair has played six Tests and two ODIs for India and he has a triple hundred in the red-ball cricket too. The 28-year-old considers himself lucky to get an opportunity where he shared the dressing room with Virat Kohli.

Kohli is equivalent to Ronaldo in his sport for Karun Nair. “There is Virat Kohli who makes you feel that...you know, you want to be following what he is doing and he does so many things right. He is also the best in the world. If he has become the best in the world that means he has done most things right and he is just a wonderful player.”

“He is such an inspiration for cricketers and all youngsters. To see what he has been able to do in the last 10 years is something astonishing and something that everyone wants to follow and get inspired by. Same with me. [I have] been lucky enough to be a part of the same dressing room as him and watch him very closely.”