KOLKATA: Heaping praise on skipper Virat Kohli and his recent exploits in South Africa, India cricket staff coach Ravi Shastri has when put next the mercurial player to Pakistan's World Cup successful captain Imran Khan.
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"It's still early days for Virat. He is still very very young. But he is already there among the very best. He wants to lead by example. He reminds me a lot of Imran. He is still very young but he has got lot of qualities that Imran had when it came to leading a side. Which is great," Shastri advised Anandabazar Patrika.
Kohli, ranked No. 1 batsman in one-day internationals, used to be in imperious shape towards the Proteas turning into the primary batsman ever to score 500 or extra runs in a bilateral ODI sequence.
The rushing right-hander, rated as some of the finest in modern times, completed the sequence with 558 runs racking up three centuries, a document for an Indian batsman, and one fifty in six innings.
Kohli's six innings in the sequence are - 112, 46*, 160 now not out, 75, 36 and 129 now not out. Imran led Pakistan to the 1992 World Cup and used to be arguably the most productive cricketer produced by way of Pakistan.
Asked concerning the similarities between Imran and Kohli, Shastri said the desire to always be on most sensible and having an infectious power stage made him draw the comparison.
"Just the ability to always want to dominate, want to compete, irrespective of whatever conditions you get, believe that you can do it and when you have that kind of quality it spreads among the other players as well. And that was very similar to the way Imran led."
"I think he was fantastic on the last trip. It was a tough trip," Shastri said on Kohli's leadership and function in South Africa.
India lost the Test sequence 1-2 however came again strongly in the 50-over format, successful the six-match sequence Five-1. In the T20Is, India edged previous the hosts 2-1.
"When you are the leading batsman in the facet plus the captain, plus the prerequisites you get, plus the facet that you're playing which is ambitious, you need to be on most sensible of your recreation.
"Mentally and physically. And he did simply that. For somebody to score 870-plus ranking on a unmarried excursion in two months, is an implausible achievement. Really fantastic achievement," said Shastri who has performed 80 Tests and 150 ODIs for India.
Shastri lashed out at former cricketers asking Kohli to cut down on his aggression on the box, saying they should permit him and his captain to go about their industry.
"My best advice to them is to thoughts their own industry. I will stay it quite simple. Whoever is saying that, thoughts your own industry. Let us get on with our activity.
"I think he is absolutely fine. If there was a problem, the umpires are there. The match-referee is there to sort it out. What are they there for? He is hardly been called by the match-referee for going over the top in his career. So where is the problem?"
Shastri also rated India's batting performance in the 3rd Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg as
"One of the most courageous and bravest batting performances ever."
India braved antagonistic batting prerequisites to win the game by way of 63 runs with batting salvos from Cheteshwar Pujara (50) and Kohli (54) in the first innings, then Ajinkya Rahane and (48) and Kohli (41) once more in the second being the highlights.
"It has to go down as one of the most courageous and bravest batting performances ever," the 55-year-old opined.
"Not best in the history of Indian cricket, however in the history of the game. Absolutely no question about that for the reason that prerequisites used to be such and with the type of attack they'd, it needed numerous guts, courage, utility, resolution to do what they did. And above all, belief. And there is a reason why I give them credit.
"On that track, everybody used to be stunned that we batted first. But the outcome displays we had been appropriate," the previous all-rounder added.
The South Africa sojourn, Shastri said, used to be the toughest of all, owing to the surfaces the vacationers performed on and nonetheless fought hard.
"It is one of the hardest tours and should you look at the pitches that had been on be offering to us, it is chalk and cheese when you look at the track that has been given towards Australia.
"When you look at the track now in Durban and looked at the tracks we played on, they look like chalk and cheese. And on those tracks, to perform the way they did, I think, was simply outstanding," Shastri said.
Shastri signed off by way of priding that they do not shy away from playing in any condition and not whine.
"I have always said that we don't want a team that would complain about the tracks. We will play on whatever is on offer. And we will try and get the right combination to counter that."
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"It's still early days for Virat. He is still very very young. But he is already there among the very best. He wants to lead by example. He reminds me a lot of Imran. He is still very young but he has got lot of qualities that Imran had when it came to leading a side. Which is great," Shastri advised Anandabazar Patrika.
Kohli, ranked No. 1 batsman in one-day internationals, used to be in imperious shape towards the Proteas turning into the primary batsman ever to score 500 or extra runs in a bilateral ODI sequence.
The rushing right-hander, rated as some of the finest in modern times, completed the sequence with 558 runs racking up three centuries, a document for an Indian batsman, and one fifty in six innings.
Kohli's six innings in the sequence are - 112, 46*, 160 now not out, 75, 36 and 129 now not out. Imran led Pakistan to the 1992 World Cup and used to be arguably the most productive cricketer produced by way of Pakistan.
Asked concerning the similarities between Imran and Kohli, Shastri said the desire to always be on most sensible and having an infectious power stage made him draw the comparison.
"Just the ability to always want to dominate, want to compete, irrespective of whatever conditions you get, believe that you can do it and when you have that kind of quality it spreads among the other players as well. And that was very similar to the way Imran led."
"I think he was fantastic on the last trip. It was a tough trip," Shastri said on Kohli's leadership and function in South Africa.
India lost the Test sequence 1-2 however came again strongly in the 50-over format, successful the six-match sequence Five-1. In the T20Is, India edged previous the hosts 2-1.
"When you are the leading batsman in the facet plus the captain, plus the prerequisites you get, plus the facet that you're playing which is ambitious, you need to be on most sensible of your recreation.
"Mentally and physically. And he did simply that. For somebody to score 870-plus ranking on a unmarried excursion in two months, is an implausible achievement. Really fantastic achievement," said Shastri who has performed 80 Tests and 150 ODIs for India.
Shastri lashed out at former cricketers asking Kohli to cut down on his aggression on the box, saying they should permit him and his captain to go about their industry.
"My best advice to them is to thoughts their own industry. I will stay it quite simple. Whoever is saying that, thoughts your own industry. Let us get on with our activity.
"I think he is absolutely fine. If there was a problem, the umpires are there. The match-referee is there to sort it out. What are they there for? He is hardly been called by the match-referee for going over the top in his career. So where is the problem?"
Shastri also rated India's batting performance in the 3rd Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg as
"One of the most courageous and bravest batting performances ever."
India braved antagonistic batting prerequisites to win the game by way of 63 runs with batting salvos from Cheteshwar Pujara (50) and Kohli (54) in the first innings, then Ajinkya Rahane and (48) and Kohli (41) once more in the second being the highlights.
"It has to go down as one of the most courageous and bravest batting performances ever," the 55-year-old opined.
"Not best in the history of Indian cricket, however in the history of the game. Absolutely no question about that for the reason that prerequisites used to be such and with the type of attack they'd, it needed numerous guts, courage, utility, resolution to do what they did. And above all, belief. And there is a reason why I give them credit.
"On that track, everybody used to be stunned that we batted first. But the outcome displays we had been appropriate," the previous all-rounder added.
The South Africa sojourn, Shastri said, used to be the toughest of all, owing to the surfaces the vacationers performed on and nonetheless fought hard.
"It is one of the hardest tours and should you look at the pitches that had been on be offering to us, it is chalk and cheese when you look at the track that has been given towards Australia.
"When you look at the track now in Durban and looked at the tracks we played on, they look like chalk and cheese. And on those tracks, to perform the way they did, I think, was simply outstanding," Shastri said.
Shastri signed off by way of priding that they do not shy away from playing in any condition and not whine.
"I have always said that we don't want a team that would complain about the tracks. We will play on whatever is on offer. And we will try and get the right combination to counter that."
Virat Kohli reminds me of Imran Khan, says Shastri
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