Ashish Nehra says Virat Kohli's aggressive on-field tactics 'works for him'

Ashish Nehra has revealed that Virat Kohli is someone who does t hesitate to show his emotions on field which eventually works for him pretty well. Virat is kwn for his aggressive style of captaincy and fiery approach on field that has been lauded by many but at same time, he has received brickbats from a few critics as well. 

'Virat Kohli is that sort of a guy': Virat Kohli

'It is t that MS Dhoni was quiet, it doesn’t mean he wasn’t aggressive. Virat Kohli is someone who shows his emotions on field, which works for him,” Ashish Nehra said while interacting on Star Sports show  ‘Cricket Connected’.

 “Virat Kohli is that sort of a guy who helps Mohammed Shami raise bar. Shami is someone who needed to be pushed and Virat did that. He likes his players on toes,” former left-arm seamer added.

Virat Kohli's captaincy career

Virat Kohli was first handed over Test captaincy reign during India's tour of Australia in 2014/15. He became Team India's full-time captain in January 2017. Under his reign, India were top-ranked Test side from October 2016 to May 2020. He had also led India to ir first-ever bilateral ODI series win in South Africa (2018) that were followed by maiden Test and bilateral ODI series wins in Australia later that year. 

He was named captain of three-time IPL finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013 edition and had led m to finals in 2016 season where he had won 'Orange Cap' for having scored 973 runs in 14 matches. 
Kohli has captained Men In Blue in two ICC tournaments- ICC Champions Trophy 2017 where India had finished as runners-up after losing to arch-rivals Pakistan in a lop-sided contest and semi-finals of World Cup 2019 where two-time world champions had suffered a heartbreaking loss at hands of eventual runners-up New Zealand. 

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(Im Courtesy: AP)