Kris Srikkanth on the similarity he sees between legendary Kapil Dev and Virat Kohli

Krishnamachari Srikkanth has come forward and said that he finds a similarity in leadership skills of current Indian skipper Virat Kohli and India's 1983 World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev.

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'I see a tremendous...': Kris Srikkanth

While speaking on one of shows of official broadcasters of Indian Premier League (IPL), Srikkanth said that he both played as well as played under legendary Kapil Dev and n compared World-Cup winning all-rounder with batting megastar Kohli by saying that he sees a tremendous amount of self-belief in Indian captain. Kris Srikkanth had said this while interacting with India's former Test specialist VVS Laxman and former English skipper Nasser Hussain.

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impact of COVID-19 on sporting events

All major sporting events have eir been postponed or cancelled due to global pandemic. big global events like UEFA Euro Cup 2020 and Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed to summer of 2021 while showpiece event of world tennis i.e. Wimbledon 2020 has been cancelled for first time since World War II. 

Coming back to cricket, semi-final and final matches of ongoing edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) have been postponed as well. bilateral ODI series between India and South Africa have been rescheduled at a later date whereas, IPL 2020 that was supposed to get underway on March 29 has tentatively been postponed to April 15.

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