Published 20:55 IST, May 8th 2020
'A very supportive captain', Kuldeep Yadav hails Virat Kohli's impact in int'l cricket
Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav hailed Indian skipper and batting megastar Virat Kohli for the Indian team's impact in international cricket
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Kuldeep Yadav has hailed Indian skipper Virat Kohli for Team India's dominance in international cricket. Kohli was made Test captain in 2014 and started leading India across all formats from January 2017 when MS Dhoni had relinquished his captaincy after helping Indian cricket attain greater heights for almost a decade.
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'A very supportive captain': Virat Kohli
During a recent interaction, Kuldeep went on to say that Virat is a very supportive captain as he understands bowler because he is a great batsman and a great player. Meanwhile, chinaman bowler also mentioned that Kohli is aware of one that batsman can bat well and bowlers might have off-days. wrist-spinner also added that captain's support is very important and all youngsters in team have backing of batting megastar which is a plus point. left-arm spinner furr added that entire credit for team’s performances goes to top-ranked ODI batsman. Kohli has led India to ir first-ever bilateral ODI series win in South Africa in 2018 and ir maiden Test as well as bilateral ODI series win on Australian soil in 2018-19 season.
Meanwhile, Kohli was all set to lead Royal Challengers Bangalore while Yadav has been retained by two-time winners Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2020 that was originally scheduled to get underway on March 29 but as of w, has been indefinitely suspended due to global pandemic.
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'Quite a possible solution': Virat Kohli
During an interaction, Indian captain said that it is quite a possible situation of game being played behind closed doors which might happen. However, Kohli also mentioned that he has idea how everyone is going to take that because players are used to playing in front of so many passionate fans. Meanwhile, champion player also added what kind of emotions are difficult to recreate. He said that even though game will be played at great intensity, but that feeling of crowd connecting with players and tension of game where everyone goes through in stadium is something that cant happen in such a scenario.
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batting megastar furr added that things will still go on but he doubts that one will feel that magic happening inside because of atmosphere that was created. He concluded by saying that sports will be played way it is supposed to be played, but those magical moments will be difficult to come by.
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20:54 IST, May 8th 2020