'All he sees is a winning target': Nasser Hussain picks Virat Kohli for run chases

Nasser Hussain has revealed what makes Virat Kohli so passionate during run chases. Indian skipper has earned title of 'Chasemaster' as he has been taking India past finish line while chasing targets at regular intervals since early 2012.  In fact, 22 of his 43 One Day International centuries have come in successful run-chases.

'So keen to win': Nasser Hussain

“First thing I’d say is he’s his own man. It’s very easy to come after MS Dhoni and say ‘I’ve got to be like MS Dhoni’, calm, calculated finisher, cool and iceman’. Virat Kohli could never be cool iceman. Virat Kohli wears his heart on his sleeve,”said Hussain while interacting on Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’.

“If you watch Virat Kohli play football in morning, I worry about some of his own players because he’s so keen to win, he could do a double-footed tackle at waist height to be honest because he just wants to win and that’s why in a run-chase in white-ball cricket if you ask me to name one player I’d want in a run-chase, it will be Kohli because all he sees is a winning target and that’s all he is interested in,” former English skipper added. 

 

Even though Virat is kwn as a 'Chasemaster' and 'Run Machine', he has had a few off days as well and that happened to be during important matches i.e World Cup 2015 semi-final against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground (1), ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final against arch-rivals Pakistan at Oval in London (5), and, World Cup 2019 semi-final against New Zealand at Old Trafford in Manchester (1). Men In Blue went on to lose all three matches after batting megastar was sent back to pavilion early on.  

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