Shoaib Akhtar believes India under Virat Kohli similar to Imran Khan's reign as skipper

Soon after India clinched a 2-1 series win against West Indies on Sunday, Former Pakistan fast-bowler, Shoaib Akhtar on Monday compared Virat Kohli's captaincy to that of former Pakistan skipper and current Prime Minister Imran Khan. On his YouTube channel, Akhtar said that Indian skipper had set high standards for players on field and off field as well and also stated that current Pakistan team should take cues from Indian team. Furrmore, he added that Kohli is a fitness freak and his team follows him ardently. 

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'Kohli plays with a lot of intensity'

former Pakistan pacer, who is also kwn as 'Rawalpindi Express' has been taking on to YouTube since quite a while w to express his views and highlight his opinions. Akhtar while comparing Kohli to Imran Khan said, "During Imran Khan's captaincy, when he would come to ground, he would never listen to anyone. He would train extremely, run 10 laps of ground, bowl in nets for three hours and it was compulsory for everyone in team to do same. Secondly, Pakistan was given only one plan, to win. India are w replicating that. Khan was t a tactical captain but he knew how to gar match-winners for team." 

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"India has a captain with strong character w. Kohli plays with a lot of intensity, scores a lot of runs and rest of team also has to live up to his standards. t only do players follow him on-field but off field as well. Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali have to look at Kohli's India and reflect how Pakistan can improve," Akhtar added. 

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India seal series against WI 2-1

Virat Kohli anchored a tricky chase before Shardul Thakur played most defining cameo of his short career to power India to a series-winning four-wicket victory over West Indies in third ODI in Cuttack on Sunday. India's top three, Rohit Sharma (63), KL Rahul (77) and Virat Kohli (85), fired in unison in a 316-run chase but it got slippery in end when Indian captain left scene with 30 required off 23 balls. It was n that Thakur, in company of a composed Ravindra Jadeja, smashed 17 runs off six balls with help of a six and four off Sheldon Cottrell to seal issue in his team's favour with eight balls to spare. Meanwhile, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by a comfortable margin of 263 runs in second Test to secure a home series win after around 10 years.

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