Virat Kohli's 'attacking' style of captaincy similar to that of Ricky Ponting: Brett Lee

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is an inspiration for millions across globe t only for his cricket but also because of his fitness. Kohli is arguably one of fittest cricketers in world right w. At a time when cricketers all around world are busy with ir worklo manment, right-handed batsman has been on ro n-stop without any trouble whatsoever.

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Brett Lee draws parallels between Virat Kohli and Ricky Ponting's styles of captaincy

31-year-old is currently top-ranked batsman in ODIs and is well ahe of his contemporaries. He is only batsman in world right w with an aver of more than 50 across all three formats. Besides being a prolific batsman, Virat Kohli is also an attacking captain who likes to play game aggressively, which has me many compare him with or successful captains in past.

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w, former Australia speedster Brett Lee has reckoned that Virat Kohli's captaincy is quite similar to that of former legendary Australian skipper Ricky Ponting. While speaking to  Times of India, Brett Lee said that everyone’s got different styles of captaincy. Brett Lee furr said that if one sees Ricky Ponting and Virat Kohli, y would observe that re are some similarities between ir captaincy styles. He pointed out that both of m have got that raw aggression, but it’s t necessarily over rooftop.

Brett Lee reckoned that re have been times where every captain has gone over top from every nation. However, he said he has enjoyed watching Kohli’s captaincy. Lee opined that Kohli always wants to do really well for his team and ded that real passion always comes through.

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Brett Lee mentioned that besides his captaincy, Kohli does well with bat too and les from front. He claimed that Kohli is same as Ricky Ponting saying that that former Australia captain h aggression but t too much. According to Lee, y are pretty similar when it comes to captaincy and y have also got a great ability to re ir players. Brett Lee also stated that Ricky Ponting used to set attacking fields and Kohli does same. Lee reckoned that Kohli is always happy to attack.

Brett Lee also spoke about future of MS Dhoni. Brett Lee feels re is definitely more to see of MS Dhoni and ded that he still has so much to offer. Brett Lee said that MS Dhoni is that cool character that could be a captain again or a great vice-captain. In fact, he feels MS Dhoni doesn't even need a captain and called him a great leer amongst team. Brett Lee furr said that everyone that kws that MS Dhoni is a wonderful and generous person.

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