Switchblade Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Quote https://www.crictracker.com/virat-kohli-credits-ravi-shastri-for-helping-him-grow-as-a-captain/ Indian captain Virat Kohli recently scaled a height that none of his predecessors has ever done: winning a Test series on Australian soil. The 2-1 win has also brought Kohli close to becoming the most successful captain for India in Tests. Having led his country in 46 Tests so far, the 30-year-old has won 26 of them at a success rate of 56.52. He is just one win short of touching MS Dhoni, the most successful till now with 27 wins from 60 games. Kohli have so far remained unbeaten as a captain in the ongoing tour Down Under – a feat again which no Indian skipper before him has managed to do. India drew Australia 1-1 in the T20Is and after winning the Test series, they are tied 1-1 in the ODI series as well with one game to go in Melbourne on January 18. A win there will also see captain Kohli winning the first-ever bilateral ODI series in Australia. Kohli has credited head coach Ravi Shastri for helping him develop as a captain. The ace batsman had first led India in a Test series in Australia as a stop-gap skipper in 2014-15 and then took up as a full-fledged captain from the tour of Sri Lanka in 2015. India won that series 2-1 after losing the first game. They went on to beat the Windies, Sri Lanka (in 2017 again) and now Australia in overseas series. Kohli though lost the Test series as captain in South Africa and England. He, however, said that Shastri never tried to change him as a person. “Because he (Shastri) has done so much commentary, and he’s seen the game so much and has played so much himself – just watching the game – he knows where the game is heading,” NDTV Sports reported about Kohli as saying. “So just getting feedback from him constantly has been the biggest help for me, in terms of moulding my own personality into captaincy. He’s someone who has never tried to change me just to be able to fit into the captaincy mode.” Kohli has to cover some distance yet to be India’s best captain in limited overs In the ODI format, Kohli has led India in 59 games with 43 wins and though he has to cover some distance to better the record of Dhoni (110 wins) in this format, the former’s winning percentage (75) is the best among captains who have led in minimum of nine matches. In the T20I version, Kohli has led India in 20 games with 12 wins and seven losses while one game was inconclusive. In this format too, Dhoni is the table topper with 41 wins and 28 losses in 72 games. Link to comment
zen Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Like Shastri, Kohli is probably sitting back and allowing people to do their own stuff .... Bowlers come up with bowling plans, Dhoni can do field settings in LOIs, and so on velu, nevada and GoldenSun 3 Link to comment
Real McCoy Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) Why fix something that is not broke. Atleast for the time being, Shastri and Dhoni's job is safe until the WC. Dhoni will probably retire after the WC and Shastri will do what he always does PS - We are probably not giving Shastri credit for those things he has done for the team in the background like Kohli said. Edited January 16, 2019 by Real McCoy velu, AuxiliA, UrmiSinhaRay and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Real McCoy said: Why fix something that is not broke. Atleast for the time being, Shastri and Dhoni's job is safe until the WC. Dhoni will probably retire after the WC and Shastri will do what he always does PS - We are probably not giving Shastri credit for those things he has done for the team in the background like Kohli said. Like keeping Pandya and KL Rahul “happy” ? UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
velu Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 hours ago, zen said: Like Shastri, Kohli is probably sitting back and allowing people to do their own stuff .... Bowlers come up with bowling plans, Dhoni can do field settings in LOIs, and so on sit back .. relax .. occupy long off when fielding ( his favorite position ) zen and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
velu Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, maniac said: Like keeping Pandya and KL Rahul “happy” ? should be other way .. pandya and rahul shld have kept him happy UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
maniac Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Just now, velu said: sit back .. relax .. occupy long off when fielding ( his favorite position ) It’s deep midwicket actually :) Anyways what happened to dhoniconda when even hacks like Handscombe and Maxwell were making merry? UrmiSinhaRay, raki05 and velu 1 2 Link to comment
velu Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 minute ago, maniac said: It’s deep midwicket actually :) Anyways what happened to dhoniconda when even hacks like Handscombe and Maxwell were making merry? you shld have used your "yogic" powers aussies scored sort of like 45 runs in the last 10 overs The Dark Horse, UrmiSinhaRay, Real McCoy and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) And bevda credits kohli for the overall growth of his belly Edited January 16, 2019 by Suhaan raki05 and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
Khota Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 This is the only way Kohli can run the team behind the scene. What a great job Shastri is doing. My foot. This team needs adult supervision and there is none. raki05 and UrmiSinhaRay 1 1 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Ravi bot was good at one thing when he was young. He was good at captaincy. But it was 25 years back. UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) Chalo ji Chuski pe Phuski! Edited January 17, 2019 by Audiophile UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Real McCoy Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 8 hours ago, maniac said: Like keeping Pandya and KL Rahul “happy” ? He damn well made a bloody difference UrmiSinhaRay 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Forever Indian Posted January 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2019 Shastri - Kohli - Dhoni raki05, Pratik77, nikred and 12 others 2 1 12 Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Forever Indian said: Shastri - Kohli - Dhoni We won test series in AUS though Unlike this exits! Nikola, mishra, raki05 and 1 other 4 Link to comment
philcric Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 9 hours ago, velu said: you shld have used your "yogic" powers aussies scored sort of like 45 runs in the last 10 overs 93 in 1st ODI 93 in 2nd ODI Number 1 Link to comment
velu Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 29 minutes ago, philcric said: 93 in 1st ODI 93 in 2nd ODI i think i messed up somewhere aussies might have scored less than 45 runs in any of the 10 overs somewhere in their middle of their innings when dhoni applied dhoniconda Number and flamy 2 Link to comment
philcric Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, velu said: i think i messed up somewhere aussies might have scored less than 45 runs in any of the 10 overs somewhere in their middle of their innings when dhoni applied dhoniconda It's okay. You mess up all the time. I guess if you take the least scored 10 overs among all 50, it would come to less than 20 runs, and claim Dhoni has applied his conda in only those overs. Number, UrmiSinhaRay and Laaloo 1 2 Link to comment
velu Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, philcric said: It's okay. You mess up all the time. I guess if you take the least scored 10 overs among all 50, it would come to less than 20 runs, and claim Dhoni has applied his conda in only those overs. even you dont want to see us chasing 225 na everyone want to see a good interesting game .. dhoni is like a electrical transformer , will adjust the voltage according to how much the devices can handle flamy and Real McCoy 2 Link to comment
velu Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Forever Indian said: Shastri - Kohli - Dhoni more like this.. kohli - shastri - rohit Link to comment
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