NEW DELHI : Noted coach Rajkumar Sharma, who played a pivotal role in shaping up Virat Kohli's career, feels that his ward's aggressive captaincy resembles a lot with Sourav Ganguly's methods but insisted that he should also learn the ropes from current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
"Virat is an aggressive player by nature. He is someone who always likes to attack and take the opposition head on which is also reflected in his captaincy....
Virat Kohli is the only batsman to register 15 hundreds in 109 ODIs since debut. Hashim Amla has scored eleven hundreds in 74 ODIs. Four batsmen had recorded ten hundreds each in their first 109 Tests - Brian Lara, Gordon Greenidge, Herschelle Gibbs and Marcus Trescothick.
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# India's six-wicket triumph is their sixth in eight matches against Zimbabwe at Harare in ODIs.
# The aforesaid win is...
With Mahendra Singh Dhoni rested, Virat Kohli-led India side departed for Zimbabwe on Monday, brimming with confidence. For the man at the helm, his team is strong despite several key players being given a break.
India takes on hosts Zimbabwe in a 5-ODI contest starting Wednesday and Captain Kohli said the touring party is completely focused on maintaining its winning momentum. "I don't think experience matters, especially in a limited overs...
Virat Kohli will continue to lead the side in the absence of Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir fails to make a comeback. India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been rested for the five-match ODI series in Zimbabwe in July. Ajinkya Rahane and Ambati Rayudu have been retained from the team that is playing the ongoing tri-series in West Indies.
Test and ODI regulars like Ishant Sharma, R Ashwin, Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been rested. Regular...
Mumbai, July 20 : Virat Kohli has been a revelation since his India debut five years ago. His ability to play with aggression and daring has helped him become one of the best limited overs batsmen in the world today. As he prepares for his first tour as captain, in the ODI series in Zimbabwe, Kohli showed aggression off the field as well.
Speaking to reporters at an event on Friday, he minced no words while describing players who have...
Kids idolize many superheroes - Superman, Spiderman or Batman. For star India batsman Virat Kohli though, his superhero is none other than Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar.
Speaking to the media in Mumbai on Friday, Kohli says that he will always idolize Tendulkar.
"My superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. Will always be for life," Kohli said in an event, where he was unveiled as a brand ambassador of a newly launched teen superhero MaxSteel.
The...
PORT OF SPAIN : It was bitter deja-vu for Sri Lanka as MS Dhoni almost single-handedly denied them the Tri-Nations Cup with an innings of spectacular calmness and aggression on Thursday evening.
A sequence of implosions on either side all came down to Dhoni, arguably the best finisher in the modern game, facing Shaminda Eranga's last over of the match with India needing 15 to win. Eranga had bowled superbly throughout the game and Lanka were...
PORT OF SPAIN : Bhuvneshwar Kumar kept up his first spell exploits as India trumped Sri Lanka by 81 runs (D-L method) to enter the final of the ongoing ODI Tri-Nation series in the Caribbean islands.
The young swing bowler’s unbelievable figures of 6-1-8-4 halted Lanka’s pursuit of a revised target of 178 in 26 overs, an initial collapse leading to full-blown devastation and concluding in a bonus point win for Virat Kohli’s team.
But...