Indian cricket team coach Ravi Shastri feels Virat Kohli has immense passion for the game which is unmatched and his game sense could only be compared to the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli has been instrumental for India in the test series against England. The Indian captain is the highest run scorer in the series with 440 runs including two hundred.
“He (Kohli) is very passionate about the game. He loves batting. He loves to do the hard yards. His work ethic is second to none and I have not seen any cricketer. I will put (Sachin) Tendulkar in that bracket when it comes to preparation, visualising situations, how he goes about planning, ability to stay in present — great qualities in any human being,” Shastri told Mike Atherton during an interview for Sky Sports.
Kohli will start fresh from the next test at Southampton- Shastri
“I promise you that these two innings, he has forgotten. He will take guard as if he has not got runs in this series,” Shastri said.
Shastri also said that the current bowling unit of India is the best that the country has ever seen.
“Oh by a mile (if they are best group of fast bowlers) and (also in terms of) bench strength. If you look, the two potently best bowlers for English conditions would have been Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
“We didn’t have them at all right through the ODI series (Bumrah had a fractired wrist and Bhuvneshwar had back issue) and also not at the start of the Test series. So we couldn’t play as a unit, then we have Ishant, and Shami and we have Umesh in the reserves, who is bowling beautifully. They can come into play anytime.”
Shastri further said that India is a strong competitor at home and can beat almost everyone. But as a coach he will emphasis that the team can be clinical at the away tours. He also believed that the current lot of team can be the “Best Travelling Team in the world”
