There was a time when people use to sit in front of the TV sets till the time Sachin Tedulkar was at the crease. They had a believed that he can win matches from any situation. He too met the expectations on numerous occasions. That baton of expectations has now been passed to Virat Kohli after little master called off his playing days.
The right hand batsman from Delhi is the backbone of India's batting arsenal, scoring runs every now and then. The latest contribution from his bat came against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, where he scored his 19th ton in the one day internationals. He was leading the side in the absence of MS Dhoni and was in a spot of bother after losing Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma early in the innings. His knock of 136 runs off just 122 balls helped Team India in chasing down 280. He hit 16 boundaries and two sixes in his 19th ODI ton, 17 of which have been in winning causes. The skipper of the team looked comfortable against all the rival bowlers and he went on to dictate terms after setting his eyes in. He is truly the Mr. India of the Indian cricket. I know he can't go invisible like Mr. India but when he bats it seems like that bowlers are unable to locate him, which forces them to ball wrong line and length, resulting in lots of runs.
This is not the first time he has batted so well in the international cricket. Virat Kohli has been scoring runs since the day he made his international debut. He has a batting style which is suited to all forms of the game and this is the only reason behind his success across the globe. Team India has failed miserably outside Asia but same can't be said about him. He played well on the disastrous tour of Australia while his century in the first Test match of the series against South Africa is enough to speak about the volumes of his unlimited capabilities. He carried the same form to New Zealand, where his team was once again beaten comfortably. He was the most successful Indian batsman in the ODIs while his century in the second innings of the second Test made sure that the particular match ended in a draw. India could have lost the Test but Virat had other ideas in his mind. He is the only consistent element in the team otherwise the Indian squad is full of losers at the moment. His international career sofar has all the similarities with great Sachin Tendulkar, who fought single handedly for the team for many years. The results were hard to come by as apart from Sachin, there was no one, who was contributing regularly.
Turn the page to Virat Kohli and the current scenario. The current setup is facing the same problems, where we are losing every now and then on the foreign shores. Kohli has been notching runs but what can he do about others. He can lead from the front or by example which he is doing regularly but unfortunately his squad members are unable to take any sort of inspiration from him. Time is not far behind when people will start calling Kohli selfish because of his individual success but how can they forget that cricket is a team game and the current Indian captain can't bat or ball for rest of the ten members. Indian players will have to make sure that Kohli's performances are not wasted as such players are born once in a while.
The right hand batsman from Delhi is the backbone of India's batting arsenal, scoring runs every now and then. The latest contribution from his bat came against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, where he scored his 19th ton in the one day internationals. He was leading the side in the absence of MS Dhoni and was in a spot of bother after losing Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma early in the innings. His knock of 136 runs off just 122 balls helped Team India in chasing down 280. He hit 16 boundaries and two sixes in his 19th ODI ton, 17 of which have been in winning causes. The skipper of the team looked comfortable against all the rival bowlers and he went on to dictate terms after setting his eyes in. He is truly the Mr. India of the Indian cricket. I know he can't go invisible like Mr. India but when he bats it seems like that bowlers are unable to locate him, which forces them to ball wrong line and length, resulting in lots of runs.
This is not the first time he has batted so well in the international cricket. Virat Kohli has been scoring runs since the day he made his international debut. He has a batting style which is suited to all forms of the game and this is the only reason behind his success across the globe. Team India has failed miserably outside Asia but same can't be said about him. He played well on the disastrous tour of Australia while his century in the first Test match of the series against South Africa is enough to speak about the volumes of his unlimited capabilities. He carried the same form to New Zealand, where his team was once again beaten comfortably. He was the most successful Indian batsman in the ODIs while his century in the second innings of the second Test made sure that the particular match ended in a draw. India could have lost the Test but Virat had other ideas in his mind. He is the only consistent element in the team otherwise the Indian squad is full of losers at the moment. His international career sofar has all the similarities with great Sachin Tendulkar, who fought single handedly for the team for many years. The results were hard to come by as apart from Sachin, there was no one, who was contributing regularly.
Turn the page to Virat Kohli and the current scenario. The current setup is facing the same problems, where we are losing every now and then on the foreign shores. Kohli has been notching runs but what can he do about others. He can lead from the front or by example which he is doing regularly but unfortunately his squad members are unable to take any sort of inspiration from him. Time is not far behind when people will start calling Kohli selfish because of his individual success but how can they forget that cricket is a team game and the current Indian captain can't bat or ball for rest of the ten members. Indian players will have to make sure that Kohli's performances are not wasted as such players are born once in a while.
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