Flamboyant batsman KL Rahul heaped praise on Virat Kohli for his captaincy tenure of the Indian cricket team and said that he has instilled in the team the winning confidence that they can beat any opposition outside India. Kohli, who stepped down as T20I captain last year, relinquished his Test captaincy last week. While he was sacked as ODI captain after leaving the T20I leadership as the selectors wanted a singles captain in the limited overs format.
Rahul, who has played a lot of cricket under Kohli, said the 33-year-old has set a standard for all players and now it is on him.
“Team India has done some phenomenal work under the leadership of Virat Kohli. We have won series outside India, which has never happened before. We have gone to every country and won the series. He has done a lot right and has already set a benchmark for all of us and for Team India. It’s all up to us and as a team to take it forward. We have to take it forward, keep improving personally and try to be as disciplined and determined as possible and go out there and enjoy our cricket. Every series gives us a different chance,” KL Rahul said in the press conference ahead of the first ODI against South Africa.
Rahul talked about how Kohli got the best out of every player, whom he also wants to take forward as a leader. The 29-year-old will lead the Indian team in the upcoming ODI series against South Africa in the absence of Rohit Sharma.
“When it comes to leadership, Virat has an amazing ability to get the best out of everyone. He took everyone forward and made us believe that we can do special things and that’s what I learned from him and hopefully I can do the same with the team.”
The opener further talked about Kohli’s passion for Test cricket and said that he instilled victory in the Indian team.
“The whole world knows how passionate Virat Kohli is about Test cricket or general cricket. He led from the front. He brought in a lot of changes in the team and the winning confidence in the team at present is largely due to Virat as a leader. He has made us all believe in ourselves and believe that we can go out of India and beat any team. I want to continue and build on that and get better as a team,” Rahul said.
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