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That's gold from Ajinkya Rahane.
Updated : Sep 30, 2017, 08:04 PM IST
Virat Kohli was all praise for stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane's captaincy and revealed that it was his deputy who was in favour of playing five bowlers and that Kuldeep Yadav was picked because of his X-factor.
"I spoke to Jinks (Rahane's team nickname) before the game and he asked me what I feel. I said, this is your game and you have to be comfortable with playing play four or five bowlers. He instantly said five bowlers because he understands the workloads of the guys throughout the whole season.
"So that fifth bowler was picked after a discussion with Anil bhai, Jinks and myself. Kuldeep was the X factor, they hadn't played him, they hadn't seen him much and he turned out to the difference in the game. I think from 130 for 1 to 300 all out on the same day can really demoralise the opposition. And I think it was a great call on Jinx and Anil bhai's part."