India tour to New Zealand may have started o a high after winning the five-match T20I series, however, it ended on a sad note with the visitors losing the ODI and the Test series.
India tour to New Zealand may have started o a high after winning the five-match T20I series, however, it ended on a sad note with the visitors losing the ODI and the Test series.
While fans were quick to question the team selection and the captain's aggression, former Indian coach and current member of the cricket advisory committee, Madan Lal said Virat Kohli is still the 'world's best player'.
He hit out at Kohli’s detractors for trying to suggest that the Indian skipper should tone down his aggression. The comment came after many questioned Kohli's behavior towards the end of the series when he snapped out at a journalist over his on-field send-offs.
“I don’t understand why people in India are asking him to mellow down,” Lal told Times of India.
“First, everyone wanted a very aggressive captain and now you want Kohli to stop his aggressive streak. I love the way he is on the field. Earlier, people used to say that Indians are not aggressive; now that we've become aggressive people question that and ask why we are so aggressive. I enjoy Kohli’s aggression; we need a captain like him,” he further added.
Madan Lal also added that a loss in form for any player is part and parcel of the game.
“Hewas out of form. You can say it was a loss of confidence. That (series against New Zealand) doesn’t take anything away from him. He is still the world’s best player. At times, technical flaws come in and you then try harder and harder but still you don’t come out of it. It happens to the best of players,” he added.
About the series, captain Kohli had also spoken about the failure of the batsmen to score enough runs for the bowlers to apply pressure.
“I think it was a matter of not having enough intent in the first game. We played well in the first innings here with the bat. It was a combination of us not having the right kind of execution and New Zealand playing well. Batsmen didn’t do enough for the bowlers to attack. It’s disappointing as a side when the batsmen don’t back up the effort of the bowlers,” he said.
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