Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri opened up on his partnership with the 32-year-old batting talisman, Virat Kohli, and explained how he happened to find the Indian skipper in tatters following the 2014 England tour. Shastri stated that his first goal in the team was to identify a player who can “walk the talk” and his eyes set upon Kohli. That generation was gone.”“So, once I came on board, my first challenge was to identify someone who could walk the talk and I found in Virat Kohli the guy with the character, game, and personality to step into Dhoni’s shoes. He was absolutely ready to walk that talk – not just in the way he played his game but the way we wanted the team to play,” Shastri added. The whole focus was to do whatever it takes, do whatever is right, within the laws of the game, to win.

Source: The Times December 10, 2021 22:50 UTC