Former Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has praised the Indian captain Virat Kohli for his brilliant innings in the Edgbaston Test match. In the meantime, the legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has also come out to praise the Indian captain.
While the other Indian batsmen had the disastrous performances, Kohli stood as one man army in the first Test of five-match Test series against the hosts England at Edgbaston (Birmingham). In their first innings of the Test match, while none of the Indian batsmen reached the 30-run mark, Kohli scored 149 runs and saved the team from a difficult situation.
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Sangakkara has impressed on the Indian captain’s batting and told TOI, “The way he is playing, Virat can well become the greatest ever Indian batsman. In terms of Sachin’s legacy, both in terms of cricket and the way he has dealt with pressure, he is unique. But Virat is well on his way to match that. He is comfortably the best in the world of his generation and with time, he will mature even more.”
Sangakkara is confident that Kohli can break some big records if he keeps improving his game.
The former Sri Lankan wicketkeeper said, “If he understands himself a bit better and keeps improving his game, he will break quite a few records.”
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Meanwhile, the legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar feels that Kohli is an exceptional talent who can score runs at any time and at any situation.
Gavaskar wrote in his column for TOI, “In doing so, Kohli made a mockery of the thinking that he needed to play county cricket to get a big score in England. Kohli is an exceptional talent and can get runs even if he wakes up in the middle of the night.”
On the other hand, Gavaskar has also criticised the other Indian batsmen’s efforts in the first Test.
He wrote on that, “More than him, it is the other guys who have lesser talent who needed to spend more time playing against the red ball, as was seen by the way they struggled against the moving ball. Even if India go on to win the Test and the series, the decision to play just one three-day game in fortnight’s gap has clearly not helped the other batsmen.”
