Ravi Shastri: Virat Kohli, according to outgoing India coach Ravi Shastri, has been one of the game’s greatest ambassadors, particularly in red-ball cricket.
Highlights
- Kohli, according to Shastri, has been one of the game’s greatest ambassadors.
- For the final time, Team India was coached by Ravi Shastri.
- The Indian T20 World Cup campaign came to a close with a victory over Namibia.
Ravi Shastri said Virat Kohli has been one of the finest ambassadors for the game, especially in red-ball cricket, after his four-year term as India’s coach came to an end.
Despite a dismal conclusion to their tenure in the UAE, the outgoing coach lauded his team’s all-conquering past after watching them close their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 campaign with a nine-wicket win over Namibia.
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When asked about the Indian team having each other’s back, Ravi Shastri in the virtual press conference on Monday said:
“We actively worked towards it. We wanted to trust in that dressing room. That’s the only way you can get each other’s back. We needed communication. All are wanted no finger-pointing at each other. We needed the word ‘I’ to be thrown into the dustbin and the word ‘we’ coming in. And we created a culture that had to be obeyed and followed.”
“With Virat leading the way, he’s been one of the great ambassadors for the games, especially when you look at red-ball cricket, the way he’s embraced it. And it’s allowed other players on the team to follow suit. You’ve got to give credit where it’s due.”
“So it’s a team culture, which was impress upon the team to follow, and they following it to the hilt. They played fearless cricket round the globe,” Shastri added.
Ravi Shastri also said that everything including bilateral series and tournaments is important for him. He said:
“For me, everything is important. If you’re playing a big tournament, a big series, you play to win. So it’s not happening this time, but it will happen another time for this team. They’re far too talented not to get something going or get something and a big trophy in the hands soon, just like they did in Australia twice.
Before Monday’s match against Namibia, New Zealand’s victory over Afghanistan ensured the Black Caps’ progression and eliminated India’s ambitions of reaching the semi-finals, but they remained doggedly professional in their performance against the Namibians.
Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin each grabbed three wickets to restrict Namibia to 132 for eight before half-centuries from openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul helped India glide to victory, sending Shastri and Virat Kohli off with a win in their final T20I match.
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