Tag: Indian Captain Virat Kohli

Melbourne: Taking a dig at uncharitable comments by former Australian players, Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday credited the country’s domestic structure for his team’s victories during the ongoing tour of Australia. Former Australian star Mark Waugh and former leg-spinner Kerry O’Keeffe, who are commentators for Fox Sports, had made fun of the standards of […]

Dharamsala: India captain Virat Kohli has learnt “his lesson” the hard way after an innocuous tweet of his sparked rumours of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s international retirement in a social media frenzy. On Thursday, Kohli had tweeted a picture of him sitting on his hunches after beating Australia in a league game of the 2016 World […]

Mohali: Virat Kohli, who rode the Men in Blue to a commanding win over South Africa in the second T20I, has won high praise from his team-mate Deepak Chahar, who believes India skipper is a “next-level player” altogether. On Wednesday evening, Kohli scored an unbeaten half-century to help India beat the Proteas in the second […]

Ahmedabad: Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has taken a dig at Virat Kohli, saying the incumbent skipper is able to efficiently lead Team India because he has the likes of M.S. Dhoni and Rohit Sharma in the squad. “Kohli was very good in the last World Cup but he has a long way to go. […]

Visakhapatnam: After Sachin Tendulkar and M.S Dhoni, Indian captain Virat Kohli is undoubtedly the most followed cricketer and the run-machine’s success on the field has earned him millions of fans globally. Kohli, who recently became India’s most successful captain in Test cricket, met a die-hard fan here. The shirtless fan — Pintu Behra of Odisha, […]

Hyderabad: Indian captain Virat Kohli on Friday bettered his personal best in the shortest format of the game to lead his team to a memorable six-wicket win over the West Indies in the first T20I at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here. After the West Indies posted an imposing 207/5, Kohli’s unbeaten 94 off 50 […]

Pune: Captain Virat Kohli said that India are looking to be as confident while setting totals as they are while chasing them and termed his team’s victory over Sri Lanka on Friday as a good sign in that respect. India posted 201/6 despite a middle-order collapse between the 10th and 15th over before defeating Sri […]

Pune: India opener K.L. Rahul has retained the sixth position while captain Virat Kohli and left-hander Shikhar Dhawan have advanced one place each in the latest ICC T20I Rankings for batsmen after featuring in the three-match series against Sri Lanka that they won 2-0 with one match washed out. Rahul, the highest-ranked India batsman, has […]

Dubai: Indian captain Virat Kohli on Friday remained static at the top of the ICC Test player ranking for batsmen with his deputy Ajinkya Rahane moving up a place to eighth. Kohli has 928 points, 17 more than second-placed Australian run-machine Steve Smith. At sixth place with 791 points, Cheteshwar Pujara was one of three […]

Christchurch: “No excuses,” said Indian captain Virat Kohli after yet another batting capitulation led to his team’s 0-2 series defeat at the hands of New Zealand here on Monday. A forthright Kohli admitted that his batsmen let the team down after the bowlers brought them back into the game on the second day. “We accept […]