India head coach Rahul Dravid praised Virat Kohli for his efficiency within the fourth and closing Take a look at of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Kohli smashed a surprising 186 off 364 in India’s first-innings whole of 571.
In the meantime, Indian coach Dravid was requested about his ideas on Kohli scoring a century and he praised Kohli for maintaining his ego apart all through the sequence.
“The one excellent factor we received to see right here was that nonetheless nice a participant you may be, you could suppress your ego at occasions, which is why you rating 75 centuries. As coaches, we get pissed off at occasions. I take heed to lots that that is my type and I’ll play like this solely,” Dravid mentioned whereas talking to Star Sports activities in a post-match interview.
“On this match, a giant participant confirmed that if the state of affairs is like that and the group goes barely defensive and never supplying you with boundaries, you’ll be able to rating a century whereas enjoying otherwise and enjoying for the group. You hit solely 5 boundaries within the First 100 runs,” the coach added.
Dravid additionally identified that the star batsman might have simply thrown his wicket away to take the assault to the Aussie bowlers. “He might have gotten pissed off. He might have mentioned that he would hit and dominate however he knew that the group didn’t require that in that state of affairs. That is the specialty of nice gamers,” noticed Dravid.
Rahul Dravid attracts parallel between centuries of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma
Dravid additionally drew a parallel between Kohli’s hundred and captain Rohit Sharma’s ton from the primary Take a look at in Nagpur.
“We noticed Rohit Sharma’s hundred as effectively within the Nagpur sport. He scored fast runs on the primary day after which when he got here on the second day, Australia put stress on him, and he remained slightly defensive. He bided his time after which Scored a century,” he mentioned.
The ultimate Take a look at of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy led to a draw as India gained the sequence 2–1. Notably, Kohli was named the Participant of the Match for his blistering knock, whereas Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin shared the Participant of the Sequence award.
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