Virat Kohli’s success is due to his desire and determination to succeed, says Azhar Ali

Azhar is mighty impressed by Virat and showered praise on the Indian Captain.

Virat Kohli and Azhar Ali

Pakistani batsman Azhar Ali has come out and showered praise on the Indian Captain Virat Kohli for his outstanding batsmanship over the years. Azhar is mighty impressed with the way India's best player goes about his game and has huge respect for Virat's desire and determination. 

In an interview recently given by Azhar, he said, "I believe the most important ingredient of Virat Kohli’s success is his determination to succeed. His composure in any situation is simply amazing. The level of professionalism that he shows in the game is comfortably the best in the game. His attention to fitness is exemplary and how he has steadily improved game year on year is just incredible."

"So, it’s all down to his hard-work and his desire to improve his fitness to the extent that I do not believe that any batsmen in the world can match him in that aspect. His fitness is demonstrated by the amount of long innings he plays seemingly without being tired. All these qualities are great examples for any youngster to appreciate and are things that they can learn from Virat Kohli to become better cricketers."

When asked about Pakistan's recent success in International Cricket, Azhar replied, "We are in the middle of an excellent period with the number one ranking in T20Is as well as attaining success in the Champions Trophy last year. Looking back to the time when I took over the reins of the ODI team, we had a new side and at that time it seemed that our performances were not up to the mark as the results showed. But by the time I moved away from captaincy, we had quite a few players who had started to settle in and it was simply a matter of time when we would be able to improve and take our performances to a new level"

"Thankfully, we have now seen that elevation in the level of performances as we have now started to play so well in T20Is and of course that win in the Champions Trophy was also very special, not only for the team but for the nation as well. We are regularly winning more matches and series and I feel that our cricket in the white ball format in particular, has improved tremendously"

"Whether its bowling or batting, we are doing very well in the shorter formats of the game. In terms of players, there may be one or two places in the team which are still open to change but there are enough good quality back-ups available who can easily fill those positions as and when needed. So overall, we are in a fantastic place as far as Limited-Overs internationals are concerned and one hopes that this will be the case for a long time"

(Inputs from CricketWorld)

 
 

By Kashish Chadha - 13 Jul, 2018

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