Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma Australia India cricket Australia Cricket Team on Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma Australia India

"Tags Of King And Prince...": Virat Kohli's Upfront Take On 'Amazing' Shubman Gill Ahead Of WTC Final

sports.ndtv.com

Two Indian batters who will be closely watch in the World Test Championship final against Australia will be Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill.

While Kohli has been a great performer in India colours over more than a decade, Gill has shown the potential to be among the world's best in coming times.

Ahead of the important match, Kohli opened up on the potential of Gill. "He (Gill) speaks to me a lot about the game, is very keen to learn and has an amazing skill set at his age," Kohli told the ICC. "He has got an amazing ability and a temperament to perform at the highest level and is confident and we do have that relationship and we do have that understanding based upon respect." "I am keen to help him grow and really understand his potential and come into his own so that he can play for a long time and perform consistently and India cricket gets benefited," Kohli said.

Many social media users have given Kohli the tag of 'King' and Gill of that of 'prince'. "These tags of king and prince and all of that kind of thing are great for the public and spectators to see, but I think the job of any senior player is to help improve the youngsters and give them the insight you have had throughout your career," Kohli said. "As long as a guy is keen to learn like him he is going to be fine as he wants to learn how to do this for a long time at the highest level and perform consistently. "He is a lovely kid and he is playing amazingly well and I wish he continues the same in this Test match." India captain Rohit Sharma will partner Gill at the top of India's batting order for the south London clash that commences on Wednesday and the veteran is also confident he will perform.

Related News
There were very few positives for India on the first day of the World Test Championship final at The Oval as Travis Head and Steve Smith put Australia in control with some great batting. Only three wickets fell as Indian bowlers toiled hard. One good aspect in India's game was the performance of wicketkeeper KS Bharat. He was under lot of focus as he was chosen over Ishan Kishan for the wicket-keeper's role. He took some good catches while also helped the team take a good DRS call.
Indian star batter Virat Kohli has lauded Rohit Sharma ahead of World Test Championship final saying the Indian team skipper has "got more time than anyone else" to strike a ball and the way he has performed in Tests over the last three-four years is a testimony to his temperament. Virat said in the video posted by ICC that Rohit Sharma is a special player.
Playing down tags such as 'king' and 'prince', Virat Kohli on Tuesday said he is keen to help Shubman Gill, considered heir apparent to the former captain, "grow and understand his potential" for the benefit of Indian cricket. Kohli said he communicates a lot with the 23-year-old batting sensation Gill, who has shot to prominence in all three formats of the game over the last 12 months, adding that both players respect each other. After a record-breaking IPL season with Gujarat Titans, wherein Gill finished with 890 runs — second highest for any batter after Kohli's 973 runs in 2016 — the young India and Gujarat Titans opener is being touted for greater achievements.
India's star batter Virat Kohli has praised Australian batsman David Warner ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final starting on Wednesday at the Oval, London. In a video posted by ICC, Virat called Warner an "Impact player" for Australia. He said that when Warner gets going then it is difficult to stop him as he does not make many mistakes. "Virat Kohli knows the impact David Warner can have in a big match," the ICC Twitter handle captioned the video.
The tremendous form in the Indian Premier League has given star India opener Shubman Gill "a bit of confidence" going into the World Test Championship final against Australia beginning on Wednesday, but he insisted that the five-day game will be a totally different proposition. Gill was in scintillating touch for the Gujarat Titans in this year's IPL, smashing three centuries to be the tournament's most prolific batter with 890 runs at an average just shy of 60. "It does give you a bit of confidence (from the IPL), but I feel this is a completely different scenario and a completely different game," Gill told the ICC.
On another nippy and overcast morning in London on Tuesday, Rohit was among the four squad members who turned up for optional practice. R Ashwin, Umesh and K S Bharat were the others who showed up in the morning session along with the net bowlers. Rohit was seen holding his left thumb following a hit in the nets but he did not appear to be in a lot of discomfort.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.