For most of India’s New Zealand tour, Virat Kohli was the good guy. He spoke about how the New Zealanders are nice but play tough cricket. ...
For most of India’s New Zealand tour, Virat Kohli was the good guy. He spoke about how the New Zealanders are nice but play tough cricket. He chatted with skipper Kane Williamson by the boundary line during the final T20 game. It might not be wrong to say that he was grace personified for the early part of the tour.
But then as the results started to go south, the real Kohli emerged. He had some choice words for the crowd during the Tests and wasn’t averse to giving Williamson an on-field send-off. And then after losing the second Test, he snapped at a journalist in the post-match press conference.
The good guy had given way to peak Kohli. No one was really surprised but many felt that the Indian skipper, now a veteran in his own right, needed to tone down his aggression. But the suggestion has not gone down well will former Indian coach and current member of BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee, Madan Lal.
“I don’t understand why people in India are asking him to mellow down,” Lal told The Times of India.
Lal added: “First, everyone wanted a very aggressive captain and now you want Kohli to stop his aggressive streak. I love the way he is...
