England spinner Monty Panesar had nothing but absolute praise for Indian skipper Virat Kohli who has set the bar really high ever since he succeeded MS Dhoni as the leader of the Men In Blue. Panesar believes Kohli deserves all the credit for turning India into a champion side in the longest format of the game. After capping off a bitter-sweet World Cup campaign in England and Wales, Kohli-led Team India have remained keen on dominating red-ball cricket and have been tipped as favourites to win the inaugural ICC World Test Championship.
“It’s very difficult to beat Virat’s team in India. And I saw in the last Test match that it was all seamers taking the wickets. Like England, seamers were bowling most of the session and spinners were bowling maybe one over before Lunch. He has really changed the dynamics of the Indian team,” he said.
“I love his discipline with fitness. He is a Punjabi munda. And Punjabi people find it very difficult to get off their naan, rice, their carb-based diets and it’s brilliant how he has done that. It’s made the team fit as well. When I was seeing the Indian team at the World Cup I was thinking why is this team looking so fit. He is expecting that from his teammates,” he added.
