There is no one who can replace Rahul Dravid – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737 - Cricket News Update
Former Indian captain, Anil Kumble, feels it will be impossible for anyone to step into batting stalwart http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
Many former cricketers and pundits have tipped the hard hitting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 as the next Rahul Dravid of the Indian team. But Kumble said that it will be impossible for anyone to fill in the gap created by the retirement of “The Wall”.
Hailing the 39-year-old recently retired Dravid, Kumble said that it is not easy to score 23,000 international runs.
“...there is no one who can replace http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid. He has been an achiever for past 16 years and it's certainly not easy to score 23,000 international runs," Kumble said.
The 41-year-old former Indian leg spinner also hailed Virat Kohli saying that he has been impressed to see the young batsman improving over the past one year in terms of game, discipline and overall fitness.
"I have followed Virat closely since his India U-19 days and he has matured a lot,” said the legendary leg spinner, who played 132 Tests and 271 One Day Internationals for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 between 1990 and 2008. “I am impressed in the manner he has improved in the
past one year in terms of game, discipline and overall fitness," he added further.
Kumble, the president of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Karnataka-c801 Cricket Association (KCA), said that the way Kohli has adapted to the rigours of international cricket is phenomenal.
"He has quickly adapted to rigours of international cricket and for a 23-year-old to do that is phenomenal,” said the former Indian captain. “He has a Test hundred in Australia and I believe he has the right game to fit in at No 3," he agreed, insisting
that it is pre-mature to compare him with the departing middle order mainstay Rahul Dravid.
Virat Kohli earned the limelight with a blistering 133 not out off just 86 deliveries, to take the side to a bonus point win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in an Asia Cup
match, where India chased down a mammoth 330-run target.
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