Virat Kohli gets Gavaskar’s backing as Test captain – Cricket News Update
Former Indian captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 as the new Test leader in the wake of the team’s 2-1 home series defeat against England.
The Men in Blue needed a win in the recently concluded final Test at Nagpur in order to keep intact their impressive home run. where they had not suffered a series defeat in eight years. However, after winning the opening contest in Ahmedabad, they were dismantled convincingly in the next two bouts, before sharing the spoils in the deciding clash, further rounding off another poor year in the Test arena.
When play resumed on the final morning, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 ensured that the tourists maintained ascendency, and sealed their first series triumph on Indian soil in 28 years.
The only bright spark for the hosts during that insipid Test clash was the performance of Kohli, who scored a hard-fought hundred to keep his side in the match. India began the third day precariously placed at 87 for 4, but Kohli and Dhoni fended off threat from the English bowlers to keep the tie in the balance. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 player consumed 295 deliveries to make 103, which included 11 boundaries, while further shared a valuable 198-run stand with his skipper, who made 99.
However, the inability of the Indian attack to take regular wickets ultimately cost them the series as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 respectively.
"Till the fourth day of the Nagpur Test, I would have backed Dhoni. Now that Virat has come up with a hundred under trying circumstances where he curbed his natural game, he discovered a good part about himself.
"He is ready to take on the mantle of Test cricket [captain]. That needs to be looked at in a positive manner by everyone concerned, as that is where the future lies."
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