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Dean Jones, former Australian batsman, has praised Virat Kohli for leading his beleaguered team to a last-match victory on February 28, before the Indians were ousted from the Commonwealth Bank series finals.
After a poor beginning to their tour Down Under, with the Men in Blue having been whitewashed, 0-4, by the host team in the Test series, the visitors continued their below average performances in the tri-series against the Aussies and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Struggling with poor form, a controversial rotation policy, and reports of disagreements in the team, MS Dhoni’s side managed to win only 3 of their 8 matches, and were almost consistently at the bottom of the series points table.
However, during their last match (played against Sri Lanka in Hobart), the national team made an impressive, if delayed, return to form, and managed to defeat the Lankans by 7 wickets. Their last-minute feat, however, was not enough to allow them to participate
in the finals series of the tournament.
Despite their elimination, the young Virat Kohli came into the spotlight, owing to a stellar match-winning 133 not out, which helped his team to gain a bonus point victory over the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808.
The 23-year-old has recently been appointed vice-captain of the team for the upcoming Asia Cup, and Dean Jones has been one among many others voicing their appreciation for Kohli’s impressive outings.
“India had to win its match and win it well. Young charges such as Kohli showed the way,” Jones observed.
He went on to compare the right-hander to the legendary Viv Richards, saying his century had been akin to “one of the greatest one-day international knocks of all time.”
"Kohli's innings rates up there with Viv Richards' epic knock against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in 1984," he said, referring to Richards' unbeaten 189 which propelled his team to a total of 272.
Jones expressed amazement at the sudden burst of skill the troubled national side had shown after repeated displays of poor form. He went on to suggest that Kohli deserved to be moved up the batting order.
“I think Kohli should be No. 3 in India's one-day team but not for Tests. He still needs to work on the defensive side to his game to be a Test No. 3,” http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217 suggested.
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