http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424 has the potential to be future Indian captain
Wasim Akram, the legendary pace bowler of Pakistan, feels the impressive Virat Kohli has the potential to get the captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s cricket team given he continues his hard work.
Virat Kohli, the middle order batsman from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780, has impressed cricket fans with his consistent performance and attitude compiling three centuries in the current calendar.
"Virat's performances in ODIs have been really good, but now the time has come for graduation. To be a Sachin Tendulkar, a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 is what counts and Virat must have that in his mind all the time”, said the former captain
of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
The Pakistan cricket great, further added that the Delhi boy is a talented and extremely confident player, who can be the captain in the future as he holds the skills of a successful leader.
"If he works hard on all aspects of his game, he can be a future captain for India, I have no doubt about that. He seems to have all the makings of a leader", Akram wrote in his column.
Kohli, who made his ODI debut in August 2008 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, is yet to debut his Test career and Akram emphasized that the 22-year-old must prove himself in the purest form of cricket, Test cricket, as well to push himself as a best candidate
for the future captain.
"… there is more needed from him. I have long been saying that a batsman is complete only when he proves himself in Test cricket", said the former Pakistan cricketer and cricket commentator.
Kohli, who is famous for his shots through the cover area, plays domestic cricket for Delhi while representing Royal Challengers of Bangalore in the first two editions of the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).
Besides Kohli, the Pakistan pacer also lauded the emerging Indian off-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravichandran-Ashwin-c84208 saying though he is a novice in international cricket he has impressed cricket lovers in such a short time. Akram, who is impressed by Ashwin’s
pressure handling, also praised the variation in line and length of the off-spinner.
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