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India apos;s Kohli Expects apos;healthy apos; Dialogue With New Board Chief

2020-06-27T21:37:18Z

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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI, Oct 24 (Reuters) - India cricket captain Virat Kohli said on Thursday he expects a healthy and professional discussion with Sourav Ganguly, a day after the newly appointed board chief termed the batting mainstay the "most important man" for [https://cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com/dhoni-army-salary https://cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com/dhoni-army-salary] the game in the country. One of India's most successful captains, Ganguly took over the reins of the world's richest cricket board on Wednesday from a court-appointed panel which governed the game in the country for nearly three years. The 47-year-old promised full support to Kohli to make India the best team in the world and said he will sit down with the captain to chart the way forward. "I am going to meet him now," Kohli told reporters at a promotional event in Mumbai. "I have met him before to discuss a lot of things. I am looking forward to a good discussion." Ganguly, who played 113 tests and 311 one-day internationals, helped India emerge from a damaging match-fixing scandal in 2000 and led the side to 21 test wins. The former left-handed batsman said there will be "mutual respect" between him and Kohli, who was handed test captaincy abruptly at the start of 2015 when long-serving skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from test cricket midway through a series. Kohli already has more test wins than Dhoni while leading in fewer matches and the world's top-ranked test side have won 11 consecutive series at home. India also lead the points table for the recently-launched World Test Championship. "He (Ganguly) is someone who has played a lot of cricket before, who knows the situation we are in, what the team needs, the requirements of Indian cricket," Kohli said. "So you need a good, professional, high-level discussion. It will be a healthy discussion because I am playing currently and he has played before, there will be a understanding of these things. "I have had good discussions in the past with him and I expect the same this time." (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Pritha Sarkar)

Winning Dhoni apos;s Trust Key To Getting India Captaincy - Kohli

2020-06-25T01:31:19Z

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NEW DELHI, May 31 (Reuters) - India captain Virat Kohli believes he landed the job largely because his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni was impressed with his reading of situations in matches. Kohli, 31, replaced Dhoni as test captain in 2014-15 and [https://cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com/dhoni-army-salary cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com] took over the limited-overs reins in early 2017, becoming India's all-format leader as well the team's batting mainstay. Fielding in the slips, Kohli had easy access to wicketkeeper Dhoni and he felt their chats in between deliveries earned him the trust of the former skipper. "You start talking to the captain regularly," Kohli told team mate Ravichandran Ashwin in a chat on YouTube. "I was always in MS's ear, standing next to him and saying 'We can do this, we can do that, what do you think?'. "He would deny a lot of things but he would discuss a lot of things as well. I think he got a lot of confidence that I can do this after him. "A large portion of me becoming captain was to do with him observing me for a long period of time. It just can't happen that he goes and the selectors say, 'Okay you become captain'." Leading the national team of a cricket-mad country is one of the toughest jobs in the game but Kohli is enjoying the responsibility. "I looked at it this way -- if I'm getting this opportunity, I need to work as hard as I can, because not many people get this chance," said Kohli, who led India to Under-19 World Cup title in 2008. Kohli led India to the top of the world test rankings in October 2016 where they remained until Australia replaced them this month. India lost in the semi-finals of last year's one-day World Cup in England. "I was always inclined to taking responsibility (but) becoming captain of India was not even in my wildest dreams to be honest," Kohli said. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Ed Osmond)

Cricket-Dhoni May Quit ODIs And Be In T20 World Cup Mix - Shastri

2020-06-24T12:09:16Z

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NEW DELHI, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Long-serving India wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni may quit one-day internationals soon but could still be in contention for a place in the country's squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, coach Ravi Shastri said. Dhoni, who will turn 39 in July, quit test cricket in 2014 and has not played for India since taking a break after the team's semi-finals exit at the 50-overs World Cup in July last year. The phlegmatic former India captain has steadfastly refused to elaborate on his future and is set to return to action at the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is likely to begin in March. A good outing in the franchise-based Twenty20 league could see him join Rishabh Pant and [https://cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com/dhoni-army-salary cricketnfootballcenter.bookmark.com] Sanju Samson in a three-way race for the stumper's role in the World Cup in Australia. "He has finished (playing) test match cricket. In all probability, he will finish one-day cricket. At his age I think, the only format he will want to play is T20," Shastri told CNN-News18 channel. "If he feels, when he comes back, that something is not right, he will quit...But if he has a cracking IPL season then, you know..." "Then it's the selectors' job to see what they want to do. But if he does a great job, I'm sure he puts himself into contention." Asked what if all three stumpers impress in the IPL, Shastri hinted Dhoni's experience might clinch it for him even though Pant might still play purely as a batsman. "You have to see, who will do the job at what number at what role," Shastri said. "Whose experience will you take into account? Will you take youth or flamboyance into account? Who fits in to that number the best? If we are playing in Australia, who will adapt to that condition the best?" (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by Michael Perry)

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2020-06-24T12:09:14Z

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