NEW DELHI – Cricketer turned commentator Sanjay Manjrekar compared ViratKohli’s captaincy to Imran Khan’s leadership for Pakistan cricket team.
Team India under Kohli complete historic series whitewash over New Zealandto become the first nation to win 5-0 in a bilateral in a T20I series.
Manjrekar took to Twitter and wrote: India under Virat in NZ reminds me ofPakistan under Imran. Strong self belief as a team. Pakistan under Imranfound different ways of winning matches, often from losing positions. Thatonly happens when the self belief is strong.”
Imran Khan lead the Pakistan team to various glories under his leadershipand won the 1992 World Cup in England. However, under Kohli Team India hasstill not won any ICC tournament as they lost to Pakistan in 2017 ChampionsTrophy final against Pakistan and were eliminated by New Zealand in the2019 World Cup.
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Kohli’s next target is to win the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia laterthis year and the dominating victory over New Zealand surely gave someboost to their confidence.
The 54-year-old further said the young wicketkeeper batsmen Rishabh Pantand Sanju Samson, who are going through a rough patch at the big stage tolearn from Kohli’s abilities to bat with smart mindset.
