India’s World Cup-winning all-rounder Irfan Pathan accepts that despite the fact that Virat Kohli is at this point not the commander of the Indian group, in any arrangement, he actually has a ton to add to the group, one of them being the directing new chief Rohit Sharma in doing the “correct thing”.
“He isn’t the skipper, however as long as he is in the group, he is a pioneer,” the previous India all-rounder told The Hindu. “He will assist the new chief with making the best choice.”
Kohli had ventured down from T20I chief after the 2021 T20 World Cup in October last year and after a month was eliminated from ODI captaincy. BCCI Later named Rohit as the new white-ball captain. Rohit’s first task as a full-time T20I commander was the New Zealand series at home where India won 3-0 and his first task as a full-time ODI chief will be the ODI challenge at home against West Indies which starts from February 6 onwards.
Pathan, who is as of now in Muscat for the as of late closed Legends League Cricket, picked Kohli as India’s best Test skipper and hailed him for ingraining the significance of wellness in the Indian group.
“He conveyed the right messages and he took the group’s wellness to another level,” he said. “Going ahead, I am certain he will assist others, particularly Rohit Sharma. Each commander contributes in novel design. Kohli had his energy, Rohit will give you serenity,” he added.
In the ODI challenge in South Africa last month, Kohli had scored two fifties in what was his first worldwide series in quite a while where he didn’t highlight as the Indian commander.
The 33-year-old had prior moved back from Test captaincy also a day after the 2-1 Test series rout against the Proteas last month
