Kohli heaped praises on the bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
Indian captain Virat Kohli. (photo: AFP)
Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday heaped praises on the bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.
Speaking to the media, Virat Kohli termed himself as a “lucky captain” to be able to avail the services of both Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah. “The reason why Bhuvi and Bumrah have been so good is because they are thinking bowlers and they understand the situation and they get a gut feel of what the batsman is looking to do before they bowl,” Kohli said.
The 30-year-old also said Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah’s ability to predict what was going to happen kept them one step ahead of the batters.
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“The ability to predict what is going to happen on each ball is what keeps them one step ahead of the batsman most of the times. I think that has been their strength and any captain will love to have both of them in their bowling attack and I have obviously been very lucky to have both of them bowling so well for the team and giving us the breakthroughs as well and in difficult situations at the death coming in and executing what we want them to do,” said Virat Kohli.
He added, “Sometimes they will get dominated like everyone does but I think 85-90% of the times they are spot on and that is because they are always looking at how the game is going, how the batsmen are batting, what areas they are hitting at and what are the balls that they need to execute in difficult situations.”
Speaking about the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019 and team combination, Virat Kohli said, “From now on it is going to be much more difficult for others to sort of step in unless there is some workload issue because till the World Cup we want our XI to play together to play as long as possible as there are not many games left.”
The Indian team will play three-match T20I series against Australia followed by four-match Test series and three-match One Day International (ODI) series.
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