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'Virat is responsible for ensuring that Indian cricket remains competitive'
Legendary New Zealand fast bowler Richard Hadlee said that Virat Kohli is 'responsible for ensuring the competitiveness in Indian cricket which makes them 'one of the best teams in the world.' Hadlee termed Kohli as a ‘passionate and competitive’ cricketer who has a ‘strong desire’ to achieve success for himself as well as his team.
"I see Virat as being a very passionate and competitive cricketer with a strong desire for himself and the team to succeed. He is a proud man and a world-class player -- a delight to watch. The pressure and expectations on him to 'win' are enormous.
“There are millions of Indian fans who idolize him which puts great pressure on him. Virat is responsible for ensuring that Indian cricket remains competitive and be one of the best teams in the world," Hadlee said in an official ICC media release.
Hadlee, who has 431 Test wickets and 158 ODI scalps to his name, said any cricketer can go through a bad patch and that is when the fans need to back their heroes.
"However, fans still need to understand that we are all human and champions will fail from time to time -- any cricketer can score a duck or get no wickets which are deemed to be a failure, but when a player succeeds, everyone is happy, except perhaps the opposition," he added.
Kohli is already the most successful India Test skipper and he would now be looking to win his first ICC title as an Indian captain. Under Kohli, India had managed to reach the finals of the 2017 Champions Trophy and semi-final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
