Ian Bishop praises Virat Kohli’s aggressive captaincy

Jul 27, 2016 at 11:32 AM

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Ian Bishop praises Virat Kohli’s aggressive captaincy

Former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop has praised Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli for his aggressive captaincy during the first Test and said that with the passage of time the latter will become a more matured captain.

Virat Kohli led from the front as his team registered the biggest overseas win by defeating West Indies by an innings and 92 runs.

“I like what I see from Virat Kohli. His captaincy is a reflection of his aggressive personality,” said Bishop after the first Test.

“I prefer to see that in a captain than someone who is conservative or who sits back all the time. In time Virat will learn to give his bowlers a longer spell, or take them out quickly. He is growing in this job and I like what I have seen so far in his inventiveness and his use of the bowlers.” Talking about the quality of the India side, he said.

The cricketer turned commentator said that the Indian team is building a good bowling attack now.

“They are a good team and ranked no.2 in Tests for a reason. They have been doing some good things for a while now and it includes building an all-round bowling attack.
“Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami are quality bowlers, and then there is R Ashwin who has been bowling well for a couple years now. He is well supported by Amit Mishra and Ravindra Jadeja.
“I am happy to see Virat finally get a double hundred, and even considering that the opposition is an easy West Indies team, they are getting into good habits.
“India are aggressive under Virat and his captaincy is very aggressive, and they are doing what they need to do against the opposition they are playing against,” the former fast bowler said.

While praising R Ashwin’s all-round show in the first Test, where he took seven wickets and scored 113 runs, Bishop said that he is keen to see how the off-spinner performs as an all-rounder against the stronger oppositions.

“Every team in the world is looking for that guy who can bowl yet bat at that position. You think of Ben Stokes for England. Australia had a couple of guys for many years, and they have Mitchell Marsh who is doing that job for them now.

“The West Indies are looking for someone to bat at six and give them the sort of penetration with the ball as well.But if you look at Ashwin’s record against West Indies compared to his record against other teams, well, there is a disparity. So we have to take that into context. It is how he will go against the other higher ranked teams in the world is something to see. This has been a good move but now it has to kick on,” said Bishop.

He also lamented on the difference of quality between the second ranked Indian team and eighth ranked West Indies team.

“This is a no.2 versus no.8 battle, so let us be real about the two sides. There is an obvious difference in quality here. I mean, look at the experience of Virat, Ishant, Umesh and Ashwin.

“Jason Holder has to be more aggressive, like Virat, but the fact that his bowlers are inexperienced is perhaps leading him to be over-cautious.
“The inexperience just shows in the manner Darren Sammy leads the T20 side, they have so much experience, or even the ODI side which has a little more experienced. But this Test side is just so inexperienced,” Bishop opined.

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