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Former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar on Sunday advised Babra Azam's Pakistan cricket team to follow Virat Kohli's style of leading the side and should look to create a roadmap to get better than the Indian side. (Photo:AFP/AP)

Roadmap should be to get better than Virat Kohli's side: Shoaib Akhtar advises Pak

Akhtar also said that Pakistan used to be a force to be reckoned with when Imran Khan was the captain of the side.

23 Dec 2019 12:16 PM

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma has stacked up astonishing numbers while batting as a pair but when it comes to facing quality fast bowlers, the celebrated opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly had a far tougher job. (Photo:AFP)

Sourav Ganguly,Sachin Tendulkar faced better quality pacers, says Ian Chappell

Chappell then gave an example how during Ganguly-Tendulkar era, each international team had two quality fast bowlers.

22 Dec 2019 3:25 PM

After securing eight new players for next year's Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli on Friday said that he is quite happy with the players the side has selected for the next year's tournament. (Photo: File)

'Happy with players we have selected in IPL auction': RCB skipper Virat Kohli

RCB acquired Aaron Finch, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Chris Morris, Kane Richardson, Shahbaz Ahmed, Joshua Philippe and Pavan Deshpande.

21 Dec 2019 11:00 AM

India skipper Virat Kohli has been a bit more charged up than he usually is during the ongoing West Indies series and rival captain Kieron Pollard is 'clueless' as to what's been the trigger. (Photo:AFP)

Why is Virat Kohli so animated? Please ask him, says Kieron Pollard

During the T20I series, Kohli's imitation of Kesrick Williams' 'notebook tick' celebration was 'television gold'.

19 Dec 2019 10:14 AM

Ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction, Royal Challengers Banglore's (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday assured the fans that the side will build a very strong outfit for the 2020 tournament. (Photo:AFP)

We are going to build a strong team for IPL 2020: Virat Kohli assures RCB fans

RCB's official Twitter handle posted a video of Kohli.

18 Dec 2019 1:26 PM

Babar, who scored his second Test hundred in the last three game on Sunday at against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi, said he wanted to be a batsman who, like Kohli, could win more matches for his team. (Photo: AFP / AP)

'I want to get where Virat Kohli is today': Babar Azam

The 24-year-old is a self-confessed fan of Kohli spoke about his aspiration to emulate the world's No.1 Test and ODI batsman.

16 Dec 2019 7:00 PM

Virat Kohli is the cricketing equivalent of soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for his sheer commitment towards the game feels West Indies batting icon, Brian Lara. (Photo: AFP)

'Virat Kohli is cricketing version of Cristiano Ronaldo': Brian Lara

For the 50-year-old Lara, who scored nearly 12,000 runs in Test cricket, Kohli can fit into the best teams of any era.

16 Dec 2019 1:01 PM

India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday expressed his strong displeasure at the manner in which Ravindra Jadeja was given run out following a late DRS call in the first ODI against West Indies here on Sunday. (Photo:AP)

I’ve never seen that in cricket: Virat Kohli on Ravindra Jadeja's disputed run out

The incident took place in the 48th over when Jadeja went for a quick single and the fielder effected a direct hit at the striker's end.

16 Dec 2019 11:12 AM

Former West Indies skipper Brian Lara has named Virat Kohli and Rohit SHarma as the two Indian top guns who can break his record of 400 runs in the single innings of a Test match. (Photo:AFP/PTI)

Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma can break my record: Brian Lara

David Warner had played an unbeaten knock of 335 runs vs Pakistan in November and was on course to break Lara's individual score of 400.

15 Dec 2019 3:33 PM

India will have their tails up whey they play West Indies in the first One-day International of the three-match rubber here on Sunday, seeking a 10th straight bilateral ODI series win against the side from the Caribbean. (Photo :PTI)

India firm favourites going into first ODI against West Indies

The home team will miss the services of seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who is out with a groin problem and Shikhar Dhawan.

14 Dec 2019 12:39 PM

Gone with the Windies

Whenever Rohit Sharma kickstarts the innings with his stroke-making brilliance, Team India becomes a major force.

14 Dec 2019 6:04 AM

Virat Kohli is the 'benchmark' and that is why all West Indies players should work as hard as the Indian captain to achieve their goals, feels their assistant coach Roddy Estwick. (Photo: AFP)

Work as hard as Virat Kohli: West Indies assistant coach to players

Estwick also said the West Indies team had done well to bridge the gap with India in the T20s and hoped to do the same in the ODIs too.

13 Dec 2019 4:18 PM

Rahul's scores of 62 and 91 in the first and third T20I have lifted him three places to the sixth spot while Kohli's unbeaten knocks of 94 and 70 in those two matches have taken him back into the top ten. (Photo: AFP)

Virat Kohli, KL Rahul gain in T20I rankings after great performance against Windies

Kohli, who was named player of the series after finishing with an aggregate of 183 runs, is now in the top 10 in all three formats.

12 Dec 2019 7:49 PM

India and West Indies team players arrived here on Thursday for the first one-day international to be played at the M A Chidambaram stadium on Sunday. (Photo: Twitter/ Virat Kohli)

India, West Indies teams arrive at Chennai for first ODI

The two teams will face off in the first match of the three-match ODI series after the host won the T20 series 2-1 on Wednesday in Mumbai.

12 Dec 2019 6:10 PM

After facing a 67-run defeat in the third and final T20I of the three-match series against India, West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard on Wednesday said that his counterpart Virat Kohli is a 'world-class batsman' and the Men in Blue completely deserved to win the series. (Photo:PTI)

Kieron Pollard defines Virat Kohli as 'world-class batsman'

India defeated West Indies by 67 runs in the third T20I at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to win the series 2-1.

12 Dec 2019 11:41 AM

Skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the first Indian batsman to score 1,000 T20I runs on home soil. Before this match, Kohli just needed six runs to achieve the feat of scoring 1,000 runs on home soil in the shortest format. He achieved the feat against West Indies in the ongoing third and final T20I of the three-match series. (Photo:AFP)

Virat Kohli first Indian batsman to score 1000 T20I runs on home soil

New Zealand's Martin Guptill and Colin Munro are the other two cricketers who have scored more than 1,000 runs on their home soil.

12 Dec 2019 10:25 AM

India captain Virat Kohli said the best aspect of the series-clinching win over West Indies in the third and final T20 International here was that his team finally managed to post a big score while batting first. (Photo:AFP)

Virat Kohli happy with India defending big score successfully after batting 1st

While India have been good at chasing for a while now, they have been making a conscious effort to amass big totals batting first.

12 Dec 2019 10:16 AM

Virat Kohli wanted to show a different facet of his batting and couldn't have chosen a better day than his second wedding anniversary with a series win was a 'special gift' to his wife Anushka Sharma. (Photo:PTI)

Series win a gift for my wife Anushka Sharma on our 2nd anniversary: Virat Kohli

Kohli hit seven 6s in his 29-ball-70 as India beat West Indies by 67 runs to win the three-match T20I series 2-1.

12 Dec 2019 9:25 AM

Mumbai massacre

Rohit, Rahul and Kohli demolish Windies to clinch T20 series 2-1.

12 Dec 2019 1:42 AM

India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday shared an adorable picture with wife Anushka Sharma, on the occasion of their second wedding anniversary, saying that 'there is only love and nothing else' between the two. (Photo:Twitter)

Virat Kohli celebrates second wedding anniversary with wifey Anushka Sharma

On the occasion, Sharma also shared a special message for Kohli saying that she is 'wholly blessed' to be with him.

11 Dec 2019 12:40 PM

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