India vs Bangladesh: Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan praise Virat Kohli’s captaincy

Vadodara: Cricketers Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan hailed India skipper Virat Kohli for his stupendous performance with the bat and leading the team to another comprehensive Test victory against Bangladesh. Indian bowlers showed tremendous perseverance on an unresponsive pitch to crush Bangladesh by 208 runs in the one-off Test in Hyderabad on Monday and stretch the team’s unbeaten streak to 19 matches. “India’s future is very bright under Kohli’s leadership,” said Irfan and Yusuf. The win was the Indian team’s eighth victory in nine home Tests this season with the only draw coming against England at Rajkot. This was India’s the sixth successive series victory under Virat Kohli starting from Sri Lanka series in 2015. Full Cricket Scorecard: India vs Bangladesh, one-off Test at Hyderabad

Earlier, Disappointed at not being able to save the one-off Test against India on a flat wicket, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim on Monday said his team could have done it if it had even one batsman of Indian skipper Virat Kohli‘s calibre. Mushfiqur was asked if he agreed with Kohli’s notion that “basic batting technique” would have saved the visitors from a defeat, Mushfiqur sarcastically replied: “If you had basic technique like Virat Kohli [has], then you would have scored at an average of 50 plus in Test matches. Then you won’t be needing even seven batsmen on the final day to save a match.

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Four would have been enough for a draw. “Unfortunately, we don’t have a Virat Kohli in our team,” the visiting captain said. Asked about reports that he would be stripped off captaincy, Mushfiqur made it clear that he would neither quit captaincy nor wicket-keeping as he has a batting average of 34.