Published: Feb 04, 2017, 09:45 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 04, 2017, 09:45 PM (IST)
Mumbai: Team India skipper Virat Kohli was on Saturday felicitated by the Shivaji Park Gymkhana (SPG) in Mumbai. The right-handed batsman arrived in the Gymkhana in Dadar area of Central Mumbai at around 11.30 AM, SPG Assistant General Secretary Sunil Ramchandran told PTI via phone. The 28-year-old batting superstar was later felicitated by SPG Chairman Avinash Kamat, Ramchandran and SPG committee member Sanil Samel.
The Gymkhana has given several cricketers to the national team over the years. These include Ajit Wadekar, Sunil Gavaskar, Sandeep Patil, Sanjay Manjrekar, Praveen Amre and Ajit Agarkar. In January 2017, MS Dhoni stepped down from India’s limited-overs captaincy and as a result Kohli, already the Test captain was named the skipper for T20Is and ODIs as well.
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Kohli as a Test captain is yet to lose a Test series at home and has now won five consecutive series (Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand and England), with the most recent being the 4-0 routing of England. Under his leadership, the Indian team scaled to the No.1 position in the ICC Test Ranking. Kohli also began his full-time limited-overs journey with great success.
Under him, India first defeated England 2-1 in the ODIs, followed by a 2-1 win in the T20Is. The Kohli-led Indian side’s next assignment is the one-off Test against Bangladesh at Hyderabad starting February 9. However, the bigger assignment is due later this month when the side takes on Australia for a four-Test series in a bid to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
(With inputs from PTI)
