Rohit Sharma is perhaps the captain of India’s Take a look at staff but it surely’s Virat Kohli fever that has gripped Australian media. On Tuesday morning, the Indian cricket staff’s batting hero emerged on the entrance pages of a number of Australian newspapers, leaving the cricket universe in awe. Whereas Virat’s photos dominated most newspapers, one other rising star who has began to achieve followers Down Underneath is Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is also noticed in a couple of papers.
The entrance pages of some papers additionally carried some daring Hindi headlines in Hindi, “Yugon ki ladai” (translated as “Battle for the ages”). Jaiswal, alternatively, is being hailed as “Navam Raja” or “The New King.”
Loads of @imVkohli within the Australian papers this morning as is the norm every time India are on the town however by no means anticipated to see Hindi and Punjabi showing within the Adelaide Advertiser. Tells you in regards to the magnitude of the #AusvInd sequence for Australia & cricket on this nation pic.twitter.com/I5B2ogPvEJ
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) November 12, 2024
Kohli and his love affair with Australia and its folks aren’t hidden from anybody. Even former Australian cricketers wrestle to carry themselves from speaking about Virat. Not too long ago, when former Australia captain Ricky Ponting questioned Kohli’s place within the staff, he obtained a befitting reply from Gautam Gambhir, the Indian staff’s head coach.
Ponting had just lately commented on Kohli’s kind, suggesting that every other participant with solely two centuries in 5 years wouldn’t have survived within the staff.
Addressing the media earlier than departing for Australia for the five-match Take a look at sequence, Gambhir responded to questions concerning the type of Kohli and Rohit. Terming Ponting’s opinions on Indian cricket ‘irrelevant’, the previous batter affirmed that each the large weapons have a variety of ardour and starvation for the staff.
“By no means…Ricky Ponting ought to take into consideration Australian cricket, what issues he has for Indian cricket? Virat and Rohit are extremely robust males. They’ve achieved lots for Indian cricket and they’re going to proceed to attain lots,” Gambhir stated within the press convention on Monday.
“They nonetheless work actually exhausting. They’re nonetheless passionate. They nonetheless wish to obtain much more and that’s one thing which is essential. The starvation in that dressing room is extremely vital for me and for your entire group of individuals as properly in that dressing room. I really feel there’s a variety of starvation, particularly after what has occurred within the final sequence,” he additional added.
With ANI Inputs
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