Former India fielding coach T Dilip says Virat Kohli’s relentless intensity has a contagious effect on the team and pushes at least five other players to “stretch their limits” whenever they share the ground with him.
Dilip, whose nearly five-year stint with the Indian team ended after the recent tour of England, also lauded Kohli’s ability to maintain the same intensity in training and matches as one of the biggest influences on India’s fielding standards.
“When it comes to Virat Kohli, intensity is non-negotiable. You have seen him in the powerplay, how he is as a batsman, whether at cover or short mid-wicket, with his reflexes and with his dives, is admirable,” Dilip told ‘JioStar’.
“Even in the last series, he was putting in those dives and was sharp, always at you all the time.
“Even at this juncture of his career, he runs from long-on to long-on at either end during the death overs, and he is the first one to run out of the circle when the field is spread, and that’s a fabulo
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