India captain Virat Kohli heaped praise on opener Mayank Agarwal, pacer Mohammad Siraj and all-rounder Axar Patel. Agarwal, Siraj and Patel were India’s star players along with Ravichandran Ashwin in the second Test against New Zealand in Mumbai. won by 372 runs To win the two-match series 1-0. The first Test in Kanpur ended in a draw. Kohli, who missed the first Test due to workload management, returned as the team leader in Mumbai.
giving feedback Agarwal’s performanceKohli said he was impressed by the “application, flexibility and character” shown by the right-handed batsman. After a lean patch by his standards, Agarwal scored a brilliant 150 in India’s first innings and then backed it up with 62 runs in the second innings. To put Agarwal’s efforts into context, New Zealand were bowled out for 62 in their first innings and could only manage 167 in their last innings. Apart from Agarwal, only Axar Patel of India scored a half-century in Tests.
“Great application from Mayank. To play this level for long, you need flexibility, and you need character. And he has certainly shown it. We’ve all gone through these processes where we’ve had to demonstrate that effect at a very important stage, and they’ve done that. Apart from feeling comfortable about himself as a batsman or a person, I think it will build his character and help him stay consistent as India progresses,” Kohli said after the match.
Kohli spoke well mohammed sirajiWhose inclusion in the XI for the Mumbai Test proved to be an important factor. It was Siraj who picked up three New Zealand top-order wickets in the afternoon session of the second day.
“He is definitely someone who has a lot of skill and talent. You can see that he works hard in the way he bowls and whatever spell he bowls. Looks like he can get you a couple of wickets in every spell. This is a huge incentive for the team. Especially in difficult or challenging situations where there is partnership and wickets are not falling. You can count on a player like him to bowl three-four rapid overs and do something off the pitch. He has talent in his hands. It doesn’t really depend on the conditions, which can be the difference between winning a Test and drawing it. If you look at the Lord’s Test, even when the ball stopped swinging later, he was able to take wickets because of the skill in his hand and gave us breakthroughs that were very important because of the number of overs. We had,” Kohli said.
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Another player to make an impact in the series was Akshar Patel, The southpaw took 9 wickets with both balls and scored 124 valuable runs in the two Tests. Kohli said that if Axar keeps up his good work, he has the potential to play for India for a long time.
“Akshar is an all-round cricketer. His skills provide a good balance for any team he plays for. After all, why is he performing so well in T20 format and also in Test cricket for so long whenever he is given a chance. The good thing is that he is adapting his game to the requirements of the format, which is a good sign. If he can keep his fitness level up and if he can continue to work on his game, then he has the potential to play for a long time. Basically this is the need of the hour in today’s cricket when we play so much cricket. If you cannot keep your fitness level up, it becomes more difficult,” he said.
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