Sanjay Bangar impressed by Virat Kohli’s drive to improve

The ongoing series was considered as Virat Kohli’s final frontier and after the embarrassing performance of the last trip to the British Isle, he had a point to prove. And none had to actually wait for long to get a glimpse of the same as Kohli produced an innings high tenacity and exquisite skill. The performance not only helped India close the first innings lead to 13 runs, it also left a great impression upon his batting coach, Sanjay Bangar, who feels that Kohli’s drive and self determination to be better version of himself, everytime he walks out on that field to play, has made him such a reputed cricketer of the recent times.

“He’s a versatile player. At times, quality players keep on assessing their own games and where they want to progress. The awareness that is required under certain conditions which may differ from SA, AUS to England, but he does that really well. This individual knock that Virat played might have given him a great sense of satisfaction – purely the job satisfaction that every professional aspires for. The standout part of this innings was that he was always playing close to his body and he waited for the right chances,” Bangar further added.

“Once we got a good start, we should’ve capitalised on it. But the openers handled the new ball really well, and the angles that were created by Sam Curran - credit to him that he could create those angles. But if you see the difference between both sides, England is used to playing in these conditions and we don’t really play in these conditions too often, yet the gap is a mere 18 runs. Definitely the game is really well placed and Alastair Cook’s wicket has put the game in a very, very good balance,” quoted Bangar.