Ravi Shastri : When you have a leader who leads by example, the others simply follow
Coach Ravi Shastri was all smile at the press conference as he singled out skipper Virat Kohli for praise and said ‘When you have a leader who leads by example, the others will follow’. Shastri further added that even though the win looked easy, it will not happen every time against the Proteas.
Team India wrapped up things in the final ODI match yesterday at the SuperSport Park in Centurion which was merely a formality as the visitors were already declared winners after their win in the fifth ODI. This was team India’s first series win in the Rainbow nation after their first tour in 1992.
Skipper Virat Kohli, once again, led from the front as he scored his 35th ODI ton and remained not out on 129* at the end of the match. Kohli was also adjudged man of the series after becoming the first player in the history to score 500 runs in a bilateral series overtaking compatriot Rohit Sharma who was the earlier holder of the record with 491 runs against Australia in 2013-14.
"When you have a leader like that who leads by example, the other guys jolly well follow. Otherwise, they know what to expect. That's the beauty about this team on this trip where I feel proud as a coach about my boys is the intensity they showed. Even after being two-zip down in the Test series, for them to show that kind of character to come back and win that Test match in Johannesburg on a spiteful pitch," Shastri said in the post-match press conference, reported Cricbuzz.
"And to then take that momentum into the one-day series and show the consistency they've shown over the last two weeks is fabulous. Entire credit should go to the leader. Because he's led from the front, first with his batting and then as I said with his intensity, which makes other people in the team also up the ante."
Shastri, however, was quick to assert that although Kohli and the rest of the team made this triumph look ridiculously easy, there’s more to the victory than what meets the eye.
"One thing history tells me, I have been coming here since 1992, there is not one South African side in the world that anyone can say is a weak side. You just look at their bilateral record and they are one of the great sides in bilateral cricket. I have followed this game for a long time. I have been a broadcaster as well and covered a lot of South Africa games and I know how they play. So I would like my boys to enjoy every bit of this series win. Whatever the scoreline is they must enjoy because it doesn't happen every day," Shastri added.
Team India will now face the South African team in the last stage of their tour, as they will play three T20Is as well. The First T20I will be played at The Wanderers in Johannesburg tomorrow.
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