Ravi Shastri has been the most amazing support for the Indian team, says Virat Kohli

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Virat Kohli has lavished praise on national team head coach, Ravi Shastri, whom the latter claims has been the most amazing support system for the entire team over the past season. Kohli further labelled Cheteshwar Pujara, as a ‘White Walker’ from popular series - Game of Thrones.

Team India sealed a convincing 2-1 Test series win on Australian soil for the first time ever a few weeks ago which displayed the progress that Virat Kohli & co. has made under Ravi Shastri after the departure of former coach - Anil Kumble. Individual performance aside, the entire national team has seen a change in mentality after the appointment of Shastri as head coach.

Indian captain, Virat Kohli, lavished praise on the former Indian Test cricketer whom the former believes has helped the national team with his feedback and support in the past year or so. Despite coming under criticism for the series losses against South Africa and England last year, Kohli backed Shastri for the amazing support that he has provided to the players in the squad.

“He’s one person, because he’s done so much commentary, and he’s seen the game so much and has played so much himself – just watching the game - he knows where the game is heading,” Kohli said.

“So just get getting feedback from him constantly has been the biggest help for me, in terms of moulding my own personality into captaincy. He’s someone who has never tried to change me just to be able to fit into the captaincy mode. And I think that was the most important thing and he’s been the most amazing support for the team and someone who’s backed the team through and through,” Kohli told bcci.tv.

The 30-year old batsman, who scored a century in India’s recent ODI win against Australia, also spoke about Test teammate - Cheteshwar Pujara. Pujara scored a total of 521 runs during the four-match series win against Australia and was also adjudged as man of the series earlier this month. Kohli joked how the Saurashtra-born batsman was anointed with a new nickname recently.

“We’ve named him ‘White Walker’ from Game of Thrones because there’s only either fire or that special dagger that can kill him. I don’t think bowlers or cricket balls are going to do any damage to him. At the moment, he is unbreakable so we named him White Walker,” Kohli added.

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