India vs New Zealand | Hope Hardik Pandya emerges as a better cricketer, hopes Virat Kohli

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Virat Kohli is hopeful that Hardik Pandya emerges as a better cricketer after the controversial incident on ‘Koffee with Karan’ which had resulted in the latter's suspension. Pandya joined up with the Indian squad in New Zealand and will be in contention for the remaining two ODIs of the series.

Kohli reckons that young all-rounder will learn from his mistakes after the BCCI cleared the Baroda-born cricketer to travel to New Zealand and join the Indian squad. The Mumbai Indians player will be in contention for the remaining two One-Dayers against the Kiwis and will also stay back for the T20I series as well.

"In life, there are only two ways to deal with a situation like that. Either you hit rock bottom or you can learn from the situation and see it as a motivation to make things right," said Kohli after leading India to a series-sealing seven-wicket win over the Black Caps. For a cricketer, there is nothing more dear than game. You put all your energy in the game, if you respect the game, the game will respect you back. There is no rocket science.

"You don't need do anything extra (in a situation like Pandya's). Whoever comes out of it positive, his career can scale new heights, like we have seen with many cricketers in the past. I hope he goes on that right path and emerges as a better cricketer and I think he can do that," Kohli said during the post match press conference, PTI sources.

Last month, Pandya was sent back home from Australia after BCCI suspended him and Rahul pending an inquiry. Everyone thought that he would miss the entire tour of New Zealand but the Committee of Administrators (CoA) revoked their interim suspension last week. Now, the fate of the pair will be decided by an Ombudsman who is yet to be appointed by the Supreme Court.

"It is very very good to have him. He provides balance to the team. The way he bowled today showed that he went back and was practising his skills. You can tell with his intensity, he picked up two crucial wickets as well.

"He is someone who will give you those important contributions in all three departments. The team also looks much more balanced with him around. He is in a good head space and I hope he can continue with that," Kohli concluded.

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