Aaron Finch said all players are expected to endure some bad time but
players like Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Sachin Tendulkar
are exceptions.a
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New Delhi (Agencies) :The
weight of expectations in a cricket-mad country like India is huge but Virat
Kohli has done an exceptional job leading the side, says Australia’s
limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch.
Finch said all players are
expected to endure some bad time but players like Kohli, Steve Smith, Ricky
Ponting and batting great Sachin Tendulkar are exceptions.
“Every player, regardless of who it is, has a
bad series. But very very rarely do you see Kohli, (Steve) Smith, even going
back (Ricky) Ponting, Sachin (Tendulkar), these guys they don’t have two bad
series in a row,” Finch said on the Sony Ten Pit Stop show.
“The pressure of playing for India is one but
also leading India is another and the way he (Kohli) has done it, so
consistently for a long time.
“And taking over from (MS) Dhoni, the
leadership, that is huge. The expectations were high and he kept delivering and
I think that that is the most impressive thing,” he added.
Finch was impressed with
Kohli’s consistency as a batsman too.
“What has been so impressive for so long is
just his consistency across three formats. To be the best player of all-time in
ODI cricket is one thing but then to also be in Test cricket and T20 cricket as
a rounded player that is remarkable,”he said.
The ICC has banned use of
saliva to shine the ball and Finch said the players will have to get used to
it.
“I haven’t spoken to anyone in England or the
West Indies camp on how that’s (saliva ban) going to go. But that is something
that the players have to adapt to over the next couple of months (or) however
long that it lasts. Finding different ways to shine the ball, because I think
naturally, just out of instinct or habit, you lick the fingers and you rub the
ball.
“So I am sure there will be some inadvertent
mistakes. Everyone has to be really flexible and accommodating and understand
that things are going to be different to what they were four months ago,” added
the 33-year-old batsman.
After the outbreak of the
COVID19 pandemic, Test cricket will resume on July 8 when England take on the
West Indies in a three match series.
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