In Kohli, I see Viv, Ponting, he should continue as captain: Mohinder Amarnath

India might have lost the inaugural ICC World Test Championship WTC but former allrounder Mohinder Amarnath feels skipper Virat Kohli has done a fantastic job and it is important for the side that he continues to lead the squadA brilliant performance by New Zealands seamers and a composed run chase by Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor ensured the Kiwis made history by beating India to win the WTC finalMohinder lavished praise on Kohli and added that he sees legend Viv Richards and former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting in the Indian captainVirat Kohli is a great player and a very good captain also We shouldnt be emotional we have many expectations and when our expectations dont get fulfilled we start looking for something on which we can put the blame Mohinder Amarnath told ANIDefinitely he Virat is doing a fantastic job and a player like him comes once in a generation Cricket will keep on moving forward and when there are so many facilities and you play for a whole year obviously your selfconfidence increasesIn Virat Kohli I see both Viv Richards and Ricky Ponting so you can imagine how good a batsmen Virat is And with experience his performances are improving and its important for him to continue as captain he addedNew Zealand entered the reserve day of the Final at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton eyeing victory and their bowlers delivered in style to skittle India for 170 before Williamson and Taylor steered a successful chase of 139 to secure a memorable eightwicket winWith India starting the day at 64 for two in their second innings a lead of 32 all four results were still possible but the Black Caps pace quartet of Tim Southee Trent Boult Kyle Jamieson and Neil Wagner combined to take the final eight wickets by conceding just 106 more runsTeam is balanced but you need practice games to get used to the conditions So I think maybe they didnt have the time to prepare for the WTC final but congratulations to New Zealand they are the genuine winners said MohinderAlso ReadEuro 2020 Kasper Dolberg stars as Denmark outclass Wales 40 to reach quartersTeam India on this day 38 years ago made history as they won the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time It was Indias greatest cricketing triumph at the time as they defeated twotime winners West Indies by 43 runs to lift the coveted trophyWorld Cup 83 win gave the confidence as India had defeated a strong team and it was beginning of the good days said MohinderDefinitely 83 win contributed to Indian cricket which we see nowadays We performed as a unit in the tournament he addedThe former India cricketer feels better exposure in the recent years have led to improvement of the sideWe had great players right from the start but we didnt have the exposure If we talk about great players like CK Naidu my father Vinoo Mankad in the 60s 70s then the 80s so you see the performances improve when the exposure increases Mohinder Amarnath signed offAlso ReadSunil Gavaskar predicts glorious English summer for Virat Kohli and CoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever