Deep Dasgupta thinks Virat Kohli should be a bit more careful while keeping his gestures on the field. The cricketer-turned commentator told the Indian captain gets himself going’ with his intense antics but conceded that he’s a role model for millions of kids who might be affected by his actions.
Deep Dasgupta’s remarks came during a Q&A session on his Official YouTube channel. He was asked whether Virat Kohli’s now-famous shush finger party toward some New Zealand fans during the World Test Championship final was confirmed. In his answer, he juxtaposed Virat Kohli’s attitude on and off the field and answered:
“I wasn’t there so obviously I don’t know. But with Virat, the thing is, personally the way he behaves helps him motivate himself. That’s how he gets himself going. If you meet him off the field, he’s one of the calmest people you’ll come across. He’s calm, quiet, soft-spoken, and very well-spoken too. But once he steps on the field, his attitude changes. I think that’s his way of motivating himself. If that works for him, and I have said this [before], it’s absolutely fine. At the end of the day, you want him to score runs. How he scores runs, how he wins games for India, we’ll leave that to him.”
Deep Dasgupta added:
“You talked about him being there as a captain. Yes, he’s the ambassador of the country, especially when you are playing outside India… As I said, I wasn’t in Southampton so I don’t know how he behaved… I agree (he needs to choose his words and gestures in the right way), some of the things, I know he gets carried away. As you said, there are kids who are watching him, he’s a role model for millions of kids and I agree with that.”
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Neil Wagner revealed the reason behind Virat Kohli’s celebration
After the WTC final, New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner had told the full story behind Virat Kohli’s indications. He said the Southampton crowd was kidding the Indian skipper by singing his name to the tune about the famous Cranberries song Zombie. Wagner said in a press conference back later:
“Yes, the crowd started singing Zombie… They were singing, ‘In your head Kohli, in your head Kohli, Kohli.’ So they were trying to get under Kohli’s skin a little bit and Kohli kept giving it around, giving them the shush fingers.”
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