India vs Australia 2019: Virat Kohli has Raised his Bar so much that Performances of Others Don't Seem Special: Sanjay Bangar

Indian National Cricket team batting coach Sanjay Bangar shared high praise on skipper Virat Kohli following his 41t century against Australia in the third ODI against Australia at Ranchi.

Meanwhile, Kohli while chasing a massive target of 314 runs, Kohli played a classical knock of 123 from 95 balls – his back-to-back century against Australia – to keep India in the hunt before Adam Zampa bowled him at a crucial juncture. India’s chances faded away once Kohli got out as they finished 32 runs short at Ranchi. During his knock, Kohli added yet another feather to his illustrious cap. The talismanic runscorer became only the fourth Indian captain ever to score 4000 runs in ODIs. Virat Kohli joined the elite list which already has big names of MS Dhoni (6641), Mohammad Azharuddin (5239) and Sourav Ganguly (5104) ahead of him.

There was no dew on offer

Speaking at the post-match conference, Sanjay Manjrekar hailed the efforts of the Indian skipper. Also, he added that they decided to chase as they thought the dew will come to play in the latter half of the game. However, there was no dew on offer yesterday. Bangar also resonated their loss at Ranchi and also said that Virat Kohli could have put pressure if batted for few more balls.

“The way he batted, we expected to chase down the target as the dew factor was the premise for opting to field first. Groundsmen reported that and because there was so much dew yesterday, we opted to chase.

“But today, since there was no dew, the target couldn’t be chased as the ball kept low and it became a factor. Virat wanted to convert every ball and he could have put pressure had he been around for some more time,” Bangar came to Kohli’s defence when asked why he could not finish the game.

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