Ex-Indian batsman Dilip Vengsarkar praises Indian Super Star Virat Kohli
Former batsman of Indian cricket team Dilip Vengsarkar praises Virat Kohli's "biggest legacy," and his impact on Indian cricket is the fitness culture the fittest cricket personality has managed to establish since his captaincy tenure.
Kohli held an inspirational presence in terms of performances and fitness and laid the benchmark for other cricketers in the squad, with the much-documented introduction of the yo-yo test as one of the metrics for selection.
Vengsarkar, whose time period as BCCI's ex-chief selector is renowned for fighting in favor of Kohli's maiden international appearance back in 2008 above the then cricket board head N Srinivasan's preferred choice, Subramaniam Badrinath, spoke in glowing praise of the man he recognized well before Indian cricket's top brass did.
Vengsarkar, who played 116 Tests and 129 ODIs for India, said that "his biggest legacy to Indian cricket is the 'culture of fitness' he has introduced into the Indian team and the whole system.”
He further added that, "When I see him convert ones into twos and twos into threes, I tell the boys at my coaching academy to learn from him and replicate his fitness standards. All the young cricketers who come to my academy want to emulate him, which is a good sign for Indian cricket.”