In All-Time XI Of ‘Calmest’ Players By Fiery Ex-India Pacer Virat Kohli To Open With Gautam Gambhir
The premium batsman of Indian Cricket Team Virat Kohli and the head coach of the team Gautam Gambhir have played numerous matches together. They were part of the team that won the 2011 World Cup. Both are from Delhi and started their career playing for the state team. The similarity does not end there. The duo is well known to be aggressive on the field, never shying away from expressing their opinions. Sreesanth who is the fire-brand former India pacer, recently picked an interesting all-time XI which had both the players. While talking Sreesanth was asked to pick an all-time XI of ‘calmest’ players and the pacer's picks were interesting as all the name that he took have a reputation to be hot-headed.
He said, “With Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli will open. Ricky Ponting at No.3 with Sourav Ganguly at two down. Ganguly will be the captain while Ponting is the vice-captain. ShahidAfridi. How can I forget Shakib Al Hasan, he does not even leave the umpires. Then Kieron Pollard, Harbhajan Singh, Shoaib Akhtar and Andre Nel. At No. 11, the one and only Sreesanth. How can I leave myself out from any playing XI.”
While their on-field tiffs have well publicised, Gambhir has always maintained that he has a lot of respect for Kohli.