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Arshdeep Singh calls sharing the dressing room with Virat Kohli a blessing, backs the previous India skipper to bounce back and praises Shubman Gill’s supportive captaincy.
Virat Kohli scored 8-ball duck in 1st India-Australia ODI. (Picture Credit: AP)
India seamer Arshdeep Singh considers it a “blessing” to share the dressing room with the legendary Virat Kohli, despite the latter’s eight-ball duck in the primary ODI, which India lost by seven wickets to Australia.
Arshdeep is confident that Kohli, a master of 50-over cricket, will bounce back and rating runs within the remaining two matches of the series.
“He has played greater than 300 matches for India, so form is only a word for him,” Arshdeep remarked on the post-match press conference. “He knows learn how to get going. It’s all the time like a blessing to be in the identical dressing room with him, and going forward I feel there’ll be lots of runs for him on this series as well.”
When asked about Kohli’s feelings on playing only one format, Arshdeep remained cautious. “….talking in regards to the format he’s playing, he has mastered this one. So I don’t know the way he feels about it. I’ll ask him about his feelings, and perhaps let you know in the following press conference.”
The left-arm seamer, still recent to Shubman Gill’s kind of white-ball captaincy, expects the young skipper to be a bowlers’ captain like his predecessors Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Shubman As Captain?
Since Arshdeep has yet to play Test cricket and this was Gill’s first game as ODI skipper, he shunned comparing the brand new captain with the 2 experienced players. “I actually have played very less ODIs, so I can’t tell the difference yet, but I might say each of them were proper bowlers’ captains. They gave you proper freedom and even today Shubman, he backed whatever plans we had, and he said, bowl freely to your plans and just benefit from the moment,” Arshdeep said about his state-mate, with whom he has shared the dressing room since their age-group days.
“We knew we didn’t have that many runs, but we just wanted to precise ourselves, that was his message.”
Arshdeep mentioned that the Optus Stadium track was good, however the frequent rain interruptions affected the batters’ concentration. “Should you spend time on this wicket, then the runs were coming, but it surely was very essential to spend time on the wicket whoever was set. We saw the partnership between KL and Axar,” he said. “But with frequent stoppages, it became very difficult for the batter to take care of concentration. And the credit also goes to Australian bowlers. They bowled in excellent areas, they got lots of help from the wicket,” he added.
(With inputs from Agencies)
Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. Ocassionally writes cricket content, havin…Read More
Ritayan Basu, Senior Sub-Editor, Sports at News18.com. Has been covering domestic and and international football for nearly a decade. Has played and covered badminton. Ocassionally writes cricket content, havin… Read More
October 19, 2025, 19:42 IST
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