Centurion,
\nFormer South Africa coach Ray Jennings feels that India captain Virat Kohli can be \u201cintimidating in the dressing room\u201d and it would be great if he gets a good<\/p>\n
guide, who can maximise his potential as a leader. Jennings has witnessed Kohli\u2019s progress from his days as an U-19 cricketer as he was associated as a<\/p>\n
coach with Royal Challengers Bangalore.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs captain, I think, he is still not at his best. The Indian cricket system has to feed off Virat. Going from MS Dhoni to Kohli has been a drastic change. Dhoni is<\/p>\n
so calm and Kohli is the complete opposite. He can be intimidating in the dressing room and sometimes his teammates can wonder who Kohli really is,\u201d said<\/p>\n
Jennings.<\/p>\n
Jennings said Kohli can instil \u201cfear\u201d in youngsters, and that\u2019s why a calm mentor is need of the hour. \u201cThere can be a fear factor in the dressing room and you<\/p>\n
don\u2019t want that with so many youngsters coming into the side. Indian cricket, thus, has to find people who can help and influence Kohli into ways of improving<\/p>\n
and becoming an even better leader,\u201d Jennings said.<\/p>\n
But Jennings insisted that Kohli will get better with age. \u201cWith age, Kohli will get better and calm down a lot naturally. He will not be so aggressive and in your<\/p>\n
face all the time. But in certain situations, when things are not so calm or even just to take that fear factor away from the dressing room, who will teach Kohli to<\/p>\n
become a better version of himself?\u201d said Jennings.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is smart enough and passionate enough to want to change. He wants to be the best, and he does have skills to be the best player in the world, yet he needs<\/p>\n
some assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kohli scored his 33rd ODI hundred in the first match at Durban and followed it up with an unbeaten 46 in the second match at Centurion. \u201cAt this age, he<\/p>\n
already has 33 ODI hundreds and he is in touching distance of the best-ever seen in ODI cricket (Sachin Tendulkar). He has another 10 years left in him, at<\/p>\n
least, so there\u2019s no reason why in 3-4 years he cannot get better and better.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think 32 is the best age for any batsman and he is yet to get there, so you can add a few more hundreds to that 33 mark,\u201d said Jennings, who has seen Kohli<\/p>\n
as an opposition coach during the 2008 U-19 World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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