London: The Indian team had the opportunity to spend time with former players during a charity event here Tuesday evening, where they had a taste of the growing buzz around them after the dominant victory at Edgbaston. The event saw stars like Sachin Tentulkar, delighted Shastri, Brian Lara, Ashish Nehra, Chris Gayle and Kevin Pietersen praised on the reversal of the Indian team in the series. For most of the evening, Yuvraj Singh, who was one of the first mentors of Shubman Gill, underlined the role of the chief selector Ajit Agarkar and the head coach Gautam Gambir for the promising performances of the Indian players. “Agarkar and Gautam do not get enough credit when the team is doing well. They are criticized when the team loses. Since Garkar came as chief selector, India has played the ODI World Cup final, won the T20 World Cup, won the Champions Trophy and now they have created history in Edgbaston. Both are doing a great job, “said Yuvraj at the gala dinner organized to collect funds for cancer treatment through the Youwecan Foundation. Yuvraj also said that Gill and Rishabh Pant were doing a great job with the team. He saw Gill from a very young age. “I saw Gill’s growth. He has always been the hardest worker of a team. He took responsibility for the test of Captain De Front and he is the perfect man for work.
I must say that Rishabh was fantastic because of the way he came back from the accident and is now part of this leadership group, “he added.Kohli says that age catches upVirat Kohli arrived after the Indian team left the place. He frankly stressed how he aged quickly and that prompted him to appeal to his career. “I have to dye my beard every second day. Once it starts, you know it’s time,” he smiles. “It was great to see the Indian team win the Edgbaston test. Nothing beats doing test cricket. ” Shastri has chosen to credit Kohli for the aggressive attitude of India in the series of current tests. “If this young team plays the cricket we see, it is because of Virat. He has been the best ambassador for test cricket in the last decade. He is the reason why India is in hard competition in test cricket,” said Shastri.
