Reportedly former india pacer venkatesh prasad on wednesday explained the similarities and differences between current bcci boss sourav ganguly and virat kohli as captains. prasad also said that sourav ganguly transformed the indian team with his amazing leadership quality and set the standard both as captain and player. Prasad, whose played his last matches under Ganguly, feels that Virat is very passionate but also pointed out that he never saw former india skipper show the level of aggression which kohli does.
venkatesh prasad said "I think Sourav and Virat are pretty much on similar lines, because Sourav also took up captaincy when there were a lot of negative things going around the team. That's one. Second, Sourav had to really transform the team. I think it required huge leadership skills basically. And that's what Sourav showed. He had an amazing leadership quality and he set the standard both as captain and player". "Yet there were some shortcomings. When it comes to Sourav's fitness, or maybe his fielding skills or whatever, but that's fine. Who doesn't have shortcomings? But what was important at that stage was a good leader. And that's what Sourav showed everybody what a leader can do. He transformed the team."
"Virat is pretty much on the same lines of Sourav. Sourav never showed his emotions, a couple of times only we have seen Sourav showing his emotions. Virat comes across as a very, very passionate guy, and comes with controlled aggression,” prasad said. This doesn't mean that he goes overboard. people might feel that he goes overboard but that's his aggression, that’s what keeps him going. That is what keeps him in the game. That is what keeps him thinking all the time. It's easily visible, whereas Sourav’s aggression wasn't that visible apart from a couple of incidents."
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