No extra pressure after Shastri takes over as head coach: Virat

TIL Desk Sports/ A fair understanding of each other already there, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli today said he expects the going to be smooth with new coach Ravi Shastri as they are both well aware of what is expected of them.

Speaking to the media before the team’s departure for the tour of Sri Lanka — featuring three Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 starting July 26 — Kohli, for the first time, shared his views on Shastri’s appointment.

Shastri had earlier served as Team Director between 2014 and 2016. He pipped the likes of Virender Sehwag to clinch the chief coach position, left vacant by Anil Kumble after a fallout with Kohli.

“We have worked together for three years (2014-16). So there should be that kind of understanding (between us), that you can also understand, so I don’t think that I need to understand anything new about (coach and support staff) in this scenario,” Kohli said.

“As I have already said, we had worked earlier also, we know that what’s expected, what’s going on in the plate… So I don’t think there is any effort to understand (both) as we have worked earlier also,” he added.