IS HE THE NEXT SOURAV GANGULY?

Virat Kohli  (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He is the captain of the Indian Test cricket team.^[1] A middle-order batsman, who can also bowl right-arm medium pace, Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia, and is the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in the Indian Premier League. He also represents Delhi in first-class cricket and played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy.
Kohli made his ODI debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, Kohli only played his first Test in 2011 against West Indies in Kingston. But on the disastrous 2011/12 India tour of Australia, in which India's senior batsmen struggled throughout, Kohli stood out, scoring his first Test hundred in Adelaide
In One Day International (ODI) cricket, Kohli holds multiple records including the record for the fastest century by an Indian batsman, and the fastest to 17 hundreds in ODI by any batsman. He is the fourth batsman in ODIs after Sourav Ganguly (1997–2000), Sachin Tendulkar (1996–98) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007–09) to hit 1000 or more ODI runs in three or more consecutive calendar years. He also holds the record for most centuries in chases, with 11 centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar. He is the first batsman to make five successive scores of 50 or more in ODIs on two separate occasions.^[7]Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2012. SportsPro has rated him the 2nd most marketable athlete in the world. In October 2013, against Australia, Kohli smashed the fastest ODI century by an Indian, the seventh fastest ever.^[10] In November 2013, he became the top ranked ODI batsman for the first time. Kohli, also received the Man of the Tournament during the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.

More like Ganguly, less like Dhoni: Why Kohli is the perfect replacement

 

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly: three Tests, six innings, 106 runs at an average 17.67, a highest score of 48. In sheer numbers, that was his contribution to India's cause in the 2001 series against Australia. As a batsman, he was struggled badly... the Aussies were at him constantly... ex-cricketers were criticising him... but do we remember any of that?
Instead we remember Dravid-Laxman, Harbhajan and Kolkata; we remember Ganguly not crumbling as Australia put their mental disintegration tactics into play; we remember his unbridled agression; we remember the all-conquering Aussies failing at the final frontier once again. That series was the making of Ganguly as a leader of men... as a leader we still fondly remember and as one his team respected, stood by, and fought like hell for.
It is also the reason why many wish they could be transported back to the time when Ganguly was captain of India. For many, Virat Kohli's elevation to skipper might just grant that wish. Kohli, in essence, is Ganguly 2.0. Unlike Ganguly, he has no visible flaw in his batting technique (he has 499 runs in the series already), he is ready to take on the opposition and he wants to win while playing aggressive, attractive cricket.

File photo of Virat Kohli. Getty Images

It may or may not work. But we certainly know that under Kohli, as with Ganguly, there will be no holding back or seeking of safety. India will play to win every time they step out on to the field.

"Ganguly and John Wright, together, managed to drill that into the Indian team. He wanted to take on the best and win while doing it. It was the kind of obsession that the current India under Dhoni sorely lacked. It is also the kind of obsession that Virat Kohli will bring to the table"

Virat is an aggressive captain in Ganguly mould: Coach Sharma

"Virat is an aggressive player by nature. He is someone who always likes to attack and take the opposition head on which is also reflected in his captaincy. For me, Virat belongs to the Sourav Ganguly `School of captaincy` which is to attack the oppositio

"Virat is an aggressive player by nature. He is someone who always likes to attack and take the opposition head on which is also reflected in his captaincy. For me, Virat belongs to the Sourav Ganguly `School of captaincy` which is to attack the opposition

                "Virat Kohli's Aggressive Nature Brings the Best out of him, Says Team Director Ravi Shastri"

The new Indian Test captain Virat Kohli's aggressive attitude on the field has been strongly defended by Team Director Ravi Shastri, who says that it brings out the best in him. In an exclusive interview to PTI in Sydney, Shastri said the aggressive streak is working wonders for Kohli the batsman, who has already struck three hundreds in the ongoing Test series. Shastri said the whole of Australia was admiring him for the way he is playing.