Waugh finds elements of himself and Ponting in Kohli s captaincy

Sydney March 23 (IANS) A day after his successor Michael Clarke slammed the Australian media for tarnishing India skipper Virat Kohli s image former Australia captain Steve Waugh on Thursday went one step ahead in complimenting the Indian saying he sees a bit of Ricky Ponting and himself in the way Kohli goes about his business.

There s probably elements of Ricky (Ponting) and myself in his captaincy but having said that he s his own man Waugh was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

He s the new face of India he can get in your face he s aggressive he s positive and he leads in a certain way so the other guys know how he wants the team to play.

(But also) I m glad he s got a bit of me in his captaincy he added.

Waugh the most successful captain in Test history with a winning percentage of 71.92 is also impressed with Kohli s body language and the way the 28-year-old encourages his team-mates.

He s obviously a very aggressive captain he encourages a lot of talk amongst his troops and he s got positive body language and they re all the traits that I liked in my sides he said.

He then proceeded to compare Kohli s on-field conduct to Ponting saying that both take charge and step up to lead by example when the situation demands.

Ricky Ponting was a similar type of player; he d roll his sleeves up get stuck in he d go into bat-pad if he needed to and led by example. And Virat Kohli certainly does that he said.

--IANS
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