Virat Kohli, who is the fastest batsman to score 19,000 international runs, is undoubtedly one of the best batters in the world. Kohli is one of those rare Indian cricketers who scored runs everywhere in the world, and against all kind of bowling attacks.

While Kohli the batsman is a force to reckon with, his captaincy often left a lot to be desired. Virat Kohli succeeded former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Test in December 2014 after the wicket-keeper batsman announced his retirement from the longest format of the game. Two years later, Dhoni handed over ODI and T20 captaincy too to Virat Kohli.

Speaking to Star Sports, Virat Kohli said Team India head coach Ravi Shastri’s inputs had helped him become a better leader.

“Ever since 2014, I think he’s (Shastri) one person who’s given me honest feedback whenever things required to be altered. I remember we sat down (last year). I’d scored a Test century and a fifty in the same game in England, so he called me and he said, as far as batting is concerned, I’m not going to discuss anything with you now because you’ve done some something which I am proud of and everyone is proud of. But as a captain, I need to start thinking how to get the best out of this team and how to tactically be spot on. And that really hit me because I felt like, you know, there’s so much more to captaincy than you sometimes think,” Kohli said.

Under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, India lost two back-to-back Test series in South Africa and England. However, the 30-year-old Indian captain guided his team to their first ever Test series win in Australia in the last seven decades.

The Delhi batsman also said Shastri had never tried to change him as a person so that he could become a better captain.

“Because he’s done so much commentary, and he’s seen the game so much and has played so much himself – just watching the game – he knows where the game is heading. So just get getting feedback from him constantly has been the biggest help for me, in terms of moulding my own personality into captaincy. He’s someone who has never tried to change me just to be able to fit into the captaincy mode,” Kohli added.