Kohli hails 'multidimensional' India after South Africa romp

NEW DELHI: India have evolved into a"multidimensional" team capable of winning anywhere in the world and irrespective of the nature of pitches, captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri said after the side's 3-0 series sweep against South Africa on Tuesday.

"To be the best side in the world you need to be multidimensional and all facets of your team have to fire and work properly," Kohli said at the presentation ceremony as he singled out the pacers for special praise. "Batsmen gave confidence to the bowlers, bowlers gave us amazing confidence that even with 300 on board, we're always in in every test match," he said.Kohli, who led India to their first test series win in Australia earlier this year, said it was continuation of the same mindset.

India have traditionally been formidable at home but struggled abroad, especially on lively surfaces which often defanged their spinners and exposed technical limitations of many of their batsmen."Our motto was to take pitches out of the equation - to hell with pitches," the former test player told broadcaster Star Sports in Hindi.

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