Head coach Ravi Shastri says that India captain Virat Kohli is the "boss" of the team who knows how to lead from the front in each and every game.

"The captain is the boss, I always believe that," Shastri said this on the Sky Sports Podcast while replying to a question of Nasser Hussain. "The job of the coaching staff is to prepare the guys in the best possible way to get out there and play positive, brave, fearless cricket.”

He further added that the captain doesn’t go to each player and talk to them as it is his job. Even he said that other players are there to share the burden and leave the captain in the middle to do his job.

Ravi Shastri also gave the credit to Virat Kohli for the improvement which he brought in the team in fielding and fitness. He has set the bar so high that actually helps the player to do well in every game.

Shastri further added, "When you talk about fitness, the leadership comes from the top and it came from Virat. He is not a guy to mess around. He woke up one morning and said 'if I want to play this game, I want to be the fittest player in the world and compete against the best in all conditions' and he let his body go through one hell of a lot."

Shastri revealed the secret of Kohli’s fitness as well where he said that it was not the training but the sacrifices he made with his diet and also the way he looked at life helped him do better with every passing game. Currently, the Indian team is on a forced break due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and also the 21-day nation-wide lockdown.

However, India last played against New Zealand where they won the five-match T20I series by 5-0 but failed to win the ODI and Test series. Their home series against South Africa got cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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