Demolished in the just-concluded ODI series against India, Zimbabwean players were sent to the rival dressing room by their coach Andy Waller to gather some cricketing tips from Virat Kohli and his men.
“They’re in the changing room with (India) now, to talk to them,” Waller said at the post-match press conference after the fifth ODI here.
“The best time to learn is now in the change room with the best players in the world, and talking one-on-one when you’re not shy talking out in the open. And our guys are quite bad like that.”
Waller lauded Kohli for both his leadership as well as fine batting.
“You look at someone like Kohli for example,” Waller said.
“He doesn’t play risky shots. He plays good, simple cricket and he finds the gaps, whereas I think our guys try to improvise more than they should. That’s something that we’re working really hard at: trying to convince them that that’s the way we should be playing cricket,” he added.
Waller, however, said the IPL influence was making his players believe that the best way to score was hitting big shots. Waller said Zimbabwe’s progress is a long process and results should not be expected too soon.