India combined empathy and 'kick in the backside' to best England


  • Cricket
  • Sunday, 07 Mar 2021

Cricket - Fourth Test - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India - March 6, 2021. India's captain Virat Kohli and his teammates congratulate each other after they beat England. REUTERS/Amit Dave

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - To get the best out of a bubble-weary squad in a COVID-19 world is never easy, but India combined empathy with a "kick in the backside" approach to get the job done in the just-concluded home test series against England.

Virat Kohli and most of his team mates have been hopping from one bio-secure bubble to another since last year's Indian Premier League in the United Arab Emirates.

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