“Kohli is a great role model for young players searching for a way to build their game for international success. He’s also a headache for coaches who theorise on modern methods and disparage traditional approaches as being “old time cricket,” Chappell wrote in his exclusive column for the Hindustan Times.
“Smith and Kohli are adequate proof that batting is very much an individual exercise and whatever works for you is the correct method.”
Talking about ICC’s number one-ranked Test batsman Steve Smith, Chappell said that the Aussie bating great has developed a batting method that works great for him.
Moreover, Chappell added that Smith is mentally strong enough to resist all attempts to alter his style.
“And therein lies the success to Smith’s batting; he’s fashioned a method that works for him and he’s been mentally strong enough to resist all attempts to alter his style. For all his eccentric movements and mannerisms, when Smith actually plays the ball he’s in good position to execute his choice of shot,” the Aussie great added.