Kohli ‘walks the talk’, says Iyer after 93-run masterclass

India`s Virat Kohli (L) and Shreyas Iyer gesture during the first one-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and New Zealand at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara. Pic/AFP

India vice-captain Shreyas Iyer lavished praise on Virat Kohli, saying the batting great has been "walking the talk" for years, the latest being his masterclass in a successful run chase vs NZ in the ODI series opener.

Kohli struck a fluent 93 off 91 balls.

"Whatever we talk about his innings, it would be less. We have been seeing it for so many years now, he's been doing it consistently. The way he rotates the strike and he takes on the bowlers, he basically walks the talk," Iyer said in a video posted by BCCI.

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