very good player he has gone on to become a great playerso what is working for him is it oldfashioned test battingi think the adjustments that he has made subtle adjustments like in 2014 in australia he would play a little low now hes standing a little bit upright in his stance it covers for the extra bounce that the australian pitches have he is no longer getting hit on the knuckles or the shoulder of the bat going up in the air it has certainly worked for him he has made the adjustments which means that his batting has not stagnatedhes much maligned for his strikerate now can we say its the success of oldfashioned defensive style of battingits testmatch batting you need to bat like that in test matches earlier on you would have lovely 60 70 but not a contribution that makes a difference like the australian batting this time around there were lots of 60s and 70s but nothing where that impacted the australian team this series with three hundreds he has shown how the team can win you score 150 and you will have a total of 300350 because the rest of the batsmen are sure to contribute that much along the way you will have a partnershipthats good enough to stay in the match you may not always win it you will be competitivevirat has faced a lot of criticism in south africa and australia what has he done right in australiahe has learnt from mistakes he made in south africa and england in terms of team selection it was such a bold move to go in with a completely new opening pair in melbourne that too after he lost the previous game and series being oneall thats the kind of things you expected from him going with preconceived ideas and notions and therefore pick the preconceived xi was not right for example selecting kuldeep yadav at lords and not picking a spinner in perththose are the things he has learnt quicklyhow do you assess virat the batsman and the leadervirat the batsman is without parallel today in all three formats there is nobody who comes close to him the other guys are distant 8th or 10th as a leader i think he is a great leader not a lot of people know the causes he supports off the field that is always the hallmark of a great leader he is not confining himself to a cocoon as far as his profession is concerned he is willing to look outside too thats where he has so much of love and affection from people i can tell you from my own experience he is prepared to do without a question when you see a leader doing it others follow suitdo you think the time has come to move on from the vijays and dhawans and settle for mayank agarwal and prithvi shawdhawan was left out anyway for his overseas record clearly mayank agarwal has sealed