5 things from India's 2011 World Cup triumph that Virat Kohli can turn to for inspiration

#3: Quality all-rounders that can make a difference

Yuvraj Singh

Come 2019, India will have a mighty bench of all-rounders in the line-up. Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav and to some extent even Bhuvneshwar Kumar can contribute with the bat. Kuldeep Yadav is also molding himself into a bowling all-rounder.

If Hardik Pandya makes it into the side, he should look to do what Lance Klusener did in the 1999 World Cup held in England.

All-rounders always come as a bonus to any side. It’s hard to forget Kapil Dev’s heroics in the match against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. In 2011, it was Yuvraj’s turn to steal the thunder; taking 15 wickets in the tournament and scoring four half-centuries and a century with the bat, he was adjudged as the man of the series.

Other all-rounders like Yusuf Pathan, R Ashwin, and Harbhajan Singh too came handy in Indian conditions. If Pandya and company can replicate the efforts of India's 2011 all-rounders, Kohli would be a happy man.