Naman Tiwari labels Virat Kohli ‘fearless’, calls World Cup-winning captain ‘calm’ [Exclusive]

Lucknow Super Giants’ latest recruit Naman Tiwari took part in a ‘Rapid Fire’ contest as well as a ‘One word, one cricketer’ segment during an exclusive chat with CricTracker. 

Naman Tiwari recently got an IPL deal with LSG for INR 1 crore. The left-arm pacer grabbed attention with 12 wickets in six matches at the 2024 Under-19 World Cup and 19 wickets in 10 games in the UP T20 League at an average of 16.26.

During the ‘One word, one cricketer’ segment, Tiwari described star Indian batter Virat Kohli as fearless, also referring to him as a fighter and a king. He described legendary Indian skipper MS Dhoni as a leader with a calm personality. Take a look at all the answers given by the young’ pacer during the two interesting segments below:

Rapid Fire (Name your favourite):

Best batter of all time – Sachin Tendulkar

Best bowler of all-time – Dale Steyn

Best captain of all-time – MS Dhoni

Best wicketkeeper of all-time – Wriddhiman Saha

Favourite IPL team – Lucknow Super Giants

Favourite overseas left-arm pacer – Trent Boult

Segment: ‘One Word, One Cricketer’

Fearless – Virat Kohli

Stylish – Hardik Pandya

Underrated – Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Speed – Mitchell Starc

Calm – MS Dhoni

Genius – Rohit Sharma

Magician – Kuldeep Yadav 

Fighter – Virat Kohli

King – Virat Kohli

Clutch – Hardik Pandya

Golden Arm – Axar Patel

Leader – MS Dhoni