'Look at the opposition. Like in anything in life, try and learn. Why did we collapse? Why Crawley keeps getting starts and keeps getting out? Ben Duckett, got a brilliant 150, gave a charge when the ball was too new.'
On July 13, 2002, the Indian cricket team achieved an extraordinary victory on foreign soil by defeating a formidable England side in their own backyard to clinch the Natwest Tri-Series, which also featured Sri Lanka.
Hussain also lavished praise on Kohli after the maestro recorded his 48th ODI hundred in the seven-wicket win against Bangladesh.
Here's a quick look back to the day when India erased a good chunk of the stigma of being poor travellers.
"You don't sledge Lara because you don't want to wake him up," said the former England captain.
Dinesh Karthik didn't hold back in his admiration, calling Bumrah 'as valuable as the Kohinoor diamond' and underlining his dominance across all formats.
'They are in one place, they are in one hotel, there is no travel, they are in one dressing room. They know the pitch. When they selected they probably knew what Dubai was going to be like.'
"I believe England have the raw materials to build another very strong side. The area of concern for me is mental; they need toughening up," Hussain said in an interview for the February issue of The Wisden Cricketer magazine.
Former players Nasser Hussain and Glenn McGrath have hit out at the ICCfor bowing down to BCCI and appeasing them on every count.
Former England skipper Nasser Hussain has said that his controversial "donkey" remark against a few Indian cricketers during their one-off Twenty20 match against England was not intended to attack any player personally.
'And obviously two losses and being out of the tournament and a bit of hangover of the few tournaments before I think it probably reached the end of the road foe me and my captaincy, is a shame, I'm sad about that.'
Stokes begins his tenure with a two-Test series against New Zealand, in June.
He will lead for the home series against Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Taking strong objection to former England captain Nasser Hussain's comparison of Indian cricketers to 'donkeys', the BCCI on Monday decided to take up the issue with the English Cricket Board (ECB).
With Hussain back, England will either have to drop Paul Collingwood or drop one of their pace bowlers.
The former England captain believes believes England's job will be tougher this year because their bowling attack is inexperienced.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain has backed Andy Flower to be the country's new coach, saying the Zimbabwean could be an excellent in the role he filled on a short-term basis in the West Indies.
He suffered a fracture of the big toe on his left foot after being hit by Andrew Hall while batting in the fourth Test.
The England captain said his team can look forward with confidence to\n\nthe World Cup.
The England skipper said that while it was sometimes painful he was unlikely to miss any games as a result.\n\n
The England Test captain wants to hand over the reins to his successor while his team was still winning.
"If anyone doubted he was ever a team man, they got to see it first-hand today. That requires more than just steel," Shastri said in a video posted by the BCCI on its website.
The legendary Sunil Gavaskar rebuked former England captain Nasser Hussain on Wednesday for his assertion that Indian cricket teams of the bygone era were easily bullied unlike the current side, under Virat Kohli.
Joe Hussain said his son Nasser was upset by criticism from former England captains Ian Botham and Bob Willis.
Nasser Hussain has hinted he may consider international retirement after guiding his side to a seven-wicket victory in the first Test against New Zealand.
The former England skipper said Ganguly needs to score runs so that he can talk to his players on an equal basis.
Agreeing with Ricky Ponting, former England captain Nasser Hussain on Tuesday joined the chorus in criticising England's time-wasting tactics in the drawn Ashes opener, saying it was an "amateur and embarrassing" exercise on the home team's part.
'This is a big year for him, when you are touring Indian away and Ashes away, they are big, big series and are career-defining. It has been a perfect start as a captain and also Joe Root the batsman.'
England will decide within the next 24 hours whether they will send all-rounder Andrew Flintoff home, captain Nasser Hussain said on Wednesday.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain feels Andrew Strauss' men can intimidate world number one India even before they set foot here by disposing off a "troubled Sri Lanka" in the ongoing Test series.
'It must be a nightmare for the selectors, but should you have your best side for that first India Test? If the next Test after this series was Brisbane in the Ashes, would we send our best side? So why when it's the first Test against India, one of the great sides, aren't we sending our best team?'
Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar deserves more chances to play for England in Test cricket, having once again proved his doubters wrong, says former Test captain and cricket commentator Nasser Hussain.
"He has taken to Test cricket like duck to water," Nasser Hussain, who was on-air, said.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain said that the Indian fans are waiting to put 'Bazball' to bed during the five-Test series against the Three Lions from January 25 onwards and said that Indian spinners and batters will outplay those of England on turning tracks.
Kevin Pietersen and his men should not be forced into returning to India for next month's Test series if their security fears don't subside, said former England captain Nasser Hussain as he urged the ECB to take a call on the matter without delay.
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