India in Zimbabwe, 2013

Virat Kohli on Wednesday said the tips he picked up from skipper MS Dhoni in the West Indies proved beneficial for him while leading a young Indian team in Zimbabwe, where they inflicted a 5-0 series whitewash on the hosts.

Virat Kohli on Wednesday said the tips he picked up from skipper MS Dhoni in the West Indies proved beneficial for him while leading a young Indian team in Zimbabwe, where they inflicted a 5-0 series whitewash on the hosts.

Virat Kohli said he was not bothered by what peopled had to say about Pervez Rasool sitting on the bench in the five ODIs in Zimbabwe.

Demolished in the just-concluded ODI series against India, Zimbabwean players were sent to the rival dressing room by their coach Andy Waller to gather some cricketing tips from Virat Kohli and his men.

Virat Kohli wanted to finish the series on a high and was undoubtedly chuffed after Amit Mishra's six-wicket haul set up a 5-0 sweep for India over Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.

Amit Mishra, who finished with 18 wickets, joined Javagal Srinath as the players with most wickets in a bilateral series.

India cruised away to a seven-wicket victory and inflicted Zimbabwe to a 5-0 humiliation, registering their first whitewash overseas thanks to Amit Mishra's six-wicket haul and a solid half-century by Ajinkya Rahane.

Four back-to-back victories achieved with consummate ease, India might continue to experiment with their team composition as they aim to complete a clean sweep against Zimbabwe in the fifth and final cricket one-dayer here on Saturday.

After hammering minnows Zimbabwe yet again, India skipper Virat Kohli now has his eyes trained on a 5-0 clean sweep of the hosts in the ODI series.

Speaking after India wrapped up another comfortable victory against hosts Zimbabwe, debutant Mohit Sharma, who was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match said he was excited about his performance in his first game and hoped that he would continue to impress.