Former India batter Subramaniam Badrinath desires star batter Virat Kohli to steer the crew in Take a look at cricket. His feedback got here after India misplaced to South Africa by an innings and 32 runs within the first Take a look at in Centurion final Thursday. Kohli had relinquished his Take a look at captaincy throughout the identical tour two years again, paving means for Rohit Sharma to develop into the brand new skipper within the longest format of the sport. Rohit additionally changed Kohli as India’s full-time captain final 12 months.
Below Rohit, India have performed 10 Assessments with 5 wins and three losses. India additionally reached the WTC last the place they misplaced to Australia earlier this 12 months.
Whereas highlighting Kohli’s unmatched file as India’s Take a look at captain, Badrinath raised questions as to why the star batter is just not main the facet within the longest format of the sport.
“Kohli has an ideal file as a Take a look at chief. He has scored greater than 5000 runs with a mean of 52-plus as a captain. He has 40 wins and 17 losses in 68 Assessments. He led us to an amazing victory within the Australia sequence. He has probably the most wins as Take a look at captain after Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh,” Badrinath mentioned on his YouTube channel, as quoted by India At the moment.
Badrinath additionally labelled Kohli as a greater Take a look at batter than Rohit, whereas additionally questioning Rohit’s place within the crew as an opener outdoors sub-continent situations.
“Why is he not the captain of the Take a look at crew? I wish to increase this legitimate query. He’s a greater Take a look at batter. There is no such thing as a comparability between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He’s an enormous participant, when it comes to Take a look at cricket. He has scored runs all over the place. Why is he not main and a weaker participant. So far as I’m involved, a weaker participant, who is just not but confirmed as an opener. He has been out and in. We will think about all that. However I feel Rohit Sharma has not confirmed himself as an opener outdoors India. Why is he there?,” he added.
Kohli performed knocks of 38 and 76 within the first Take a look at, whereas Rohit managed 5 runs throughout each innings.
Over the past tour of South Africa, India got here near winnings the sequence. That they had gained the primary sport below Kohli’s management, however conceded the sequence after dropping the final two video games.
Kohli had missed the second Take a look at on account of again difficulty, with KL Rahul main the crew in his absence.
Whereas the star batter resumed his duties for the final match, the Proteas had gained a psychological edge, having by no means misplaced a sequence at residence towards India.
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