Is Virat Kohli destined to surpass MS Dhoni as a captain?

[BreadPakoda]

Across all formats

 

[Sidilicious]

He will get better results, but he also has one of India's best over bowling line up.

He will surpass Dhoni if he can win a series in Aus/SA and a WC. Both, not one.

Otherwise, Dhoni would be better, because he achieved it with poorer bowling resources, but an ATG batting lineup.

 

[Sidilicious]

Also, tactically Kohli is nowhere near Dhoni. He is bolder than Dhoni and will surely getter better test results.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

I don’t think so.

Dhoni was far better than Kohli where tactics are concerned.

 

[shariqnoor]

Dhoni is a better captain that Kohli in limited overs cricket. The fact that Kohli has the better record is due to the fact that Kohli has finally got a world class bowling attack that India craved for the past 70 years. Despite having duds like Munaf Patel, Joginder Sharma, Praveen Kumar etc, Dhoni managed to do the triple - WT20, World Cup and Champions Trophy. That is something that should not go amiss. Also when the game gets tight, I believe it's Dhoni's calmness as captain that wins the game more often than not for India. Case in point. Champions Trophy 2013. I can't say that about Kohli. His brash nature will lose you games more often than not in tense tight situations.

However, Kohli is a better Test captain because he is attack minded. He does not fear away tours like Dhoni used to. Dhoni used to go into his shell on Test away tours because he never felt comfortable in getting 20 wickets so he tried to go in with the tactic of not losing the game. Kohli has applied his 5 bowler strategy and backed his bowlers to bowl out any opposition in any condition. He's not afraid to give away runs to take wickets and that is what you need in Test cricket.

To answer the OP question, if by surpassing it is meant in terms of wins and losses, then Kohli will shatter Dhoni's record. And I have no doubt he will even break the all-time Test match wins as captain record too if he stays injury free. But in terms of astuteness, Dhoni wins hands down.

 

[introvert]

Tactically no.
Results wise yes.

I think fast bowlers or bowlers in general are more confident under kohli's captaincy specially in test cricket.

 

[BlackShadow]

I prefer Kohli in Tests simply because of how different our pacers have performed under his captaincy. They go for kill today, and it was rarely the case in Dhoni era.

 

[LastManstanding]

I prefer Kohli in Tests simply because of how different our pacers have performed under his captaincy. They go for kill today, and it was rarely the case in Dhoni era.

I would prefer Rahane or Pujara as the test captain. Kohli gets too excited and loses the plot often. Not to mention, you need someone to stop Kohli from standing in slips.

 

[Ab Fan]

In tests, it won't take much to surpass Dhoni.

In limited overs, unlikely. I dont rate Kohli as the captain much.

 

[Hasan123]

In LO he has a long way to go. I'm sure when Kohli retires he'll leave India in a good place but his team's have chocked in pressure situations. Also he isn't as good tactically as MSD.

Kohli will finish as a great captain but will be difficult to surpass MSD in LO.

 

[Dingolfy]

How can he be better captain in LOI when he still goes to Dhoni for most of the on-field decisions? Also a captain is as good as his team.Our bowling is one of our best ever and several notches above what Dhoni had.And plenty more 140 plus guys and quality spinners in domestics.So obviously Kohli is going to win a lot more than Dhoni.

 

[Varun]

Mind you, that isn't hard to do at test level.

 

[Itachi]

I miss the prime dhoni at crunch situation. He could lead the team in such a way the opponent never realised how they were digging the hole for themselves. Kohli doesn't have that brilliance. He will screw up lots of matches. But with regards to that, there could be hardly anyone who can even touch dhoni in that aspect.

 

[giri26]

In Tests he will surpass Dhoni if he can win in England and Australia. In ODIs though it is going to be tough. Not only for Kohli but for any captain around the world. Dhoni is a very good LO captain, he has captained India to WT20, WC and Champions Trophy wins. He has also captained us to a tri-series win in Australia, Asia cup titles etc..So Kohli needs to do more than just bi-lateral wins to overtake Dhoni in LO's.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Dhoni is one of the best LOI captains of all time. He was a leader, a shrewd tactician and a visionary(in ODI's). at 30 years, he already had won a t20 world cup, ODI world cup and ICC Test Mace. Kohli is a leader, but i don't have much faith in his tactics. Tries too much for the sake of experimentation which is silly in my opinion. His over experimentation cost India the South Africa Test series. Dhoni with sub optimal resources went on to draw South Africa in their home that too when South Africans were the best team in the world.

The fact that Kohli still lurks on Dhoni for advice every now and then tells you he doesn't have much confidence in his tactics either.

With the strength that Indian team possesses atm, I think Kohli's India will win more matches, but might flounder in tournaments esp in knockouts.

It's the similar case with Michael Clarke's Australia and Ricky Ponting's, Clarke was a better tactician, but Ponting's team won more games, but that was a GOAT team and that's another reason Ponting won so many trophies as well.

 

[Ab Fan]

In Tests he will surpass Dhoni if he can win in England and Australia. In ODIs though it is going to be tough. Not only for Kohli but for any captain around the world. <B>Dhoni is a very good LO captain</B>, he has captained India to WT20, WC and Champions Trophy wins. He has also captained us to a tri-series win in Australia, Asia cup titles etc..So Kohli needs to do more than just bi-lateral wins to overtake Dhoni in LO's.

I think that is an underwheming comment. Dhoni is arguably one of the greatest leader in LO IMO.