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Steve Smith, Joe Root, Kane Williamson, and Virat Kohli: Who will be the best captain out of the 4?

Joe Root.

Root will lead England to WC victory if he is given the role over the Irish man who isn't even a British born, he was born in Dublin not Northern Ireland! Morgan should go back to help Ireland now that they have test status.
 
I feel like out of the 4, Root is the one who is a natural leader.

Ranking them:

1. Root
2. Kohli
3. Smith
4. Williamson

But Williamson isn't a terrible captain either. None of them are bad captains.
 
Hasan2K8 said:
Joe Root.

Root will lead England to WC victory if he is given the role over the Irish man who isn't even a British born, he was born in Dublin not Northern Ireland! Morgan should go back to help Ireland now that they have test status.
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Buttler will be England's next limited overs captain.
 
SarfiBabarHaris said:
Steven Smith right now.

None of them have special captaincy potential but are great players with good teams so the hype.

Btw surprised to see so many people rating Kohli who isnt any special as captain and should not be India's captain.
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I agree Smith is better than Kane and Kohli from what we've seen so far. Too early to make a comparison between Smith and Root just yet. And LOL at Kane having a good side, he has the weak side of the lot and has to carry the batting :)))

Root has Cook, Mooen, Stokes and Bairstow.
Smith has Warner, Khawaja (good in Aus) and Renshaw.
Kane has nobody, Taylor is past it and the others are too unreliable.
 
KW is arguably the best in the world, Kohli is overly rated and Smith is just invincible right now
 
Williamson is the best of the lot, Smith is good too but has a much better team.Williamson has exhibited great tactical nous especially in the World T20 last year. Root has only just become captain it's too small a sample to judge him yet. Kohli isn't as bad as some people make him out to be, but he's not that great either.
 
Aman said:
I agree Smith is better than Kane and Kohli from what we've seen so far. Too early to make a comparison between Smith and Root just yet. And LOL at Kane having a good side, he has the weak side of the lot and has to carry the batting :)))

Root has Cook, Mooen, Stokes and Bairstow.
Smith has Warner, Khawaja (good in Aus) and Renshaw.
Kane has nobody, Taylor is past it and the others are too unreliable.
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Yep Kane has a weak side. Forgot to write except Kane (too lazy :p)
 
In India alone these are 4-5 better captains than Kohli imo

1. Gambhir
2. Dhoni
3. Rahane
4. Pujara

Havent see Sharma's captaincy but heard he is good too.
 
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Too early to say much about Root but his captaincy has been excellent in this Test match. He's been attracking and spot-on with both the field and the bowling changes. His decision to bring on Moeen Ali before the stroke of Tea was one particular great move.

He has potential to lead England well especially in the longer format.
 
Rank the Fab 4 as Captains

Steven Smith
Virat Kohli
Joe Root
Kane Williamson
 
They're all really average tbh.

Faf and Morgan are better captains.
 
Steve Smith is the best captain by far. He's been able to lead his team to an ashes victory and seems to be in a purple patch in regards to his batting. He doesnt seem to be burdened with captaincy like some captains (sarfaraz). A true leader of men who should hopefully stay captain for as long as possible.

Williamson is exactly the time of player that most teams would want to have in their teams. Has nerves of steel and consistency levels is second to none. A true gentleman of the game. Uses his bowlers effectively in the death and leads his team with grace.

Root is a great player in his own right but after the Ashes loss, he will have lost some fans. Root not playing Mark wood is one life's greatest myths as his extra pace could've been very useful. Winning a couple of ashes games could have done wonders to his legacy. As for ODI's, Morgan is a much better and developed captain and he should continue captaining England in that format for the foreseeable future.

Kohli has also largely been in an amazing since captaincy debut form but imo he isnt fit to lead india in the long run. 2 overseas tests and he couldnt control his emotions with the press and decided to burst out. A full calendar year of overseas tests awaits and only time will tell how many pangas he will have with the press down the line. Not all great players are destined to be good leaders, so no shame if his captaincy is stripped away at the end of the year. The leader of the team with a billion fans should be tolerant and patient, and he is anything but.

1)Smith
2)Williamson
3)Root
4)Kohli
 
Smith
Williamson
Kohli
Root

Smith is the best of the four because his batting has continued to be in the dream run even after taking the tough role of captaining an Australian side. Yes, he is nowhere near a tactician as Michael Clarke or Faf du Plessis are but he hasn't been tactically inept either.

Root has the worst start of the four but then captaincy is something which comes with experience and time( which Root has many).

The best test batsmen of the four is the one who is the best captain too.
 
Smith - Average
Root - Below average
Williamson - Below average
Kohli - Shouldn't even be captain.
 
Root will do well in longer run as a captain for test team.
Buttler should get odi and t20 captaincy after Morgan.
 
Smith- has managed to win outside of Australia. Won a test in Asia and also has a great batting record in subcontinent.

Williamson- comes across as a calm customer.
Kohli- has won in Srilanka after being 0-1 down.
Root- pretty average
 
Kohli - Lost his first bilateral series after 15+ consecutive series wins (all formats included) and has created a fast-bowling culture in the group which will hold us good for the future. The bowling quality that we have now means that we will always stand a good chance to win away when our batsmen bat well. I am sure we will get more than 2 overseas wins in the year. Also, not afraid to take bold decisions. Proactive captain. Needs to be a little more diplomatic in handling the press maybe.

Kane - similar to Virat, bold and proactive and performs with the bat too. Excellent captain. Uses his resources well

Smith - shouldn't have been the captain. Ridiculously good test batsman. But reactive captain. Lost 3-0 in SL, drew in Bangladesh, Lost to an average SA team at home, and has made Australian ODI team pretty average which never should happen. This is their worst 10 match run in ODIs (only 1 win). Hope he gets better, but too conservative for my liking.

Root - too small a sample size

Rankings:
1. Kane and Kohli
3. Smith
 
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Dont highly rate any of them, and certainly not Kohli. I think kids in the streets of India could have made better decisions than mr Kohli. Like you didn't need to be a genius to pick BK or Rahane
 
1. Smith
2. Williamson
3. Kohli/Root
Smith is a pretty good captain . He is the most aggresive captain among the 4 and also won 2 matches in asia. Along with scoring 3 100s on bowling pitches.
Kane is a pretty good captain also . He has a good cricketing brain and reads the pitch well. He is calm and composed under pressure.
Kohli is a below average captain. He is extremely defnsive. Even in ct 17 final he tried to stop runs instead of going for wickets. When the pressure is on he fields at the boundary and lets dhoni do the captaincy
 
Williamson is a good tatcian. But Smith and Kohli are the better leaders. Root will do a good job in my opinion.

As of now in terms of captaincy

Kohli
Smith
Williamson
Root
 
Aman said:
Kohli is a horrible leader.

He's having a meltdown 2 Tests into his first true away test.
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What meltdown? He just wears his heart on his sleeve. His team already knows that. They've all played inspiring cricket under him. You can see the way they've competed. All of them believe they can win away from home. That's good leadership to me. What the media and fans think don't matter.
 
Nobody is outstanding captain. All are average. Smith's team lost in SL/Bangladesh/India. Nobody is like ALan Border or Mark Taylor or Clive Lloyd etc.
 
Chief Destroyer said:
What meltdown? He just wears his heart on his sleeve. His team already knows that. They've all played inspiring cricket under him. You can see the way they've competed. All of them believe they can win away from home. That's good leadership to me. What the media and fans think don't matter.
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Exactly. Fans live in a fairyland where all the sportsmen and movie stars have to abide by their unwritten rules for how to behave at every moment. As soon as someone diverts from it, there are tweets, posts on how he/she doesn't deserve to even be there and how he/she should be replaced by someone who will follow our precious rules.

The brand of cricket that India is playing, the attitude they carry to the ground will hold them good for a long long time. People are waiting to pounce at the opportunity of someone like Pandya or a Kohli to fail. Pujaras and the Rahanes go unnoticed when they fail.
 
All are poor. The best captain nowadays is Faf because he has the heroism (that only Kholi and partially Smith match), intellect (none of these guys are Taylor level or a tier below), and man-management skills (once again, all 4 are either too meek and lack respect or are not supportive and blunt). You need to be a politician’s politician to survive as cricket captain and Faf is the best in the game today.
 
Applying the Bob Willis definition of good captaincy - having better fast bowlers than the opposition - it’s Smith.
 
Smith's captaincy = Score a thousand runs a series and the rest will take care of itself.

Hard to beat that.
 
AssassinatedDevil said:
Steve Smith is the best captain by far. He's been able to lead his team to an ashes victory and seems to be in a purple patch in regards to his batting. He doesnt seem to be burdened with captaincy like some captains (sarfaraz). A true leader of men who should hopefully stay captain for as long as possible.

Williamson is exactly the time of player that most teams would want to have in their teams. Has nerves of steel and consistency levels is second to none. A true gentleman of the game. Uses his bowlers effectively in the death and leads his team with grace.

Root is a great player in his own right but after the Ashes loss, he will have lost some fans. Root not playing Mark wood is one life's greatest myths as his extra pace could've been very useful. Winning a couple of ashes games could have done wonders to his legacy. As for ODI's, Morgan is a much better and developed captain and he should continue captaining England in that format for the foreseeable future.

Kohli has also largely been in an amazing since captaincy debut form but imo he isnt fit to lead india in the long run. 2 overseas tests and he couldnt control his emotions with the press and decided to burst out. A full calendar year of overseas tests awaits and only time will tell how many pangas he will have with the press down the line. Not all great players are destined to be good leaders, so no shame if his captaincy is stripped away at the end of the year. The leader of the team with a billion fans should be tolerant and patient, and he is anything but.

1)Smith
2)Williamson
3)Root
4)Kohli
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I agree with almost everything apart from your judgement on Smith's captaincy. Although he is a great batsmen, he still has absolutely no idea on how to manage his spinners. The Ashes victory was quite expected and it was his batting rather than captaincy that won them matches. If he manages to beat England in England, that will be quite the achievement. I believe Kane is quite comfortably better than his Aussie counterpart. Not to mention how he manages his quicks (inferior in skill set) much more effectively than Smith is quite remarkabale. Also, Smith's captaincy in the color clothing is absolutely atrocious. My ratings are the following:

1) Kane Williamson
2) Virat Kohli
3) Steve Smith
4) Joe Root (still new to the captaincy scene)

Purely as tactical captains, Faf, Safraz and Morgan are better than these 4.
 
williamson is probably the best tactically among these 4.. his field placements and bowling changes are fantastic..
 
Smith is quite overrated in Odis. He is quite OK both as a batsman and as a captain in Odis. Might get whitewashed against England at home.
 
Ab Fan said:
Smith
Williamson
Kohli
Root

Smith is the best of the four because his batting has continued to be in the dream run even after taking the tough role of captaining an Australian side. Yes, he is nowhere near a tactician as Michael Clarke or Faf du Plessis are but he hasn't been tactically inept either.

Root has the worst start of the four but then captaincy is something which comes with experience and time( which Root has many).

The best test batsmen of the four is the one who is the best captain too.
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Smith is no more a contender. Worst leader of the four.His antics has now led to people questioning the spirit and integrity of Australian cricket.

It is between Kohli and Williamson as of now. Root can certainly improve.
 
Couldn't predict what would happen to Smith. Seems as though he will lose his captaincy.
 
Looks like it's between Kane and Kohli.

Smith likely wont lead Australia again and Root will probably get sacked if he loses the series against Pakistan and India, which both look possible at the moment.
 
Rayyman said:
I feel like out of the 4, Root is the one who is a natural leader.

Ranking them:

1. Root
2. Kohli
3. Smith
4. Williamson

But Williamson isn't a terrible captain either. None of them are bad captains.
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How did I miss this gem :)))
 
Kane is the only leader. Kohli doesn’t have the temperament. Smith was decent but the ball tampering stuff took the shine off him.

Smith is the best batsman out of all of them.
 
Kane Williamson is a true legend

Amazing captain,calm under pressure and no one understands the game better than him tbh.Salute to him
 
I agree.

He is massively underrated and is cool as a cucumber.

A inspiring leader.
 
I'm stunned.

First good performance of the tournament and we're in a Final.

Man I don't know how Indians feel after that, I would have been thinking about the Final already if I were in their place.

Kane is clutch and remained calm when Jadeja was causing havoc.
 
Defn , he was the captain of Kiwis in 2008 U-19 , Kohli won that, but that will be the only thing Kohli will win as a captain.

He is the most like able as well but for final Kiwis would need a freak performance from Taylor or Guptill.
 
Kane Williamson . A legendary cricketer in the making who will be talked about for generations to come. :bow:
 
Great captain's lead by example and Kane Williamson's knock yesterday allowed NZ to put up a respectable total. Great captaincy and he showed intent by trying to go for the kill when bringing back the fast bowlers early (even though it resulted in Neesham bowling the last over). Risky strategy but it paid off and he was cool as a cucumber when catching Jadeja's wicket... Sublime stuff.

Compare this to our sorry excuse for a captain...
 
Kane Williamson

I still remember how he choked Azhar Ali in that test match in UAE.
 
I have always liked the look of Kane Williamson as a captain. I think Steve Smith would have had similar success had he not made that awful mistake.

Williamson stays calm , use his resources well , and leads from the front.
 
England have lost control after both lunch breaks so far in this 1st Test vs Pakistan. Is Root to blame?
 
NASSER HUSSAIN reckons Joe Root has got his tactics spot on so far during this Pakistan second innings:

"Root's captaincy was brilliant – sometimes when you’ve got a 100-run deficit you think ‘should I attack, should I defend?’ I think he got that balance between defence and attack right.

"I think his bowling changes were excellent, he gave Bess an early bowl and Bess got a wicket, they finally got their fielding right – Sibley hit the stumps and Pakistan started to panic – and then they got it reversing.

"Then it's that man Stokes. Joe Root said 'we're in the Last Chance saloon – if they get up to 280, 300 we're out of it. Ben, can you get me a couple of wickets? And he did get them a couple of wickets, as he so often does."
 
Joe Root has been a decent captain. His issue has been his batting has not been as good since being made captain.
 
Smith obvs the worst
Then root next is quite clear
Then Virat
Then Kane

As simple as rating them as test bats (Smith >> Kohli >> Kane > Root)
 
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