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Virat Kohli steps down as India Test Captain

Napa said:
In the drawn series in WI in 1988, Pakistan won the first Test in Georgetown. The following was the WI bowling attack.

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That's not the ATG WI team. The ATG WI team which backwashed the English team in 1984 had the following attack (1st Test, Birmingham).

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Also gone from the 1988 team that Pakistan beat in the Georgetown Test were the top WI batsmen Richards and Lloyd. ATG, my foot!
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I would like to see Imran's overall stats(W/L record) in SENA compared to Kohli to see how they have fared in overseas conditions. Maybe add Ganguly as well in it. That will definitely give some perspective to the Greatest Asian Captain discussion.
 
^^^ Sorry, it will be Windies in Imran's case as there was no South Africa back then in 80s decade. WENA for Imran vs SENA for Kohli vs SENA for Ganguly( although the bowling attack wasn't any good in his era).
 
Last Monetarist said:
Those tantrums were the culmination of six months of poisonous off-field politicking by the BCCI, this team should have been celebrated as the best in Indian history, not undermined by administrators with no skin in the game.

Kohli's behaviour at Cape Town was disgraceful, but there are mitigating factors which should limit some of the hysteria.
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The way this thing has been handled by BCCI - Ganguly / Dravid / Ashwin / Rohit, unfortunately, I don’t know who and who all in specific are behind this - has been appalling. My interest in the Indian cricket team and the sport in general has nose dived perhaps for the first time in my life.
 
Dravid because of his personality gets a lot of leeway, but you have to question his man management given that he's been at the center of several controversies -

1) Infuriating Sachin by declaring when he was 194.

2) Going along with Chappell's experimentation and coaching techniques which unsettled almost all the seniors in the team including Sehwag, Laxman and Harbhajan. At one point moving around Sachin to come in at number 4 in a World Cup.

3) A background role in the Ganguly-Chappell fiasco.

4) The recent events with Kohli.

Zero doubts about his integrity and intellect, but are we sure he's good at man management?
 
rvd said:
Dravid because of his personality gets a lot of leeway, but you have to question his man management given that he's been at the center of several controversies -

1) Infuriating Sachin by declaring when he was 194.

2) Going along with Chappell's experimentation and coaching techniques which unsettled almost all the seniors in the team including Sehwag, Laxman and Harbhajan. At one point moving around Sachin to come in at number 4 in a World Cup.

3) A background role in the Ganguly-Chappell fiasco.

4) The recent events with Kohli.

Zero doubts about his integrity and intellect, but are we sure he's good at man management?
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Not fair to blame Dravid here, Kohli's issues with the BCCI were already beyond repair prior to him taking over as coach.

Dravid has always been a proponent of playing the game in a professional gentlemanly manner which is in stark contrast to Kohlis abusive, shouting, screaming, narcissistic, badtameez nature. I am pretty certain the DRS, super sports stump cam outburst was the last straw for him that Kohli is not fit to be the captain of his international team
 
Napa said:
In the drawn series in WI in 1988, Pakistan won the first Test in Georgetown. The following was the WI bowling attack.

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That's not the ATG WI team. The ATG WI team which backwashed the English team in 1984 had the following attack (1st Test, Birmingham).

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Also gone from the 1988 team that Pakistan beat in the Georgetown Test were the top WI batsmen Richards and Lloyd. ATG, my foot!
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Let’s be precise.

The West Indies attack in 87-88 contained Ambrose, Marshall and Walsh, as well as Patterson who consistently bowled in the high 150’s - he was significantly faster than any current Test bowler.

The batting contained Richards - who missed the first Test with piles - Greenidge, Haynes and Richardson, as well as Hooper who was better than Logie from the GOAT team. Dujon was still the keeper.

Clive Lloyd wasn’t there because he had retired three years earlier!

The West Indies team of that era smashed everyone else at home. India toured the following year and were stuffed out of sight!
 
Junaids said:
Let’s be precise.

The West Indies attack in 87-88 contained Ambrose, Marshall and Walsh, as well as Patterson who consistently bowled in the high 150’s - he was significantly faster than any current Test bowler.

The batting contained Richards - who missed the first Test with piles - Greenidge, Haynes and Richardson, as well as Hooper who was better than Logie from the GOAT team. Dujon was still the keeper.

Clive Lloyd wasn’t there because he had retired three years earlier!

The West Indies team of that era smashed everyone else at home. India toured the following year and were stuffed out of sight!
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Yes, let's be precise.

1) Ambrose and Walsh were starting out, and were yet to reach greatness.

2) With Marshall and Richards back after they had missed the 1st Test, the score was 1-0 in WI favor. So the depleted WI team (from the ATG team that blackwashed England: no Holding, no Garner and no Lloyd) still beat Pakistan 1-0 once Marshall and Richards returned.
 
Napa said:
Yes, let's be precise.

1) Ambrose and Walsh were starting out, and were yet to reach greatness.

2) With Marshall and Richards back after they had missed the 1st Test, the score was 1-0 in WI favor. So the depleted WI team (from the ATG team that blackwashed England: no Holding, no Garner and no Lloyd) still beat Pakistan 1-0 once Marshall and Richards returned.
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That windies side was still smashing everyone till 1993ish
 
Seems he has retired from Cricket the way this is going!

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Batting icon Virat Kohli relinquished Test captaincy after Team India's shocking series defeat at the hands of Dean Elgar-led South Africa in the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship. One of the most successful leaders in the history of the game, former Indian skipper Kohli led Team India from the front in his iconic captaincy stint which began after MS Dhoni's retirement from the longest format.

Kohli captained the Team India side for seven glorious years in the longest format. Under his leadership, Team India made it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship. Kohli also guided Team India to their first-ever Test series win on Australian soil. Kohli, who is India's most successful captain in the longest format, had opted to resign from the captaincy duty after the visitors suffered a 2-1 series defeat in their ongoing tour of South Africa.

According to a report filed by Hindustan Times, it has been learned that Kohli was offered a farewell match by a Board of Control for Cricket in India official before the Indian skipper officially stepped down from the captaincy duty. Kohli announced his departure as the Test captain of the Indian team by sharing a lengthy post on social media last week. As per the report, the BCCI official offered Kohli a farewell match along with a gala in Bengaluru during his telephonic conversation. "One match makes no difference. That’s not how I am,” Kohli is reportedly known to have said in his reply. The 33-year-old will play his 100th Test match for Team India in Bengaluru.

From BCCI president Sourav Ganguly to board secretary Jay Shah, Kohli was hailed by the entire cricket fraternity after the batting icon ended his seven-year reign as Team India's most successful Test captain on Saturday. Team India won 40 out of 68 Tests under the leadership of former skipper Kohli. Former skipper Kohli is the only Test player to score 5,000 runs and record a 52-plus batting average as captain in red-ball cricket.

"I personally thank Virat for his immense contributions as captain of the Indian cricket team. Under his leadership, the Indian cricket team has made rapid strides in all formats of the game. His decision is a personal one and the BCCI respects it immensely," BCCI president Ganguly said in a statement.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...a-report-one-match-makes-no-difference/850057
 
Ahmad-GERMANFC said:
That windies side was still smashing everyone till 1993ish
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The ATG WI team from 1980/81 to 1984/85 played 11 series and lost 2 Tests.

The next level WI team from 1985/86 to 1989/90 played 9 series and lost 6 Tests.

https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/series_results.html?class=1;id=4;type=team

Garner and Holding both retired from Tests in 1987. The ATG WI bowling attack was when Garner, Holding and Marshall were in their prime, around the first half of the 1980s.
 
Now that Virat captaincy era has ended we will be finally appreciate him for what he is a great batsman.

As a captain he underachieved massively with the best squad in the world across formats. He did not win any ICC trophy, Lost the ICC test championship final by playing two spinners in cloudy Southampton and has one away series win against weekend Australia in 7 years.

All in all he survived as a captain off the back of Aswin and Jadeja bowling on Indian pitches at home.

This was not a surprise to me and confirmed what I said when he was given the captaincy that although a great mind but not really a captaincy material. He was always someone who react to situations then actually make the right decision in the first place. Case in point WTC final where he stubbornly chose to play two spinners only to fail miserably and then never played two spinners gain away since then.
 
 
 
Pakhs said:
Lost the ICC test championship final by playing

All in all he survived as a captain off the back of Aswin and Jadeja bowling on Indian pitches at home.
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WTC Final is not a big one.
We are consistently no-1 team for more than 5 years and still we are...
This is very big achievement and bigger than one match affair WTC final.

6 years in a row as the No-1 Test team, won back to back maces 5 times.

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As Virat Kohli steps down as India's Test captain after his seven-year stint, here's looking back at some of the best Test wins for India under him.

India v Australia, Bengaluru 2017

After a loss by 333 runs in Pune, India turned up in Bengaluru against a strong Aussie side with their home dominance under threat. Bowled out for 189, India turned it around with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja taking eight combined wickets as Australia were bowled out for 276. India made 274 in the second innings thanks to Cheteshwar Pujara's 92 and Ajinkya Rahane's 52 and set Aussies a target of 188. Ashwin then picked up six and Umesh Yadav contributed two vital wickets, including that of danger man Steven Smith, to bowl Australia out for 112 and help India win the Test by 75 runs.

South Africa v India, Johannesburg 2018

Having lost the series already despite putting up strong performances, this Test, the third of the series, was about making a statement for Team India. On a spicy wicket, there was little separating the sides after the first innings. In the second, Kohli himself and Ajinkya Rahane played crucial knocks to help India set a 241-run target. Despite Dean Elgar's fighting 86* on an uneven surface, India's quicks, egged on by Kohli, ensured the South Were bowled out for 177.

England v India, Nottingham 2018

0-2 down in the series already, India needed to make a comeback in this Test and Virat Kohli led from the front with a spectacular hundred to give India a huge win. Kohli's 97 paved the way for India making a good first innings total. Hardik Pandya's five-wicket haul gave India a huge lead and then Kohli made 103 in the second essay to help India set a humungous total. Despite Jos Buttler's ton, Jasprit Bumrah's five-for ensured India wrapped up the Test. This was just India's seventh Test win in England.

Australia v India, Adelaide 2018

The win in the first Test of the 2018 tour of Australia in Adelaide paved the way for a historic series win for Team India under Virat Kohli. India gained a slender 15-run lead in the first innings but the batting put up a bigger total on board in the second innings to set Australia a target above 300. Australia came close with their lower order batters putting up a stiff fight, but India nailed a win by mere 31 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series. They would go on to create history Down Under, winning their first-ever Test series in Australia.

England v India, Lord's 2021

The hosts took a lead after the first innings in this second Test match of India's 2021 tour of England. India set up a competitive target with several batters contributing, but they were in a race against time to bowl England out to register a win in the Test. Led by the quicks, India reduced England to 90/7. Jos Buttler and Ollie Robinson put on a defiant stand for the eighth wicket, playing out more than 12 overs, but Jasprit Bumrah broke the stand and it opened the floodgates for Mohammed Siraj to take two wickets in one over and clean up the England line-up with light fading on day five in the Home of Cricket.

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All this means that Ind will be testing a new drama queen to lead!

Oh, Imran Khan is still the best test cricket format captain from Asia.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
WTC Final is not a big one.
We are consistently no-1 team for more than 5 years and still we are...
This is very big achievement and bigger than one match affair WTC final.

6 years in a row as the No-1 Test team, won back to back maces 5 times.

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No point being number 1 when you last the test championship its like being number ODI team and then go on to lose the WC.
 
We all know, as day follows night, and night follows day, had India won the WTC, then their Word documents would be plastered. The fact is just as India lost the WC SF 2019 in 2 days - yes 2 days, India lost the WTC in same fashion

Meaning, give Kohli another day to fix his faults as captain, he would still fail.

Cometh the hour cometh the man is the old adage. In Kohli's case; cometh the year cometh the spear. :)
 
Pakhs said:
No point being number 1 when you last the test championship its like being number ODI team and then go on to lose the WC.
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ODI's and Tests are not same.

Winning OS Tests and being No-1 team consistently 6 years is huge achievement in Test cricket.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
ODI's and Tests are not same.

Winning OS Tests and being No-1 team consistently 6 years is huge achievement in Test cricket.
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Being No.1 consistently in any format is a good achievement for that particular format but again no point being number one if you going to continuously lose the championship for the relevant format.

Now that the test championship is up and running being number 1 in the format is not as important as winning the actual championship i.e finish in the top 2 and then win the championship. Virat by playing 2 spinners killed any chances India had of winning.
 
New Delhi (AFP) – Virat Kohli needs to shed his ego to play under a new leader after giving up the Test captaincy, cricket icon Kapil Dev said as uncertainty swirled about the future of the national team.

Kohli, 33, announced his surprise departure late on Saturday having already quit as T20 captain last year and been sacked as head of the one-day side soon afterwards.

Dev, who led India to glory in the 1983 World Cup, welcomed Kohli's decision, saying he was "going through a rough time" and "appeared to be under a lot of pressure".

But he said that Kohli will now have to knuckle down and bite his tongue if he is to remain in the team under a new captain.

"Even Sunil Gavaskar played under me. I played under K Srikkanth and (Mohammad) Azharuddin. I had no ego," Dev, 63, was quoted as saying to the Mid-Day newspaper, referring to other greats of the era.

"Virat will have to give up his ego and play under a young cricketer. This will help him and Indian cricket. Virat should guide the new captain, new players. We cannot lose Virat, the batsman... no way."

The race to succeed Kohli is seen as a contest between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul and -- in distant third place -- the younger Rishabh Pant, 24.

TV commentator Harsha Bhogle tweeted on Monday that Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah should also be considered.

Rohit, 34, is already Twenty20 and ODI captain, and has led the Mumbai Indians to five victories in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

With Rohit injured, Rahul, 29, captained India in the recent second Test in South Africa and will lead the one-day side in the upcoming series beginning Wednesday.

'Crisis'
The outspoken and sometimes combative Kohli's resignation stoked rumours about rifts with the sport's national governing body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Kohli and BCCI chief Saurav Ganguly in December had publicly contradicted each other over his stepping down as white-ball captain.

The Hindustan Times reported that Kohli had spurned an offer by the BCCI to quit with fanfare after his 100th Test in Bangalore in February when India host Sri Lanka.

"I think clearly there was disenchantment between Kohli and the authorities," veteran cricket journalist Ayaz Memon told AFP.

"You don't need any statement, you can sense it from the manner he gave up the T20 captaincy and then the ODI captaincy was taken away from him," he said.

He said that it will also be a challenge for the new captain to revive the team's batting fortunes from the current "crisis".

"It has become a challenging situation for India because you have a team that has crumbled, the batting certainly," he said.

Arun Dhumal, BCCI treasurer, said he wasn't worried.

"I am sure with the kind of bench strength we will get over with this phase as well," Dhumal told AFP.

"It's just the change in leadership position that will happen, and when eventually somebody would take over they would take it from here and make sure the team gives its best on the field."

"Let us focus on Team India rather than thinking and bothering about what is being printed or spoken about," he added.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-ne...l-have-to-give-up-his-ego-says-ex-captain-dev
 
Too many failures in big games. 2016 WC T20 loss to WI, 2017 CT loss to Pakistan, 2019 WC ODI loss to NZ, 2021 WC T20 loss to Pakistan, 2021 WC Test loss to NZ, and now Tests series loss to SA. All these were winnable. Only the WC 2015 ODI was not winnable, Australia was too strong . Rohit’s IPL record as a captain is far superior to Kohli’s. There has to be some accountability for losses. Without accountability we are back to the horrible 1990s which had Dungarpur as boss. Ganguly changed the Indian team as captain. Now he is holding Kohli accountable.
 
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Napa said:
Too many failures in big games. 2016 WC T20 loss to WI, 2017 CT loss to Pakistan, 2019 WC ODI loss to NZ, 2021 WC T20 loss to Pakistan, 2021 WC Test loss to NZ, and now Tests series loss to SA. All these were winnable. Only the WC 2015 ODI was not winnable, Australia was too strong . Rohit’s IPL record as a captain is far superior to Kohli’s. There has to be some accountability for losses. Without accountability we are back to the horrible 1990s which had Dungarpur as boss. Ganguly changed the Indian team as captain. Now he is holding Kohli accountable.
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2015 ODI WC and 2016 T20 WC - Dhoni was captain.
 
pillionrider said:
2015 ODI WC and 2016 T20 WC - Dhoni was captain.
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True, I realized it after I posted.

India also lost badly to NZ in Tests when they toured NZ in 2020. Yes, the conditions in NZ don't suit Indian batsmen, but it just felt like India was unprepared. Losing two Tests by 7 wickets and 10 wickets is quite poor.

As I mentioned in my previous post, there has to be accountability. Otherwise we will be back to the bad days of the 1990s.

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Cover Drive Six said:
ODI's and Tests are not same.

Winning OS Tests and being No-1 team consistently 6 years is huge achievement in Test cricket.
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It could have been but it isn't.
Think and tell me who were the other candidates of being number one in that period?

It was a 2 team race between Australia and India. Australia themselves were in a torment because of sand paper saga and loosing Smith /Warner.

So India has been first basically in a race where they were running lonely.
 
Kohli has achieved a lot as a captain. However, it is not clear if he has obtained the maximum results from the players and resources India has available. The next Indian captain may achieve even more.

I like Kohli as a player and as a person, but I think it is time India tried someone else as captain.
 
Napa said:
Kohli has achieved a lot as a captain. However, it is not clear if he has obtained the maximum results from the players and resources India has available. The next Indian captain may achieve even more.

I like Kohli as a player and as a person, but I think it is time India tried someone else as captain.
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I agree.

I admire Kohli the batsman and I admire his unprejudiced behaviour.

I just don’t think he was a very good captain, he just couldn’t moderate his tantrums.
 
Junaids said:
I agree.

I admire Kohli the batsman and I admire his unprejudiced behaviour.

I just don’t think he was a very good captain, he just couldn’t moderate his tantrums.
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His latest one was despicable - should never be allowed to lead again.
 
Kohli should have gone after the debacle In aus, the team looked like it had a new lease of life once he left the camp, the rubbish at the wtc the dross at the t20 were india were knocked out after paying 1 game pretty much, seems a case of very average captain being carried by good players rather than very average players being lead by a very good captain
 
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She should talk about her movie career in a post about her husband?
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I meant, looks like she doesn't have anything much going for her in her own career, which is why she's trying to feel important by leeching off his stardom. Who is she for Dhoni to inform her along with Virat :))


And even if she happened to be in the room at the time of the conversation, there was no need to thrust herself into that while talking about it a decade later, like she was the vice captain or something :)))

The rest of her post has even more :93: stuff.

If you want, I can do a line-by-line analysis?
 
Kohli probably would've been sacked had he not stepped down.

He was a good Test captain. Biggest achievement for him was to win a series in Australia.
 
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Virat Kohli has scored 0 hundreds in his last 63 international innings.

In 63 innings before his current drought, he made 13 hundreds across formats.
 
He'll never, ever likely admit it but I think Kohli is burnt out.

He pushed himself & his team very, very hard, high intensity for a long time- along with all the attendant pressures of being captain of India, dealing with boards & coaches & team mates careers.

Probably needs a month or two away from cricket. Recharge. Finding his batting concentration again.
 
wrongun said:
Probably needs a month or two away from cricket. Recharge. Finding his batting concentration again.
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He has already done this, in fact taken too many breaks from cricket. Result is still the same.
 
He has been a legendary servant to Indian cricket but perhaps Kohli is now a largely spent force.
 
https://www.insidesport.in/bcci-vs-...-have-been-sacked-after-tour-of-south-africa/

<b>BCCI vs Virat Kohli: BCCI source to InsideSport, ‘If Virat Kohli would not have resigned, he would have been sacked after tour of South Africa’</b>

Former India skipper Virat Kohli’s falling out with BCCI top brass could have ended in his sacking from Test captaincy had he not stepped down after South Africa Test series. While it may seem shocking, Sourav Ganguly led BCCI was getting ready to take a drastic step against Kohli for “insubordination” after he inadvertently accused the BCCI President and members of lying.

“Yes, the option was discussed to ask him to step down after South Africa series. Not all agreed to it but a majority were against split captaincy and wanted a fresh start while Virat could concentrate just on batting. Had he not stepped down, he would have been asked to do so,” a BCCI official told InsideSport.

In an explosive press conference ahead of the South Africa tour, Virat Kohli indirectly accused Sourav Ganguly and the BCCI office-bearers of lying when he said he didn’t receive any calls from any of them after he decided to step down from T20 captaincy. Ganguly had said that he personally requested him not to step down.

What Virat Kohli said: I was contacted one and a half hours before the selection meeting on the 8th for the Test series and there was no prior communication to me at all. Before ending the call I was told that the five selectors had decided that I would not be the ODI captain, to which I replied, ‘ok fine’.

What Sourav Ganguly said: It’s a call that the BCCI and the selectors took together. Actually, the BCCI had requested Virat to not step down as the T20I skipper but obviously, he did not agree. I as President personally spoke to Virat Kohli and the chairman of selectors has also spoken to him.

While BCCI office-bearers refrained from making any comments against Kohli after the presser, Sourav Ganguly wasn’t happy and wanted to send a showcase notice to Kohli. Although the other office-bearers convinced him to back down due to the SA series, they agreed to put an end to the Kohli era after the SA tour. However, the former India skipper stepped down himself, preventing chaos from erupting.

Two weeks later, Selection Committee chairman Chetan Sharma said that all office bearers were present when Kohli announced his decision to step down from T20I captaincy. Kohli was left embarrassed with Chetan Sharma’s statement. After India’s loss to South Africa in the Test series, he announced his decision to step down.

“There were discussions regarding talking to Virat about the press conference. But we felt that it wasn’t the right time to talk to him. But with what he said set a dangerous precedent and showed insubordination which is not right for any institution,” the official said.
 
wrongun said:
He'll never, ever likely admit it but I think Kohli is burnt out.

He pushed himself & his team very, very hard, high intensity for a long time- along with all the attendant pressures of being captain of India, dealing with boards & coaches & team mates careers.

Probably needs a month or two away from cricket. Recharge. Finding his batting concentration again.
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I think so too. It happens to everyone, even the strongest. I never knew until recently that Greg Chappell hit burnout in early 1981, which is why he missed the Ashes. Luckily for England….
 
All great teams eventuallly get in to this self destruction mode because they start to think that they are bigger than this game. Ganguly should get fired immediately. Virat had his issues, but he was still the best in business as a captain of his team. The problem here is that Indians started to think that it is their birth right to win every major ICC tournament after 2011, but cricket does not work like this. Virat was eventually going to bring the trophy home if they had allowed him to captain for another few years. KL, and Rishabh are not captain material and at this point, they are not even consistent enough to justify their spots in this Indian team. It is sad to see this great indian team going down like this. They all are fighting and absolutely no one cares about their team. I don't think Virat had back issues when he declared himself unfit for the 2nd test. Not sure Why Rohit is fit one day and then somehow his hamstring flares up which forces him to miss a tour, but somehow he comes back for the next one, and this cycle has been going on for two years now. Virat and Ganguly should have kept their egos in check, but it seems that they love the social media, press and their cameras.
 
Caved12 said:
All great teams eventuallly get in to this self destruction mode because they start to think that they are bigger than this game. Ganguly should get fired immediately. Virat had his issues, but he was still the best in business as a captain of his team. The problem here is that Indians started to think that it is their birth right to win every major ICC tournament after 2011, but cricket does not work like this. Virat was eventually going to bring the trophy home if they had allowed him to captain for another few years. KL, and Rishabh are not captain material and at this point, they are not even consistent enough to justify their spots in this Indian team. It is sad to see this great indian team going down like this. They all are fighting and absolutely no one cares about their team. I don't think Virat had back issues when he declared himself unfit for the 2nd test. Not sure Why Rohit is fit one day and then somehow his hamstring flares up which forces him to miss a tour, but somehow he comes back for the next one, and this cycle has been going on for two years now. Virat and Ganguly should have kept their egos in check, but it seems that they love the social media, press and their cameras.
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BCCI with Virat wanted to set an example that no one is bigger than the game and that no one can be allowed to get away with Badtameezi and insubordination forever. Also weren't there reports that Kohli as captain had divided the team where half the team were in Rohit's camp and the other half in Kohli's camp.
 
Savak said:
BCCI with Virat wanted to set an example that no one is bigger than the game and that no one can be allowed to get away with Badtameezi and insubordination forever. Also weren't there reports that Kohli as captain had divided the team where half the team were in Rohit's camp and the other half in Kohli's camp.
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I don't think it was Kohli who divided the team. Rohit never liked how KL was supported by Virat and how KL ended up playing more test matches than him. Rohit felt that Virat was keeping him out of his test team and was not treating his players equally, so he got together with Ashwin and other players to prove his point, but this is such a messed up situation. Almost everything played a part to bring this Indian cricket team where it is today.

Virat should have handled the Kumble situation better, but him and BCCI made a mess of that situation.

Virat became too powerful, but then it was BCCI who let him do what he wanted to. You see Virat had his issues, but BCCI made a mess of this situation by not having talks with Kohli on the issues that players were bringing forward. They all played politics which resulted in bringing this team where it is today.
 
Robert said:
I think so too. It happens to everyone, even the strongest. I never knew until recently that Greg Chappell hit burnout in early 1981, which is why he missed the Ashes. Luckily for England….
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What’s particularly difficult to gauge is knowing that one is witnessing burnout as it happens, and not having to rely on the benefit of hindsight. Most if not all great cricketers who have been stretched to the limit at the highest level for years and years seem to eventually experience burnout.
 
Robert said:
I think so too. It happens to everyone, even the strongest. I never knew until recently that Greg Chappell hit burnout in early 1981, which is why he missed the Ashes. Luckily for England….
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Yep. Also why he ordered that under-arm ball. He was just cooked, so burnt out his decision making got scrambled & he'd rather order an under arm ball than play yet another ODI...

It doesn't happen in 2 weeks. It creeps up slowly so by the time breaking point arrives, the person has been so used to just coping, clinging on for months & months that they kind of lost sight of their clear thinking self before burnout.
 
Lol at a lot of Kohli supporters who were happy with Ganguly being at the helm of affairs and how the Kohli Ganguly partnership was going to be beneficial for Indian Cricket.

Little did they know that Ganguly would put this man child in his place
 
Virat Kohli's era as Test captain of Team India came to an end earlier this month after he decided to step down following the team's loss in the three-match series (1-2) against South Africa. Kohli, who won 40 out of 68 matches as Test captain, ended as India's most successful skipper in the longest format of the game. Under Kohli, India ended its wait for a Test series win Australia, and also topped the Test rankings for a long period of time. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who also played a major role in achieving the highs for Team India, has shared his views on Kohli's captaincy era.

Shastri feels that Virat Kohli could've easily captained the Test team for the next two years, considering the fact that the Indian team will be playing against lower ranked teams.

"For sure, he could've led India for at least 2 years because next two years India would be playing at home and who is coming over - 9 and 10 jacks, if you see the rankings," Shastri told Sports Tak.

The 59-year-old added that Kohli could've further bettered his legacy as India's Test captain, something which other individuals might've found hard to digest.

"He would have then made it to 50-60 wins under his captaincy but a lot of people would have not been able to digest that fact," he added.

However, Shastri insisted that everyone should respect Kohli's decision to step down as Test captain as he has led the team successfully for a long period of time.

"Virat Kohli led India for 5-6 years in Tests and out of those, five years India was no. 1. No other Indian captain has this kind of record. There are only a handful of captains in the world with this kind of record. So, when the most successful captain decides to step down as captain it's an individual's decision because nobody has that record of 40 wins in 68 matches," he further said.

India's next Test assignment will come during a two-match series against Sri Lanka at home between February and March.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/rav...st-captain-2725928#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories
 
Relentless in their 3-0 sweep of New Zealand, England captain Ben Stokes said there will be no let-up in intensity against India in the upcoming rescheduled fifth Test. Under the leadership of Stokes and new coach Brendon McCullum, England recorded a phenomenal 3-0 win in the Test series against reigning WTC champions New Zealand, capping it off with a seven-wicket victory in the third and final match at Headingley. Stokes also praised former India skipper Virat Kohli's captaincy style in Tests.

"To be honest, I was not even watching cricket last summer, I did not watch most of it (India-England Tests last summer). But the thing with India is, the way Virat led India in Tests, was something to watch. So yeah, looking forward to the contest again," Stokes said .

The one-off Test against India, a part of last year's five-match series, which was abandoned due to a COVID-19 outbreak, will begin at Edgbaston on Friday.

"Trust me when I say this. We'll be coming out with exactly the same (aggressive) mindset, even though it's a different opposition," Stokes said on Monday.

"Obviously, it's going to be a completely different... different opposition, with their attack and players as well.

"We'll be concentrating on what we've done well over these last three games and look to continue that against India on Friday."

The visitors are leading the five-match series 2-1 but will face a revitalised England, which comprise only four members -- Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Bairstow and James Anderson -- from last year's fourth Test against the Indians.

Stokes himself was not available for the series last year as he had taken a break to focus on his mental health.

England endured a tough time in the last few months, winning just once in 17 Tests before the New Zealand series.

Praising his teammates for turning things around, Stokes said: "To walk away with a 3-0 series win over the best team in the world is a pretty special start." "I've got to show a huge amount of testament to the team over these three games. They've been absolutely phenomenal." Stokes took over the captaincy after Root relinquished the position following England's 0-1 series defeat to the West Indies in April.

"When I took over this job, it was more than results for me. It was about changing the mindset of the lads towards Test cricket, about having fun, and enjoying the fact that you're out there representing your country, and the results look after itself.

"But to say that we've done it so quickly is just unbelievable. I can only do so much, so I've got to show a huge amount of credit to Brendon, in the way that he's come in and influenced this group."

NDTV
 
Savak said:
Lol at a lot of Kohli supporters who were happy with Ganguly being at the helm of affairs and how the Kohli Ganguly partnership was going to be beneficial for Indian Cricket.

Little did they know that Ganguly would put this man child in his place
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But but goat captain? Has he won't a single title as captain lol? Mamoon?
 
I'm just glad that the BCCI and Ganguly had the guts to cut him down to size. Something BCCI could not or rather would not do with Dhoni in white ball cricket.

BCCI is often painted as the pantomine villain and in truth they have got plenty of things wrong. But portraying Kohli as the victim here is far from truth.

He was no Pat Cummins as a leader. Stubborn, egotistical and an inability to see the larger picture. Instead of moving with the times, he overextended himself by trying to be an anchor and a finisher by trying to bat at 3. I'll always blame him for our LOI batting woes and top heavy batting lineup.

Interestingly, for all his stubbornness, he never had the courage to make bold decisions either and was willing to hold on to non performing seniors like Dhoni rather than back talented youngsters.

Hopefully, Dravid and the new management can guide India to better processes and a healthier, positive team environment etc.
 
India led the way in the development of Test cricket under former skipper Virat Kohli, according to South African legend Graeme Smith, who reckons only five or six countries may be playing the longest format in the coming years. Smith feels just a handful of nations are contributing to the development of Test cricket at the moment.

"With Test cricket, it's just iconic nations or the big cricketing nations that are contributing to Test cricket at the moment," Smith said on 'Sky Sports' during day three of the first Test between South Africa and England.

The 41-year-old feels under Kohli India "really took Test cricket seriously." Kohli has been a flagbearer of the longest format of the game. He led India to the final of the maiden World Test Championships alongside several memorable Test wins.

"I think it's fantastic especially under Virat Kohli that India really took Test cricket seriously. They lead the way with that.

"But as long as we've got competitive teams, you're not going to have 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 competitive teams. You might only be down to five or six nations that play Test cricket at this level," Smith added.
 
Virat Kohli has revealed that he received little support after stepping down as India Test captain while praising MS Dhoni for his response at the time.

Kohli is India's most successful Test captain but relinquished the role in January this year after a 2-1 series loss to South Africa, with Rohit Sharma handed the reins.

The 33-year-old Kohli had been Test captain since taking over from Dhoni in 2014 and led India in 68 matches for 40 wins and 17 losses.

"When I left the Test captaincy, MS Dhoni was the only one among all the cricketers I had played with before who texted me” Kohli told reporters after India’s Asia Cup loss to Pakistan.

“A lot of people have my number but he was the only one who texted me.

“It comes from the genuine respect that we have for each other. There is no insecurity from either end in our equation.

"These things matter. I live my life with honesty and these things matter for me.

"I just want to say this, if I have to tell someone about their game, I reach out individually. Even if I have to reach out to them, I do it personally."

Kohli had already given up the India T20I captaincy after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup last year, with Sharma installed as leader in both white-ball formats at the time.

The right-handed Kohli has failed to score an international ton in any format since 2019 but with more time to focus on his own game has shown signs of a return to form in the Asia Cup 2022.

Kohli top scored for India with 60 off 44 balls before being run out in the final over during a dramatic T20I loss to Pakistan in the Super 4 phase of the Asia Cup.

The former skipper is now averaging 77 in three innings in the tournament, as he presses his claims to be part of the India squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia later this year.

"I've played for 14 years, it doesn't happen by chance,” Kohli said about his current form.

“I’ve taken some time away, put things in perspective and that’s given me a relaxation that this is not the be-all and end-all of life.

“I need to enjoy the game, I can’t put so much pressure on myself with expectations that I’m not able to express myself. That is not why I started playing the game.”

With back-to-back half-centuries in the Asia Cup, Kohli has now passed 50 a record 32 times in T20Is from 102 matches.

Current India T20I captain Sharma is next best with four tons and 27 half-centuries from 135 matches.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2781588
 
India batter Virat Kohli led the national side after taking over the leadership duties from MS Dhoni. Though India failed to win any major ICC trohpy during Kohli's reign as captain, the team dominated world cricket. Be it from instilling confidence on his teammates to standing for his players, Kohli beautifully played the role of the leader. However, before entering the senior international circuit too, Kohli had proven himself as an apt leader. He also led Delhi in the domestic cricket before leading India to the U-19 World Cup.

In an interview, Kohli has revealed that he made many mistakes as a leader and he has no shame in accepting that. He added that whatever he did was intended for the team's betterment.

"I have no shame in accepting that I have made many mistakes when I was captain but the one thing I know for sure that I never did anything for my own selfish motives. My only goal was to take the team forward, failures will keep happening but intent was never in the wrong place," Kohli said an episode of 'Let There Be Sport', which is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.

Kohli is a part of the Indian team but he has left leading the side. Rohit Sharma is currently the captain of the Indian national cricket team.

NDTV
 

"Didn't Remove Virat Kohli From Captaincy": Former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Says "He Wasn't..."​


Last year, Indian cricket saw a very controversial episode as Virat Kohli stepped down from Test captaincy. The manner in which Virat Kohli's captaincy stint in the Indian team ended left a lot of questions. While the talismanic batter had himself decided to leave India's T20 captaincy, he was subsequently not persisted with in the ODI format also. Not long after, Kohli announced the decision to step down as the team's Test skipper too.

Former Indian cricket team
captain Sourav Ganguly was at the helm of the BCCI as president when Virat Kohli resigned. Many reports claimed that he played a big role in Virat Kohli's removal. However, he has said now that he had no role to play in it.

"I didn't remove Virat from captaincy. I have said this several times. He (Kohli) was not interested to lead in T20Is. So, after he made that decision, I told him, if you're not interested to lead in T20Is, it's better if you step down from entire white-ball cricket formats. Let there be a white-ball captain and a red-ball captain," Sourav Ganguly said on Dadagiri.

"I pushed Rohit Sharma a bit to take up the captaincy role because he wasn't interested to lead in all three formats of the game. So, maybe I have a bit of contribution in that but no matter who is administrating, it's the players who perform well on the field. No body from outside can contribute much.

"I was appointed as the President of BCCI to work for the betterment of Indian cricket, this is a small part of it."

Source :NDTV
 
While speaking on a Podcast, Sanjay Bangar spoke about the captaincy of Virat Kohli in Tests:

"Captaincy of the Indian team is a 24/7 job. Lot of on and off the field things happen like selection, non-selection and team performance. So, it does take a toll (on individual performances). Him giving up captaincy at that time means he is now playing with lesser responsibilities. Even though I personally feel he could have continued a bit longer as Test captain,"

"It is humanly impossible to sustain at the level at which he was playing between 2014 and 2019. The dip had to come. When you play with that sort of passion he was scoring daddy hundreds. But he told me that he wasn't scoring a double hundred. After a while he realised that there is a process to which he can make double hundreds and once he tasted that he made four or five in one season,"
 
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Virat Kohli Set For 'Leadership Role' In Tests, Report Says Rohit Sharma Unlikely To...

India captain Rohit Sharma is unlikely to be part of the side's plans, as far as the Test set-up is concerned, post the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Rohit has come under fierce criticism for his recent poor form with the bat, while his leadership has also come under heavy scrutiny in the aftermath of India's home Test series loss to New Zealand. According to a report in the Times of India, Rohit is unlikely to continue as a Test cricketer after the series against Australia, but his retirement from the format might not be imminent.

While Rohit's exit might put the team in a state of uncertainty, the report also explored the possibility of star batter Virat Kohli's return in leadership role. The report said that former India captain is being more vocal in the field and frequently addressed team huddles

Kohli stepped down from the role as India's most successful Test captain. He led India in 68 matches with an outstanding win rate, winning 40 matches while only losing 17.

He was also the first Indian captain to win a Test series in Australia (a 2-1 success in 2018/19). His possible re-elevation could stem from the fact that the selectors may not have enough faith in the younger generation of players, as far as captaincy in concerned.

Rohit's uncertain future could well mean that he has already played his final Test, with reports emerging over the past few days that the India captain might not feature in the series-deciding Test against Australia, getting underway in Sydney on Friday.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir didn't exactly rule out the prospect of Rohit warming the bench in Sydney. He said that the final call on the playing XI would be taken after looking at the pitch on match day.

"Everything is fine with Rohit and I don't think it's anything traditional. The head coach is here and that should be good enough. We are going to have a look at the wicket and finalise (the team) tomorrow," Gambhir said at a press conference.

Asked again if Rohit would be part of that team, Gambhir responded: "The answer remains the same."

SOURCE:https://sports.ndtv.com/australia-v...rt-says-rohit-sharma-unlikely-to-7382290?s=08
 
OMG what a dumb move.

It's like picking Tendulkar as captain after the 2007 WC.
 
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BouncerGuy said:
Virat Kohli Set For 'Leadership Role' In Tests, Report Says Rohit Sharma Unlikely To...

India captain Rohit Sharma is unlikely to be part of the side's plans, as far as the Test set-up is concerned, post the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Rohit has come under fierce criticism for his recent poor form with the bat, while his leadership has also come under heavy scrutiny in the aftermath of India's home Test series loss to New Zealand. According to a report in the Times of India, Rohit is unlikely to continue as a Test cricketer after the series against Australia, but his retirement from the format might not be imminent.

While Rohit's exit might put the team in a state of uncertainty, the report also explored the possibility of star batter Virat Kohli's return in leadership role. The report said that former India captain is being more vocal in the field and frequently addressed team huddles

Kohli stepped down from the role as India's most successful Test captain. He led India in 68 matches with an outstanding win rate, winning 40 matches while only losing 17.

He was also the first Indian captain to win a Test series in Australia (a 2-1 success in 2018/19). His possible re-elevation could stem from the fact that the selectors may not have enough faith in the younger generation of players, as far as captaincy in concerned.

Rohit's uncertain future could well mean that he has already played his final Test, with reports emerging over the past few days that the India captain might not feature in the series-deciding Test against Australia, getting underway in Sydney on Friday.

India head coach Gautam Gambhir didn't exactly rule out the prospect of Rohit warming the bench in Sydney. He said that the final call on the playing XI would be taken after looking at the pitch on match day.

"Everything is fine with Rohit and I don't think it's anything traditional. The head coach is here and that should be good enough. We are going to have a look at the wicket and finalise (the team) tomorrow," Gambhir said at a press conference.

Asked again if Rohit would be part of that team, Gambhir responded: "The answer remains the same."

SOURCE:https://sports.ndtv.com/australia-v...rt-says-rohit-sharma-unlikely-to-7382290?s=08
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Wow, can someone please just shoot me and make sure I don't get to see chicken gohli's face ever again.

Just end my misery...
 
This was a different bowling unit when Virat bhai was the captain.

Missing that fire
 
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