Saurav Banerjee wrote:epraneeth77 wrote:Saurav Banerjee wrote:epraneeth77 wrote:
Saurav Banerjee wrote:
epraneeth77 wrote:
If India has to win, Dhoni, Kohli and Rohit's resources should be used judiciously and in right amount.
We will not have this luxury by the next time when Kohli will be 35 years, Rohit 37 and Dhoni will not be there. Surely they can't captain their side next time is what is my thought.
This world cup is the last chance for the Dhoni Era and his disciples, Rohit and Kohli.
I believe Kohli will have another chance (provided he stays fit) to represent his country after 4 years at the age of 35. Not so sure about Rohit Sharma though.
In this world cup India would have to be at the top of their game to compete against teams such as England and Australia.
Yes, Kohli will represent. I also agree that, but the thing is at the age of 35, I am not so optimistic about him to head a team or have a good pool of understanding players to win a world cup then.
The kind of fitness Kohli has at the moment, if he maintains that, then I see no reason whatsoever why he can't do well 4 years later in the next world cup. Also, the kind of fitness addict that he is, I am sure he will keep his body in good shape. Chopping and changing captains unnecessarily does no good to the team. Unless Kohli leads the team poorly or his own form goes to a slump, he should continue to lead India. Dhoni will retire soon. Therefore, I see no other senior players in the present team to replace Kohli as a captain for the next world cup.
There's no dearth of talent in India. With young talents such as Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Khaleel Ahmed, and many others coming up every now and then, India will always have a good chance in every world cup.
True, Kohli will lead, but I hope that he is not constantly chopping and changing and has a pool or reliable players who also know that they will be in the team and he will back them up.
His captaincy in Tests is good, but he has a long way to go in ODI's and T20's. Kohli's constant chopping and changing the team will affect team morale and players form, skill can slump as their confidence will be dented.
If he goes with his captaincy in the same way, I believe he should be taken away from Captaincy. There is no dearth of Young talent with Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Aaron, Khaleel Ahmed, Vijay Shankar, etc. But if they are not managed properly, their talent will be wasted. Hope that will not happen.
Shreyas Iyer has been a good captain as evident from this IPL. Prithwi Shaw is also a good captain who led to U-19 world cup victory.
It's not necessarily chopping and changing, the norm of rotational policy comes into play every now and then these days to provide players with adequate rest.
The biggest thing that goes in favor of Kohli is that he is a champion batsman. Every player in the team admire and respect him. So, he leads from the front. If you talk about shrewdness in terms of captaincy skills of someone like Dhoni, then Virat Kohli surely falls behind. There's no doubt in that. The fact that Kohli is a certainty in all three formats of the game also goes in his favor. Here Rohit Sharma falls short. His form often stays hot and cold, especially, in test matches.
Finally, captaincy in IPL is not a good yardstick to judge a great player like Kohli with someone like Shreyas Iyer!
I think more than the rotational policy, chopping and changing was done in the lead up to the world cup to find the right players. It is a good strategy to find right players, but may be the planning went wrong as a player was not given enough backing and enough time to prove his skills at a particular role.
This transition of captaincy from Dhoni to Kohli in 2017 may have been done earlier I think, due to which planning went a little skewed.
Kohli winning percentage in ODI's is 75 which is better than any other. So I got it wrong, he did not get enough time for world cup preparations at the helm and that's why constant chopping and changing happened.
True, Rohit is hot and cold in test matches and Shreyas Iyer cannot be compared like that to him. India do have a good reserve Captains like Rohit, Shreyas & Prithwi Shah if needed during breaks taken from Virat.
Constant chopping and changing has affected team composition and confidence anyhow, but the mistake was not of Kohli, it was just a transition phase which did not happen smoothly. Any transition has some kind of friction.
After your comment I have gone through wiki, about the transition, Virat's captaincy records. I was wrong to comment so early to say Virat is not a good captain. It was just due to transition phase which made him the scapegoat in the eye of the audience.
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