Virat Kohli as Captain – Kohli’s Captaincy ICC Events: Kohli has so far led India in three ICC events — the 2017 Champions Trophy, the 2019 50-over World Cup, and the recently completed inaugural edition of the World Test Championship (WTC). In all these events, India managed to reach the closing stages, but the trophy to be difficult for the team.
Champions Trophy 2017: In June 2017, India had a near-to-perfect run in the Champions Trophy, and the Men in Blue were favorites to clinch the title. But what followed was a sorry state, as India lost. It was the first time in ICC event under the leadership of Virat Kohli, so none gave too much thought to why the Men in Blue were unable to bring the trophy home after a solid show throughout the tournament.
ICC World Cup 2019: Coming to the next ICC event in 2019, India was outplayed by New Zealand in the 50-over World Cup semi-final clash in Manchester.
ICC World Test Championship 2021: And on Wednesday again, it was Kane Williamson’s men who brushed aside the challenge of India in the WTC final even though close to around seven sessions were lost to rain and the Reserve Day came into play.
Team Selection in big matches: After the loss, Kohli further stressed on it and also spoke about showing intent and how there could be a few changes in the line-up going into the Tests against England.But the question that once again comes to mind is whether a Dhoni or a Rahane would have gone in with the same XI that was named by the team on the eve of the game even though the opening day of the WTC final was washed off? Since the toss hadn’t taken place, India had the chance to relook the Playing XI, but the team management didn’t.In the end, it looked like playing an extra batsman instead of two spinners could have helped India score another 20-30 runs.
Being number one in rankings is a good talking point for some days, but in the end, everyone remembers a captain for the number of trophies he has in the cabinet. And time is definitely running out for Captain Kohli
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