Kohli needs to mark his players and back them to Build a good team.

[Ankit_sharma03]

IF u have to make a good team as captain u need to mark ur players and back them . The problem with kohli is he hasnt done that . 

 

• 1 day he feels dhawan is better then vijay or rahul also he gives left right option, when he fails he goes back to vijay n rahul . A few failures and dhawan feels like a better option to him and then he fails again to make vijay n rahul look better. 

The cycle continues, as a result they all have no security and they play in fear. 

 

• 1 day he feels rohit is the most talented player so for him he changes the whole batting for him (like in WI) till few failures and all of sudden other option start to feel better. Then pujara or rahane fails here or there and rohit all of sudden looks a better player and then he fails and others look better. 
• 1 day he feels rohit can be the sehwag if he bats at 3 and in just a few failures we are back to square one. Eg- when ganguly made sehwag open he was given a assurity of many games and then if it doesnt work he was given an assurity in middle 
• 1 day he think rahul is to good a player to sitout and the best option at 4 in ODI and then one failure he is not in ODI squads. 
• 1 day he says current form matters so rohit plays ahead of rahane but on other end nair is dropped after making a 300 and bhuvi after 1st test. 

 

This is not how u make a team. The end result is a musical chair among the same . Players who are week arent getting large number of games to fail to be kicked neither strong players are getting regular games to be secure. Worst a newcomer cnt find a spot in this scenario 

 

Ganguly never put a sword on laxman after few failures by playing yuvraj singh and then a muscial chair among them

dhoni backed kohli after his 2 failures in Aus . 

Kumble bought back sehwag when he was struggling . He marked his player and bought him in 2007 tour down under back 

 

Now with this current team kohli has to put his foot down and mark his players

He said in past vijay and rahane are pillars or this squad and both are under sword for a while. 

 

Vijay and rahane are two players who have scored in almost conditions apart from kohli so they need to be backed even after a few failures. U cant go crazy after 2-3 test failures at them, many have failed for that many test. The greatest tendulkar failed for 3 test in 2002-03 aussie series and he avg 17 in 2003 test cricket. Under kohli even tendulkar wud have been dropped. 

 

N what better options do u have then from vijay or rahane 

 

If pandya is so important to the balance of this side, please back him. Coz captains like ganguly n dhoni wud have done that with pandya 

Same is the case with rahul. 

I fear i see them getting dropped soon, who knws even in next test

 

U cant build player if u drop them after 1-2 games. Yuvraj singh or sehwag were backed despite being so inconsitent. Look at the backing dhawan n rohit and even kohli got from dhoni. Dhoni , ganguly ka xample dete ho to follow bhi karo 

 

Also if soon he realises that dhawan n rohit are not meant for test please dnt get mindwashed with an easy series . 

Edited January 18, 2018 by Ankit_sharma03

[gattaca]

You need a balance as captain between Dhoni and Kohli. We  got both extremes.

Edited January 18, 2018 by gattaca

[mishra]

Kohli is a liability.

[Laaloo]

13 minutes ago, gattaca said:

You need a balance as captain between Dhoni and Kohli. We  got both extremes.

Lol so true

[coffee_rules]

Who says he's not backing. He is backing his yaarana gang - the sharmas - Rohit Babli Sharna, Ishant Sharma, Dhawan, Yuvraj until 2017 CT, 

[rkt.india]

He is impatient with youngsters and thinks that seniors are automatically better despite them being failed in the past. Dropping of pant after 2 T20s, dropping of Rahul after 3 ODIs in SL are the biggest examples.  

[Jimmy Cliff]

He has marked his players - the likes of Rohit, Dhawan, Ishant etc and backs them as much as he can. But has to grudgingly drop them because of their own incompetence .

 

[Silva]

The only problem is he keeps trying to fit rohit in the playing 11. vijay, lokesh, pujara, rahane, and dhawan all have had to sit out in favour of rohit, plus rahane and kohli have had to play out of position to accomadate rohit. No other batsman gets this type of special treatment.  

 

I dont like dhawan getting picked but he has atleast performed against teams not named Sri lanka or west indies. Plus lokesh and vijay keep getting injured so their is a reason he keeps getting picked. 

 

 

[Nonbeliever]

They are marking players to finish their careers..

[adi B]

Does he even trust the young players ?is the management even grooming the young talents? Rather they are hellbent in playing ttf 

[joe777z]

IMO Rahane will be a better captain than Kohli. More stablility in decision making skills 

Very impressed how has captained the match against Aus, aggressive field sets but calm mind like Du Plessis. 

Edited January 19, 2018 by joe777z

[mancalledsting]

Problem is accentuated by dynamics of Indian cricket:

 

In India, you can play 2, even 4 spinners 

outside SC, rarely are you justified in playing more than 1 spinner 

 

Chepu: ATG in India, flop outside of SC 

Rahane: very good batsmen outside of India, poor against spin 

 

Bhuvi: swinging conditions predominant bowler 

 

The only real selection blunders  I can think of during his test captaincy are: playing Rohit for Rahane and Dhawan for KL.