Sunil Gavaskar raises questions on Virat Kohli's captaincy in Test cricket

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https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/virat-kohli-sunil-gavaskar-india-vs-england-1331023-2018-09-03

 

"When you go in with five batsmen then you are bound to be in such a situation where you rely so much only on one player, Virat Kohli to get you the big hundreds. He can't do it every time, he's human.

South Africa, England and Australia were always going to be the toughest challenges for India and Kohli as captain but Gavaskar feels that even though the team did well on home soil and in places like Sri Lanka and West Indies, it hasn't performed up to its full potential in South Africa and England.

"To expect that the lower order (to save India after the top-order collapse) after that Kohli-Rahane partnership was broken, to get even another 60-70 runs was too much," Gavaskar said after the game.

"Everybody would be disappointed looking at the result because when Virat Kohli took over as captain, it seemed like the team would head into a new direction under him. The team looked hungry to win and seemed more hopeful of doing well under Kohli. Everyone thought that he will bring in a lot more josh, a lot more energy into the team. So quite naturally, there will be questions asked about his captaincy.

"If only the other batsmen could have played like him. If any other batsman could have scored over 400-500 runs then India wouldn't have lost Test series in South Africa and in England. This is like a learning curve for Kohli at the moment. Fans are bound to be disappointed as the expectations were quite high with this team. Looking at how they performed before this at home, in West Indies and in Sri Lanka, everybody were hoping to see history being made on foreign soil," Gavaskar told India Today in an exclusive chat after India lost the Southampton Test and also the series.

"Even the way in which India came back to beat Australia in the Test series last year after losing the first match, that gave us the impression that India wouldn't back down to any challenge under captain Kohli. It seemed India would always play with their heads held high. But the captain is only as good as his team. As a batsman Kohli has lived up to the expectations and even more. He has done everything possible as a batsman.

"Yes, when Virat took over captaincy, everybody thought that it will be a completely different way because you had MSD (MS Dhoni) who was cool, calm and collected and here was somebody who was very passionate. Not that being calm, cool and collected means that you are not passionate about winning but here was a person who had a completely different approach and outlook to the game," Gavaskar went on to add.

"Just like the captain, a coach is only as good as his team. If the team is not able to raise its level on the field, whatever you might tell them in the changing room or off the field in terms of motivation, won't help. You can't blame one person for it. Questions need to be asked of those persons, those individuals who are not able to raise the level of their game rather than a coach. The coaches are doing their best, they are working very hard. They can't play for them from the change room. They can only hope that what they have told the players is something that they will implement. If the players don't understand then I don't think that the coaching staff is to be blamed," Gavaskar said.

 

[prudent_kreeda]

Am i the only one seeing an agenda to sabe Koach ...? 

• What is the hard work that  was very visible to him from Koach  ...  Bullshit ..

[Clarke]

um, not really, the written content doesn't say so  

[mishra]

What Gavaskar is questiong selection. He is also saying, playing 5 bats is not a good idea.

 

He is also hinting Kohli the skipper haant made any progress

[prudent_kreeda]

let the card read 4-1. 

We need to weed out atleast 3-4 players from this line up. 

Need a better coaching team , the present need to go ASAP.

Only when you are exposed big time , something will happen.

 

[prudent_kreeda]

 Getting knocked out at knock out stage in WC19 , would be the biggest benefit for our one day team  too. 

[Rasgulla]

Need kohli to put this gavaskar in his place... He ejaculates whenever bambi players scores a run and shamelessly defends them whenever they fail. 

[speedheat]

So basically he is saying we need 6 batters here, a typical overstatement.

when your top 5 batters can't do shi*t right, don't think the 6th one will do  Wonders especially if the choice is Karun nair, another mental choker.

Kohli as a captain(except selection blunders) has done a descent job tbh, he has managed to restrict England on moderate totals in almost all the matches, was brilliant in batting too. Batting have let us down on crucial occasions especially his Maharashtra guy a choker hahaaane

A captain can only do a certain bit. 

[zen]

5 minutes ago, speedheat said:

So basically he is saying we need 6 batters here, a typical overstatement.

when your top 5 batters can't do shi*t right, don't think the 6th one will do  Wonders especially if the choice is Karun nair, another mental choker.

Kohli as a captain(except selection blunders) has done a descent job tbh, he has managed to restrict England on moderate totals in almost all the matches, was brilliant in batting too. Batting have let us down on crucial occasions especially his Maharashtra guy a choker hahaaane

A captain can only do a certain bit. 

First we have to optimize the 5 batting slots.  If the reserve is that good, he should replace the struggling batsman. By saying that we want the 6th batsman, we are in a way saying that we don't expect the struggling batsmen to do well and we don't want to replace them so we need a cover  

 

Edited September 3, 2018 by zen

[speedheat]

4 minutes ago, zen said:

First we have to optimize the 5 batting slots.  If the reserve is that good, he should replace the struggling batsman. By saying that we want the 6th batsman, we are in a way saying that we don't expect the struggling batsmen to do well and we don't want to replace them so we need a cover  

 

Exactly.

[nagraj85]

18 minutes ago, speedheat said:

So basically he is saying we need 6 batters here, a typical overstatement.

when your top 5 batters can't do shi*t right, don't think the 6th one will do  Wonders especially if the choice is Karun nair, another mental choker.

Kohli as a captain(except selection blunders) has done a descent job tbh, he has managed to restrict England on moderate totals in almost all the matches, was brilliant in batting too. Batting have let us down on crucial occasions especially his Maharashtra guy a choker hahaaane

A captain can only do a certain bit. 

even your kohli is a choker. At least rahane scored a half century. what has delhi boys done? ghanta?

[Pollack]

1 hour ago, Rasgulla said:

Need kohli to put this gavaskar in his place... He ejaculates whenever bambi players scores a run and shamelessly defends them whenever they fail. 

He is not questioning Kohlis batting.

[anish2tweet]

let the card read 4-1. 
We need to weed out atleast 3-4 players from this line up. 
Need a better coaching team , the present need to go ASAP.
Only when you are exposed big time , something will happen.
 

Why is shastri opposing appointment of dravid and zaheer khan? Kohli wants an easy coach.they will be tough task masters and the captain thinks he may not have a say. BCCI shouldn't succumb to their tactics. Mere motivation from coach is not enough.Dravid can be head coach cum batting consultant, Zak the bowling coach, fielding coach can be someone good, like Rhodes or robin.even Sridhar's has improved.

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[The Dark Horse]

He's defending bevda

[Temujin Khaghan]

Gavaskar ... Legendary batsman but deep agenda a-hole.

[Temujin Khaghan]

As long as srt was in the team, we happily played 6 batsmen, because he bowled competently..

[Trichromatic]

10 hours ago, speedheat said:

So basically he is saying we need 6 batters here, a typical overstatement.

when your top 5 batters can't do shi*t right, don't think the 6th one will do  Wonders especially if the choice is Karun nair, another mental choker.

Kohli as a captain(except selection blunders) has done a descent job tbh, he has managed to restrict England on moderate totals in almost all the matches, was brilliant in batting too. Batting have let us down on crucial occasions especially his Maharashtra guy a choker hahaaane

A captain can only do a certain bit. 

If 5 batsman can score 200, 6 can score 240.

 

 

[Lala]

He is true 

[speedheat]

1 hour ago, Trichromatic said:

If 5 batsman can score 200, 6 can score 240.

 

 

Yes, shouldn't play a specialist batter for those 40 extra runs rather should go with all rounder. Spin bowling ar  in India and pace bowling for overseas.

[Ankit_sharma03]

11 hours ago, speedheat said:

So basically he is saying we need 6 batters here, a typical overstatement.

when your top 5 batters can't do shi*t right, don't think the 6th one will do  Wonders especially if the choice is Karun nair, another mental choker.

Kohli as a captain(except selection blunders) has done a descent job tbh, he has managed to restrict England on moderate totals in almost all the matches, was brilliant in batting too. Batting have let us down on crucial occasions especially his Maharashtra guy a choker hahaaane

A captain can only do a certain bit. 

We already have played 6 batsman under dhoni and failed in those games to, infact the only win that came at that time was with binny and even under kohli its with pandya n binnny 

If ur 5 batsman are not doing the job question those 5 batsman