Another series loss, another chatty Virat Kohli press conference

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23 minutes ago, raki05 said:

Someone should ask this ghonchu how a 4-1 loss is progressing sign, compare to 3-1 which we had last time.

According to him they had the fighting spirit never played for draws so they did well.

[nevada]

2 hours ago, goose said:

by the time they learn to win series it will be time to retire. rinse and repeat. 

They already know how to win series - but they suck in executing. 

[Chandan]

On 9/12/2018 at 3:43 PM, Sachinism said:

Feel for journalists having to deal with petulant man-childs

I don't know whether you read or or not, but a senior journalist GS Vivek was defending Kohli after his arrogant act in the PC and then many senior as well as young journalist flocked to reply and explain to him how his act could not and should not be defended!

Anyway, point is, even in the PC, Kohli refused to accept whatever the real issues were which became the main reason for India's defeat.

1. Number one issue was lack of lack of preparation for the red ball cricket before the test cricket. They had felt it as a major factor in SA tour, but didn't learn anything from it.

2 Faulty selections in almost every test: 1st test they needed Jadeja and Pujara in XI but as per Kohli's thought, to play aggressive cricket, he didn't need a person who scored slowly and another spinner. Result--narrow loss. Lords had a damp track and needed seamers, but Kohli went with extra spinner. Result--hammering. 4th test--Ashwin was not fully fit and Jadeja could have been chosen easily but no, result--series loss. 

3.His problem has been since SA series: Keeping proven performers in the bench or out of the squad and continuing with out of form players on reputation.

4.Instead of accepting, where they went wrong; the coach saying how he coaches the best Indian touring team in history and then losing a record 6 tests in a calendar year.

5.Saying YoYo scores are more important than runs or wickets.

When earlier team lost the series away, they had one handicap. They didn't have an attack that could take 20 wkts. Its not so with this team. Yet the results are the same. One entire series of 5 tests passed by but the coaches and tactitians could not give bowlers one solution of how to get the tail out.

What are the back room staffs for? Bowling coaches for, who Shastri thought was better than Zak?

And then Kohli expects not to be asked any hard questions?

[zen]

Pride comes before a fall 

[Rasgulla]

Appologise to Dhoni  now... 

[Chandan]

https://goo.gl/jqaGfY

 

Arrogance over acceptance

For reasons not hard to explain, the focus has now shifted from Kohli, the run-machine, to Kohli the captain.

By Pradeep Magazine

Express News Service

India’s inability to capitalise on England’s vulnerable top order and their own batting failures is now history, with a scoreline of 4-1 that will haunt Virat Kohli for a long time, given the pride he takes in his team’s performance. For reasons not hard to explain, the focus has now shifted from Kohli, the run-machine, to Kohli the captain.

Failure has its own price to pay and if the captain and his coach continue to live and speak the language of a runaway winner, then they are bound to face a barrage of uncomfortable questions from disappointed fans and a large number of cricketing experts. No one questioned coach Ravi Shastri’s claim before the series that this lot has the potential to be the best ever Indian team.

The fans were willing to believe, even after failure in South Africa, that their team is potentially a rich side and can thrash England in their own backyard to stake a legitimate claim to being among the best. This assertion, after the conclusion of the series, is now a mere boast that should by now have embarrassed the proud owner of these words. But no, it appears the team still believes that they are the best ever in the last 15 years. The skipper even ticked off a journalist who merely wanted Kohli’s opinion on whether he still believes in what his coach had said.

Are these answers, that mock the person asking a genuine question, a sign of arrogance or the response of an immature mind getting carried away by his own personal achievements, and inexhaustible self-belief ? Kohli, if proof was needed, did show the world that his batting prowess is as special as anyone in the past or present may have possessed. But even this expression of greatness displayed against one of the greatest fast bowlers in the world — Jimmy Anderson — did not help India overcome its weaknesses. For a man whose very mobile face displays all the myriad emotions of someone impatient with any resistance coming his way, this collective failure must be galling.

It is good that he still retains faith in his team, but that faith would have a greater meaning if it acknowledged its weaknesses as well. And, if a team loses four of the five matches, the shortcomings have to be many. They need evaluation, a realistic self-appraisal and not childish responses that can create unnecessary divisions, within and outside.

 

 

 

There are many valid questions being raised that point at the failure of leadership. From team selection to strategic moves on the field, there are a host of issues to be assessed so that they are not repeated in similar situations. It would be unwise for Kohli to get so deluded by his own batting strength that he starts believing he can take no wrong decision as a captain. Captaincy is a difficult art that requires, among many other things, understanding of the men you lead and providing them the right environment to flourish. This is easier said than done.

The greatest danger to a person’s growth is to believe his privileges are the result of his inherent wisdom. Captaincy is a learning curve and being aware of one’s shortcomings, even hunting for them, can help in the curve going upwards. Kohli has by sheer hard work overcome many shortcomings as a batsman to become the phenomenon that he is. As a captain he has a world to conquer and a bit of humility and self-assessment can help. And may be he requires a coach, who in the best interest of the team, tells him not what he wants to hear but what he needs to listen.

 

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After two overseas series losses now these expert cricket writers are are raising these points but were these not obvious even when Kohli was winning at home or SL? Home series, he was helped by Kumble by Kohli was not at all good at field placement, bowling changes etc. Neither was he humble.