sensible-indian Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Rohit has to go. Kohli wont be back. Rahane sucks with the bat. So wont make a comeback. Ashwin place not secure in every test. Bumrah is injury prone. Kela is Kela. Depression machine. So by the process of elimination, the answer leaves us with Gill. Gill is our next test captain. Thats why he should be backed for next 50 tests straight. Humiliations aayengi jaayengi magar Indian captaincy rehna chahiye. tweaker, Gollum and Norman 1 2 Link to comment
Gollum Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Indian cricket will be officially dead when Gill becomes test captain. Even KL Rahul is better than Gill. But again no one is saving Indian cricket when the KL-VVS duo takes over from Rohit-Dravid. From the frying pan into the fire. sorak, Vickydev and Norman 1 2 Link to comment
Gollum Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 I'd say go back to Kohli, for 2 years and after that hopefully Pant takes over, or Jaiswal.....some young gun Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 (edited) We might make fun of boomers but they are right. IPL money has ruined these youngsters. They have no pride. No passion. No hunger. In the past players used to care about test legacy. Now its about who gets the highest contract and who has the most endorsements. We really need to delink test cricket from these clownish lois....and have a separate team. I think thats the only way test can survive in the future. Make fun of Pujara all you want but look at his drive, committment and passion towards test cricket and how desperate he is for glory. Thats what we need. And its almost impossible to get IPL stars to care that much when they get paid millions for doing almost nothing. Let the LOI fans enjoy the antics of Pandya....and let the test fans enjoy test players grind hard in domestics, counties and practice hard for overseas tours months before it starts. We can easily subsidize test cricket. And soon enough, the market in developing countries would have grown enough for test cricket to self sustain. Its a niche sport and let it be a niche sport. (Im saying this as someone who watches only test cricket and IPL.) Edited February 2 by sensible-indian Norman 1 Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Sure there are good examples like Pant, Rinku Singh, Jaiswal who are good at both lois and tests....and are passionate. But even they would find it hard to prioritize tests moving forward. Link to comment
Majestic Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 They will give it to KL Rahul because Gill and Iyer have been flop in Tests and T20s. Others like Jaiswal has just started. Bumrah won't be available every game every format so don't see him as captain. It will be Rahul and that's not a good indication. Link to comment
Number Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Rishabh after 2025 WTC. Till then Rohit will continue. Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 So depression machine it is. Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 19 minutes ago, Number said: Rishabh after 2025 WTC. Till then Rohit will continue. Pant is a horrible captain from what I saw of him in IPL. Dunno about his test captaincy tho. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Will probably be the last relevant captain of thos nearly dead format. I mean just look at the options of lack thereof, lol. Link to comment
putrevus Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 This is what happens when you try to screw over the best captain you had in your history. Gift of Idiot Ganguly keeps giving. Link to comment
sensible-indian Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 7 hours ago, putrevus said: This is what happens when you try to screw over the best captain you had in your history. Gift of Idiot Ganguly keeps giving. If only Kohli had kept his ego in check. Indian captains are all the same. Start off great and then get too big for their boots. Link to comment
BacktoCricaddict Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Graeme Smith was 21 when he started his tenure as a successful SA captain. He was a left-handed opener. There's one such player in this Indian team who checks these boxes. Link to comment
Bigg Brother Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 KLR. And when the time comes,this idiot will become fully fit. Imagine this meek character taking on Pat Cummins' Australia later this year. Norman and Gollum 2 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 We know who the next captain is. Link to comment
Gollum Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 15 hours ago, putrevus said: This is what happens when you try to screw over the best captain you had in your history. Gift of Idiot Ganguly keeps giving. Kohli was removed from white ball captaincy. Kohli chose to resign from test captaincy, not BCCI/Ganguly decision. It was his ego that he would either be captain of all formats or none, poor attitude to have. sorak and Norman 2 Link to comment
Number Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 18 hours ago, sensible-indian said: Pant is a horrible captain from what I saw of him in IPL. Dunno about his test captaincy tho. Well, it is what it is. He is the only player who has a fixed name in XI. It is not as if any other option we have is a Ben Stokes. He will need a good tactical coach, hopefully Ponting as he works with him at DC. Edited February 3 by Number Link to comment
putrevus Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 20 hours ago, sensible-indian said: If only Kohli had kept his ego in check. Indian captains are all the same. Start off great and then get too big for their boots. What ego? Kohli was held responsible by idiots for not winning the trophies. Idiot who have no clue about leading from front were judging him. Winning trophies is not a given, you need luck too. Link to comment
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