Marut Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Been advocating Ashwin for captain for a while. He just needs to secure a spot in the team. Seems to be bowling a lot better this WC (barring last match). But, yeh agree with most of what is written in OP. His spot is pretty much secure now that India will be playing in India for a while now. The problem is to improve his bowling abroad he has to take the tough road - he needs to play getting thrashed then get into his groove. These are typical rituals for subcontinental spinners. Kumble had a very tough time touring outside SC during his first decade of career, but due to his home prowess his place in the side was never in doubt. Link to comment
JourneyMan Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 No, won't do to have the skipper thrashed around the gground by aggressive batsmen. Besides, kohli has a locked position in the team, ashwin doesn't Link to comment
someone Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Imo, with 3 formats and its heavy workload, it's sensible if India has multiple captains. It's a perfect opportunity to groom leaders and have different playing styles. Virat, Ashwin and Raina are most likely of the names for potential captaincy and so we should have at least 2 of them leading one of our teams in future. Link to comment
bowl_out Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Imo, with 3 formats and its heavy workload, it's sensible if India has multiple captains. It's a perfect opportunity to groom leaders and have different playing styles. Virat, Ashwin and Raina are most likely of the names for potential captaincy and so we should have at least 2 of them leading one of our teams in future. Good thought. Virat for ODI, Raina for T20 and Ashwin for Tests... But really doubt they'll go with multiple captains... Something India has never done in the past over extended periods of time... Link to comment
Thalaiva Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bcci should stop with this north Indian bias and give Tamil Nadu a chance to lead by making Ashwin captain Link to comment
putrevus Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Who said Captain cannot be combative, Kohli is fine he will learn to calm down as he gains more experience.As long as he can galvanize the team and get best out of them he should be fine. This notion that Captain needs to appear passive is just ridiculous. Didn't we have Dhoni who is as passive as they come and what did we get out of it in tests. Catering to media is not one of his main jobs, he will learn to be professional in time. Link to comment
BlueBee Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I'm quite surprised with the people here, they all wanted an aggressive captain and now they are leaning towards a guy similar to Dhoni's who is not even a regular fit in tests overseas. I know Kohli is a bit over-aggressive at times but well as long as he continues to perform well and lead well-aggressively, I don't give a **** about his off-field activities. Link to comment
govinda Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bcci should stop with this north Indian bias and give Tamil Nadu a chance to lead by making Ashwin captain :hysterical: Link to comment
mishra Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bcci should stop with this north Indian bias and give Tamil Nadu a chance to lead by making Ashwin captain Not even one month since Srini Mama's retirement, Tamilians are allready crying foul :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Ponting was also a fiery character like Kohli but he ended up curbing his instincts to large extent. Kohli can also be the same. Link to comment
Gollum Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 A stellar show by Ashwin this WC. Even Kumble never bowled anything close to this in any previous edition of CWC. Economy rate of 4.28 in this era , are you kidding me. 1st name in my XI, very mature,deserves to be captain ahead of that brat. Link to comment
Gollum Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/One-should-be-ashamed-for-criticizing-Anushka-says-Virat-Kohli/articleshow/46875867.cms "Personally, I was very disappointed. In last five years, the number of matches I've helped India win and the consistently I've played is more than anyone else in the team. I don't think there's anybody else in the team who has done better than me," Kohli answered with same swagger that one finds in his batting. "To see those reactions after just one match was very disappointing for me personally. It makes you lose faith in a lot of people. It's a good thing in a way. You get to know who's with you and who's not. It was not in my control. But the reactions were very disappointing," "It's funny that I never know when my rough patch comes but you make the judgement. In my case, if I don't do well in two games, it's dip in form but if some other player performs two games out of 10, they come back in form," Kohli was at his sarcastic best. :facepalm: Ashwin is a better bet. Him as captain and Rahane as VC is the best way forward for Indian cricket. But then Kohli will start his back door politics to undermine these guys. Tough road ahead for us. Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Anyways Dhoni will be LOI captain for next 2 years. Our test team is still in transition mode, so I would say give Kohli 18 months and see how he captains the test side. In that 18 months we will also have a couple of new candidates who will be a permanent fixture in the team. Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 For LOIs I would back Raina to be the captain. From whatever few matches I have seen Raina captain in ODIs he has come across as an able leader. It also helps that all his team mates know that he is a great team man and there will be that mutual respect. Link to comment
moniker Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/One-should-be-ashamed-for-criticizing-Anushka-says-Virat-Kohli/articleshow/46875867.cms "Personally, I was very disappointed. In last five years, the number of matches I've helped India win and the consistently I've played is more than anyone else in the team. I don't think there's anybody else in the team who has done better than me," Kohli answered with same swagger that one finds in his batting. "To see those reactions after just one match was very disappointing for me personally. It makes you lose faith in a lot of people. It's a good thing in a way. You get to know who's with you and who's not. It was not in my control. But the reactions were very disappointing," "It's funny that I never know when my rough patch comes but you make the judgement. In my case, if I don't do well in two games, it's dip in form but if some other player performs two games out of 10, they come back in form," Kohli was at his sarcastic best. :facepalm: Ashwin is a better bet. Him as captain and Rahane as VC is the best way forward for Indian cricket. But then Kohli will start his back door politics to undermine these guys. Tough road ahead for us. That's disappointing. Being a prominent player in the playing XI he should know better than to compare himself with the others in the team. Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Rightnow Ashwin has not exhibited his captaincy credentials at any level. We just blindly go by how he talks. Yes he is articulate. Intelligent. Reads the game well. But captaincy is more than that. But he will definitely be a good deputy. Link to comment
Shivaji bhonsle Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Let Ashwin cement his spot in the team first. Then we will think about captaincy. Link to comment
Gollum Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Let Ashwin cement his spot in the team first. Then we will think about captaincy. I tests he is our biggest matchwinner the last 4 years. Genuine all rounder prospect much following in the footsteps of legends like Botham, Kapil. In ODIs seeing the way Jadeja bowls these days, Axar's suspect action,Mishraji's belly,Karan Sharma's pies no one can challenge Ashwin's spot. Link to comment
rahulrulezz Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Wtf is wrong with everyone. Hate bandwagoners. Just cuz Dhoni is calm n commentators go gaga over Captain Kool, our next captains don't have to look calm. What do u guys want. This is not a Nobel peace prize competition. It will kill the agesssion from our youth. I will rather have aggressive captains like NHussain, SWaugh, Ganguly, Ponting, Imran in Kohli than the next Gandhi Misbah Link to comment
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