Kohli is still insecure about his captainship. therefore, his first job is to unsettle the player who can challenge his position. Pujara (better average then him in test cricket when he got captainship) and Rahane (doing a good job whenever got captainship). So first job is to destroy their confidence, then he can Raj over the team. Perfect plan. Nobody mentioned about Vijay's case. He will be also soon out, because he is not sure about his position. Kohli is the Indian version of Greg Chappel. Out to destroy the team so that he will appear as the greatest ever. Hope he does not recover from his back problem for atleast the next test and if for the whole series it will be the best things to happen for India. Any day I believe Rahane or Aswin will do a better job as skipper (if you look at last IPL you can understand very well). With series on line and no way we see improvements for the present side go for (assuming Kohli unfit): Vijay, Rahul, Pujara, Rahane, Nair, Pant, Ashwin, Hardik, Sami,Ishant, Bumrah
Re: Kohli: Indian version of Greg Chappel
by sudhindra kumar lenka on Aug 14, 2018 10:17 AM
For me actually Kohli has no back problem. When he saw the situation he imitated the back problem so that he can escape from not being able play well.
Re: Kohli: Indian version of Greg Chappel
by raj on Aug 14, 2018 12:46 PM
Bro .. You might be frustrated to see India performance(like all of us) and try to find a reason but the reality is its players performing poorly rather than issue with Kohli or someone else. Honestly Vijay , Dhawan,Pujara,Rahul & Rahane did nothing to prove their place. They need to perform better to keep their places in team. It is as simple as that.
Kohli is obstinate and refuses to listen to anyone. He has a coach who toes his line and they both work on "you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours" philosophy. The team has several players who are in the team only because Kohli insists.
Re: Azharuddin will be good Coach and Mentor
by DrYaako TikaNovva on Aug 14, 2018 06:02 AM
Yes, he can cry on being targeted because he is a minority when questioned during defeats
Team management should think about lower order too while making changes in top order. Hardik Pandya is giving a false impression of having extra batsman and extra bowler, not justifying any. He should be replaced with either a good bowler or a good batsman.
Re: Difference between two team is the lower order
by Abhijit Joardar on Aug 13, 2018 10:24 PM
Shastri must not be spared .. when team performs he will lead the post-match press conference if the team fails Shastri will not be in the scene. Actually by nature & temperament, he is the most greedy, luxurious burden of this Indian Cricket contingent. Both coach & captain to be replaced.
Kohli is a great batsman but a poor captain tactically. Much like Tendulkar. Remove the burden of captaincy from the shoulders of Kohli. He should continue as the premier batsman in the team. Pujara or Rahane should be made the captain.Replace Ravi Shastri as Coach. Remove the culture of Prima Donnas in the team. Kumble was the right choice. Like ECB did with Pietersen affair, Remove both the coach and the captain Choose a new Captain. One has to realize that IPL and Tests is an ocean apart in tenor and tempo and temperament.
Re: Remedies.
by Vish Karan on Aug 13, 2018 09:30 PM
you said it right. why can't 3 formats different captain. Why only Kohli for all of the format. Shastri should be kicked out of the team. Rahane should be made as test captain.
Re: Remedies.
by Abhijit Joardar on Aug 13, 2018 10:22 PM
Totally agree. Shastri must not be spared .. when team performs he will lead the post-match press conference if the team fails Shastri will not be in the scene. Actually by nature & temperament, he is the most greedy, luxurious burden of this Indian Cricket contingent. Both coach & captain to be replaced.
The scheduling of the tours has been pathetic by the BCCI in the last 3-4 series-specially overseas ones. Not enough practice matches. No practice matches in between tests. So no chance to try and rectify mistakes. No chance to checkout players on the bench. Evry test match should be followed by at least 1-2 prctice matches or county games. Earlier era heroes like Gavaskar,Vishwanath etc all had 2-3 month tours with a match against every county.All interspersed with tests. Do not mix T20s and tests schedules.
Re: india and Lords cavein
by Sudhindra Lenka on Aug 14, 2018 10:23 AM
Indian players are interested to play practice matches. You must have seen the match they with Sussex and at what intensity.
Friends, don't get me wrong. This has been weakness of our batting side in all eras. When we get exposed to quality seam/swing in a bouncy wickets, our batsman prefers sitting in pavilion rather standing at middle. Yes India has a very strong batting line up but only in sub continent conditions. Interestingly, the big mount Coach is silent now.
Gavasker made avital point. WHy did the team go on a week's Europe jaunt between the ODI and Tests. They should have played two 3 day matches at least against strong teams, but instead played just a dummy match against Essex.Just shows the playboy nature of the Shaz-Kohli combo.
