Just one man has driven India and won more global matches than Virat Kohli. The record stands something very similar in T20Is, and in the 50-over design, Kohli’s position drops to fourth. The main arrangement where Kohli has dominated as a captain, as measurements recommend in Test cricket. Not exclusively is he India’s best Test captain, he stands fourth, as far as most successes in the organization, in Test history. However, previous Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar wouldn’t put Kohli is his rundown ever extraordinary Indian skippers.
Clarifying his decisions, where he set MS Dhoni at the first spot on the list, during his meeting with News18, Manjrekar said that presentation of the group in ICC occasions made the biggest difference when it came to passing judgment on skippers. Dhoni has won not one, but rather three ICC prizes for India – World T20 in 2007, 2011 ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy in 2013.
“MS Dhoni is obviously probably India’s most prominent commander. I judge chiefs by and large on worldwide cricket and furthermore on ICC occasions. Since that is the point at which you are genuinely tried. At the point when you are playing respective cricket, you are going to the workplace and returning. There isn’t a lot of strain there. However, ICC occasions, that is the place where Dhoni has been huge. Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Saurav Ganguly and Virat Kohli,” he said.
Kohli, then again, lost as a skipper in 2017 Champions Trophy last, 2019 ODI World Cup elimination round, 2021 World Test Championship last and brought about a gathering stage exit in the 2021 T20 World Cup. In any case, Manjrekar was all acclaim for Kohli’s “never-say-bite the dust disposition”, conceding that he sets a model as a skipper, however results have never turned out well for him.
“At the point when you check out Kohli, there are a great deal of things to like with regards to him since he is someone who showed others how its done. The Wanderers Test match before this series, when they played on a slippery pitch. India lost the series 2-0 yet Kohli set a model as commander. He said that we need to win this regardless of a pitch that might have killed someone. That kept India’s confidence high. That is what you get with Virat Kohli, the never-say-kick the bucket demeanor.
In the World Test Championship last India lost. Yet, till the somewhat late India through Virat Kohli was all the while battling to rescue the game. However, at last, you must discuss the outcomes. The outcomes were not coming,” he said.
After Dhoni making the first spot on his list, Manjrekar picked Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Gavaskar, hailing them as extraordinary pioneers.
“So when we talk pretty much unsurpassed greats, it would be extremely uncalled for to not include Dhoni in that. Kapil Dev when there was a feeling of inadequacy at the world level. Saurav Ganguly after the match-fixing time gave India a few abroad successes. Sunil Gavaskar too. So these are largely incredible pioneers. You live during a time where there are a ton of stages, so the publicity is more. In any case, Indian cricket didn’t begin 10 years back. These are folks that I accept have been exceptional commanders than Virat Kohli who has been generally excellent by his own doing,” he said.
