kohli resignation: Will Virat Kohli’s resignation push Indian Test team back … – is kohli’s resignation a blow for indian test team?

Things have not been so comfortable in Indian cricket for the last few days. Since the announcement of Virat Kohli’s resignation from the T20I captaincy, things have changed to another level. Following this, problems and differences between the BCCI and Kohli led to Kohli’s omission from the ODI captaincy. Kohli, who became a ‘mere player’ in both formats of white ball cricket, later decided to relinquish his captaincy in Test cricket. Despite being the all-time great captain of the Indian Test team and one of the greatest Test captains of all time in world cricket, Kohli’s vacancy has had a huge impact on the team.

While the answer to the question of whether Kohli’s stepping down as captain of the ODI and T20 teams will weaken Indian cricket, no one can say that it will not affect the Test team. That being said, it would be a big lie, because it was captain Kohli who made the Indian Test team the strongest team we see today. It was Kohli who taught the Indian team to play without distinction at home and abroad, who had turned into tigers at home and rats in foreign countries. Let that not happen …

Virat Kohli will captain the Indian Test team during the 2013-14 tour of Australia. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the team’s captain, retired from Test cricket during the series that year. But Kohli was later able to turn the captaincy, which was a crown of thorns when it came to his head, into a crown of gold. Kohli was a captain who wanted Test matches not to be played for draws and to have results in five-day cricket as well as ODIs and T20s. Believing that aggression was necessary for results, he sought to cultivate the same aggression in his team and players. It was during Kohli’s captaincy that India became one of the best aggressive Test teams of all time.

Another big contribution of Kohli to the Indian Test team is the improvement in the pace line-up. Realizing the need for the best fast bowlers to win matches abroad, he developed India’s all-time best pace line-up. The Indian pace squad, comprising Ishant Sharma, Jaspreet Bumra, Mohammad Siraj, Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav, was one of the best in the world under Kohli’s captaincy. Kohli’s Test record during this period was the result of revolutionary changes in the Indian Test team. Kohli holds the Indian record for most away Test victories, becoming the most capped Asian Test captain in the SENA.

The changes, including the body language of the team, must be read in conjunction with these results. India have become a team that attacks from the first ball to the last ball of a game and fights without losing hope till the last minute. Kohli’s only goal was to win. He did not hesitate to make any changes in the team for that. Kohli’s courage to keep his number one spinner consistently out in favor of pace has never been seen in any of the captains who have led this country before. At least in Test cricket.

Kohli is the captain who took Indian Test cricket to the next level. But the thought that his restrictions on Indian cricket have begun to erode is driving him out of the captaincy. While this decision may seem to benefit Kohli personally, it is a huge blow to the Indian Test team. It is also likely to pave the way for India to overtake India in Tests. As a fan who loves the Indian team and only wants the progress of the Indian team, I can only wish that this would not happen now.

(The contents of the article are the opinion of the author only. Time does not belong to Malayalam.)