There is no impending threat to Virat Kohli’s Captaincy and neither is BBCI is thinking about those lines. But when it comes to views there are many theories about split captaincy and also some are not agreeing with those theories.
India’s biggest overseas series win under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane has opened up a debate but there although there is a slight chance of a permanent captaincy for him in coming future.
However there are discussions going on about how the leadership in the Indian cricket is going to going to work when Kohli re-enteres the dressing room after his paternity break.
After Kohli left Indian team went extreme down and got dismissed for its lowest test score of 36. But everything’s changed after that momentous afternoon in Adelaid.
“This team bears Kohli’s stamp and character but from December 19 in Adelaide to January 19 in Brisbane a few senior cricketers is going to act a bit differently” head coach Ravi Shastri said after winning the test against Australia.
Cricketers such as Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have created legacy in their own way, but that legacy will need proper acknowledgment.
These four is not going to ask for it as they have earned it after giving a rough and tough performances in the match.
So when Kohli will re-enters that Indian dressing room, certainly he is going to remain “the first” but “among equals” in a leadership.
On Friday after the match got over PTI had asked Rahane that, “how would you feel when you again takes a back seat with the Kohli returning to the steering wheel in his hands?”
Rahane dodged the question by saying that “ I don’t want to think about all these things. This is a victory that we all need to enjoy and I will think about the England series once I am back in India.”
India’s third highest run scorer in the series with 268 runs after Pant 274 and Pujara 271 has made is own place in the records of the Indian cricket history.
Shastri was the first to acknowledge his impact by saying “his hundred put us back on track”.
Now if we take example of Ashwin, he has given his best overseas performances and made steeve smith his bunny. And when found out about Siraj’s racial absuse he took public stance and made statement which was not less that Anil Kumble’s statesmenship. Even kohli knows that Ashwin is one of the most clever voices.
Then there is Pujara who scored 271 and played 928 balls and also Brisbane victory belongs to pujari as much as it belongs to pant.
Shashtri said that he is a “warrior” and he also needs to be valued.
Meanwhile in three to four matches Rohit looked good as he had claming influence on Shubman Gill. As much much he loves white ball he also valued the white India shirt and was ready to spend 14 days in quarantine in Sydney.
Whenever the next team meeting will held these four cricketers will have their say and the skipper have to seriously take part in their inputs, changing their passage into some extent.