Virat Kohli had stepped down as Test captain two years ago.
Former Indian cricketer-turned-commentator, Subramaniam Badrinath, has raised questions as to why Virat Kohli is not leading the Indian Test team despite having a great record. Badrinath’s comments came after India suffered an embarrassing defeat against South Africa at Centurion.
Badrinath pointed out that Kohli, as a Test captain, has scored over 5000 runs with an average of over 52 and has 40 wins and 17 losses in 68 Tests as a captain. The dashing right-hander also led India to a historic Test series win in Australia.
Comparing Kohli with the current Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Badrinath stated that the former skipper is a superior Test batter, whereas the senior opener has not been scoring runs consistently outside India. Notably, Rohit was appointed as India's Test captain after Virat stepped down from captaincy following India's loss in the last Test tour to South Africa.
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Subramaniam Badrinath said on his YouTube channel: “Kohli has a great record as a Test leader. He has scored more than 5000 runs with an average of 52-plus as a captain. He has 40 wins and 17 losses in 68 Tests. He led us to a tremendous victory in the Australia series. He has the most wins as Test captain after Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh.”
He further said, “Why is he not the captain of the Test team? I want to raise this valid question. He is a better Test batter. There is no comparison between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He is a big player, in terms of Test cricket. He has scored runs everywhere. Why is he not leading and a weaker player.”
Badrinath signed off by saying, “As far as I am concerned, a weaker player, who is not yet proven as an opener. He has been in and out. We can consider all that. But I think Rohit Sharma has not proven himself as an opener outside India. Why is he there?”
(With India Today Inputs)