Team India captaincy fight not Rohit vs Kohli it is Dravid vs Kohli

Virat Kohli had announced his decision to step down as India’s T20 captain. Last week BCCI announced Rohit Sharma as ODI captain. After this development lot of talks between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli Captaincy fight, fans talks now it is not Rohit vs Kohli it is Dravid vs Kohli

Kohli had said: “Understanding workload is a very important thing and considering my immense workload over the last 8-9 years playing all 3 formats and captaining regularly for last 5-6 years, I feel I need to give myself space to be fully ready to lead the Indian Team in Test and ODI Cricket.”

But the selection committee has now decided to look past Kohli and in the direction of Sharma to get India the elusive ICC Trophy in white-ball cricket. Kohli had a superb record in bilaterals but he could not get India across the line in ICC tournaments (2017 Champions Trophy, 2019 ODI World Cup and 2021 T20 World Cup) and that might have counted against him. But we cannot know for sure if this was a unilateral decision or one that Kohli was on board with for now.

Sharma, on the other hand, has found his feet in Test cricket and looks well equipped to take India forward in white-ball cricket, given his leadership exposure. Still, as things stand, we aren’t exactly sure about all the permutations and combinations in play here. For now, here are some social media reactions to the decision:

Though neither Virat Kohli nor Rahul Dravid have said anything officially on this but the world knows that Rahul Dravid did not accept the position of the coach since Virat Kohli was the captain and a simple person like Rahul Dravid would not have been able to help the team in the condition when a player like Virat Kohli likes to dictate terms.

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Even Rahul Dravid saw the condition of Anil Kumble was removed from the post of the coach after a year only because he wanted the team to follow some rules and this was not acceptable to Virat Kohli. Kohli wanted the team to work according to him and this is why a coach like Ravi Shastri thrived for so much time.

Had there been Rahul Dravid, there would have been a sure clash of interests between Kohli vs Dravid. which Dravid did not want to see in his career. His career has been spotless ever through his game and he did not wish to earn this disgrace while coaching the senior team. This is why he chose to coach the junior team instead. After Virat Kohli step down from T20 captain BCCI announced Rahul Dravid name for Team India Head Coach.