Former Indian cricket team captain Sunil Gavaskar has given a big statement about Virat Kohli. He believes that changing the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) can help the Indian Premier League (IPL) to see the performance of Virat Kohli in the 2016 season. At the same time, Ricky Ponting, who made Australia twice world champions under his leadership, has named Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant as Rohit Sharma’s successor.
Virat Kohli scored more than 900 runs in IPL 2016. Sunil Gavaskar said in the episode ‘Gameplan’ of Star Sports, the official broadcaster of IPL, ‘At this point of time we do not know whether Kohli will take over the captaincy again or not. Sometimes when a player is relieved from the burden of captaincy, he performs well because he is not thinking about the other 10 players.
Sunil Gavaskar “When you are the captain, you are also thinking about 10 other players. You are thinking about their (other players) form or their poor form and what are the things they are not doing right, when will they do it right, what will be good for the team. In this season we can get to see the Kohli of the 2016 season, in which he scored around 1000 runs in the IPL season. The last time Kohli was not the captain of RCB was in 2012. He then took over the reins of the team from New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori.
At the same time, Ponting is sure that wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will be given the responsibility of leading the Indian team in future. In Ponting’s eyes, Pant will prove to be a successful captain. Ponting said in a virtual media press conference on the eve of the opening match of IPL 15 against Mumbai Indians, “Having gained experience in this role in such a pressure tournament like IPL, I am confident that Rishabh will be the international captain in the times to come.” could. There is no doubt about it.’
Ricky Ponting I also feel that there are many similarities between Pant and record 5-time champion Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma. He has seen the career rising of Rohit. In this, he became the captain to get the most trophies for his team. He said, ‘I haven’t thought much about it though. But I think they are really similar.’
Ponting said, ‘When Rohit Sharma started captaining Mumbai, he was very young and he had almost started his international career. He might have been 23-24 years old and so is Rishabh. Both are quite similar. I know these two are good friends. He would also share some things about captaincy.