3 current Indian players who might have been better captains than Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has been a great leader for Team India ever since he assumed captaincy. His aggressive style is quite opposite to his predecessor captain MS Dhoni and many thought it that it would let him down as the captain in his early days. However, it has worked well so far and India have tasted a lot of success under his regime.

He has won 22 tests, 39 ODIs and 11 T20Is as a captain so far and averages more than 100 in India's ODI wins when he is leading the team. The numbers are quite phenomenal and there is a little doubt that Kohli, the leader, is India's prime batsman across all formats.

However, his selections as a captain have been under the scanner in recent times which has cost team India many games. Even though he has been great with the bat, his leadership has not always been on point. Also, when it comes to reviews, Virat has been very poor and often gets it wrong.

Now the question remains, which of the other players from the current Indian team could have better captains than Virat Kohli? We will find out here.

#3 Ajinkya Rahane

The right-handed batsman from Mumbai and India's current vice-captain in Test cricket is a great captaincy material in all formats of the game. Very unlike a modern-day cricketer with neither fancy hairstyles nor tattoos on his arms, Rahane's simplicity in his personality has trickled down into his game.

The silky stroke-player is the only the second Indian cricketer to win his first match as the captain in all three formats of the game after Virender Sehwag. He is the captain of his IPL side Rajasthan Royals. Rahane made his captaincy debut for India in July 2015 and led his team to a 3-0 whitewash over Zimbabwe and began his captaincy career in style.

Thereafter, he captained India in two T20Is, winning one of them. In Test cricket, Rahane has captained India twice and has ended up winning on both occasions. The Mumbaikar has certainly got all the credentials of a good captain and would have been a very able leader had he got a fair chance to lead India. His captaincy skills give the team great assurance in Virat's absence though.

#2 Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the wisest cricketers in the world of cricket at the moment. The off-spinner is a shrewd tactician who reads the batsman's mind and anticipates his next move. This is how he ended up with more than 300 test wickets in a very short period of time.

Ashwin has got all the ingredients to make a good captain. He has a cool head, is temperamentally very strong, and is an able cricketer in all aspects of the game. Ashwin has captaincy experience leading the Kings XI Punjab in the IPL and his TNPL team Dindigul Dragons in the T20 format.

All in all, Ashwin certainly has a great cricketing brain. Whenever he is off the field, he is constantly working on new variations and doing research about his game. He could have been a very successful leader had he been given a chance to lead India.

#1 Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is one of the most underrated captains in the world of cricket at the moment. The Mumbaikar has led his IPL team Mumbai Indians to three IPL titles and leads from the front with the bat every time he takes to field as a captain. Captaincy seems to bring the best out of Rohit Sharma with the bat.

He made his captaincy debut for India in December 2017 against Sri Lanka at Dharamsala. In the very next match, he smashed a double hundred and set the tone in his captaincy career right from the word go. India won the ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka and the Nidahas trophy under his leadership in the 2017-18 season.

Rohit Sharma certainly has a very shrewd cricketing mind and is a front-runner to take up the captaincy if Virat's record goes downhill or if he surprisingly resigns. If he had been made the captain before Kohli then he could have won a lot of laurels for India and would have been an astounding leader, for captaincy seems to come naturally to him.