5 big positives for India after the Sri Lanka series

#4 Virat Kohli, the captain is creating his own identity

Virat Kohli

It’s very important for each captain to have his own style of captaincy and back it to the hilt. It also helps when your support staff are also on the same page, as the results would be visible rather early.

Virat Kohli has an aggressive style of captaincy where he wants to have extra bowlers in his test team in any conditions, as he knows getting 20 wickets is all that matters. So in that regard, he has given the top five batsmen more importance and responsibility and so far, they have delivered on the trust bestowed on them.

The dominance of the Indian batsmen in the tests was a testament to Kohli’s thought process of having the extra bowling options as the surprise package in Hardik Pandya took some crucial wickets, justifying his selection over a full time batsman like Rohit Sharma.

Even in the ODIs, the selectors made it clear that they are going to form a pool of 20-25 players and try out different combinations leading up to the World Cup. And that was put to action in this ODI series where we got to see the new inclusions make their presence felt in a 5-0 thrashing of Sri Lanka.

Virat Kohli, although very verbal and aggressive on the outside, definitely seems secure on the inside as he’s very clear about his plans and goes ahead with them. And for him, things are going smoothly thus far with all the new strategies falling into place rather well.

One must see how he performs in South Africa, England and Australia where traditionally Indian teams have struggled. But in his stint as captain thus far, we can see that Kohli is creating his own identity as a captain and his troops are helping him in executing his ideas and strategies.