5 reasons why Ravichandran Ashwin might make a better captain than Virat Kohli

#2 The cricket nerd’s player

Ever followed an Ashwin interview? It is a cricket nerd’s delight. Ashwin rarely gives a boring interview. He rarely gives platitudes and clichés. He talks beautifully about the game, the nuances of the game, the strategies and tactics.

Well, you do not make someone the captain of the team because he is a good speaker. But, Ashwin gives the impression of a man who thinks a lot about the game. It helps if your skipper is a true statesman. Kohli, on the other hand, hasn’t really arrived when it comes to handling the media.

He is their darling, the blue-eyed boy of Indian cricket, no doubt, because of his batsmanship but as a captain, he rarely goes beyond saying the obvious things. Ashwin reminds one of Dravid, a well-read person who is intense about his cricket. Kohli is more in the Tendulkar mould, whose genius doesn’t really transform into articulation.