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

#3 Composure

Kohli, the player, is a remarkable paradox. He is arguably cricket’s greatest chaser, winning impossible matches with his bat and performs amazingly well under pressure. The key term there is ‘with the bat’. But, as a captain, Kohli seems a different man. He is fidgety and often very animated.

The last thing a team needs is its captain relaying news about its mental comfort to the opponents. Kohli celebrates wildly and flinches and grimaces often as well. Sometimes, it could put off the bowlers, when your captain seems panicky so often.

Ashwin on the contrary, exudes calmness, something which is obvious even when he has a bat in his hand. When it comes to his languidness, he is Laxmanesque, rarely showing the nervous energy that has come to define Kohli.

Kohli has done well over the last year but a big percentage of the matches he has captained have been in conducive situations. The Delhiite doesn’t look good when things are not going his way and he probably has to work on that.

A good example is Kohli’s response to DRS requests from his bowlers. He invariably calls on guts and is swayed a lot by Jadeja and Ashwin. He rarely looks at the keeper, who probably is the most important man for DRS calls.