-Vinay Kumar
Ian Chappell, who was once the great batsman of the Australian cricket team, has created a ruckus with one of his statements. The blood of people associated with England cricket must have boiled. Former veteran player Ian Chappell described former India captain Virat Kohli as an extraordinary captain. He credited the Indian team for taking the Indian team to the top in the world of cricket and called the England team captain Joe Root a good batsman, but called him a weak captain.
Significantly, in the recent tour of South Africa (South Africa vs India Test Series, 2021-2022 Virat Kohli Captain), Kenbad, who suffered a 3-0 defeat against South Africa, had also resigned from the captaincy of the Test team. There were also discussions going on in the language that BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is having a crooked eye on him. Earlier, he had also left the captaincy of India’s T29 team at the end of ICC T20 World Cup, 2021. Whereas, before the South Africa tour, he was stripped of the captaincy of the ODI team.
Ian Chappell Australia told the difference in the captaincy style of Virat Kohli and England captain Joe Root. He wrote in his column of a news agency, “This is the story of two cricket captains. One is excellent in his work, the other is a failure. There is no doubt that Kohli was an exception as a captain. He did not curb his advance, yet he managed to take the Indian team to the top. With the help of a good colleague in the form of Vice Captain Ajinkya Rahane, he led Team India to success overseas. No other captain has been able to do this.
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His reaction to England captain Joe Root was sharp and bitter. However, this should come as no surprise, because, generally speaking, if it were an Australian player and the commentator was from England, the exact same reaction would have been received. Ian Chappell (Australia) Chappell called England captain Joe Root, “Despite captaining more matches than any other captain in the history of England’s cricket, failure in captaincy. Another name of Joe Root is Captain England Cricket Team. It doesn’t matter what Root or any fan of England cricket says to you. Root is a good batsman, but the captain is weak.
Ian Chappell unequivocally said how former India captain Virat Kohli carried forward the legacy of two successful Indian captains Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni. Ian said, “The legacy that Kohli got from Sourav Ganguly and Dhoni, he should take it to the top in the next 7 years. His biggest disappointment as captain was the recent defeat to South Africa (South Africa vs India Test Series, 2021-2022), in which India were leading 1-0. Although he did not captain in the second Test (Cape Town Test Match India vs South Africa, 2021) in Cape Town.
Poo Dhakad batsman Ian Chappell, who is counted among the greats in the history of Australia’s cricket, credited Virat Kohli’s passion for the Indian team’s excellent performance in Test cricket. He said, “The biggest achievement of Kohli was to create enthusiasm in his team for Test cricket. Despite his stupendous success, Kohli’s main goal was to set the flag of victory in Test cricket, and this is where his passion shined.