The veteran Indian wicket-keeper batter, Dinesh Karthik has opined that Virat Kohli has led India so well. He also elaborated that the former skipper has taken the Test team to an impregnable position. Karthik further added that India head coach Rahul Dravid will encourage the Indian players to speak about how they are feeling mentally and physically. Kohli shocked the cricket fraternity with his resignation as Test captaincy, a day after South Africa handed a 2-1 defeat to India in the three-match Test series.
Earlier, Virat Kohli had relinquished the T20I captaincy after the T20 World Cup 2021, and later the right-hand batter was sacked as the ODI captain as BCCI preferred a single captain for the white-ball format. Kohli stepped down as India’s most successful Test captain, winning 40 out of 68 Test matches. At home, India did not lose or draw a single Test series under Kohli’s captaincy, and Team India won 16 away Tests during his captaincy stint.
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During a recent chat with ANI, Dinesh Karthik said, “I remember MS Dhoni saying very clearly that India as a cricketing nation is very hard to have split captaincy. It is unfair for me to answer this question because only Virat knows why he took that decision to step down as captain, and I am sure he has a good reason behind it. He has led India so well and taken the Test team to a very strong place.”
He further added, “He gives it everything he has. It has been a great joy for me to have been part of that journey. He has been one of the top captains for India in Test cricket. I hope when he turns back, he looks at all the pleasant memories and the good memories and he has a good time thinking about the success he has had as the captain. As a person who has been part of the team and has played under him, I know the amount of effort he puts in every time he goes out on the field.”
After Ravi Shastri’s tenure ended as India’s head coach ended, the BCCI appointed Rahul Dravid to the post, and the former Indian cricketer began his coaching stint with a resounding 3-0 victory against New Zealand in the three-match T20I series.
Dinesh Karthik reckoned that Dravid is the kind of person, who encourages cricketers to speak about how they are feeling mentally and physically.
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Explaining the same, Dinesh Karthik said, “We do have a lot of matches but players are given ample opportunity to rest. Rahul Dravid is the kind of person who will encourage players to speak how they are feeling mentally and physically. He will accommodate players’ wishes in terms of giving rest, so I think India is in a very safe space right now.”
