An “imposing character” like the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli will not be comfortable sharing power and hence former England skipper, Nasser Hussain feels that split captaincy is not something that will work in Indian cricket. However, he does feel that the Indian team management has made some selection blunders as they did in that World Cup semi-final against New Zealand, and split coaching might be a good idea.
Some similar views were echoed by the former Indian all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh, who wants to know how the current Indian coaching staff headed by Ravi Shastri is dealing with players of different mindsets. Asked if split captaincy can work in India as it did in England, Hussain didn’t sound confident.
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During a recent chat on Cricbuzz, Hussain said, “Virat (Kohli) is such an imposing character, all-encompassing, it would be difficult for him to hand over, he wouldn’t want to hand anything over. Whereas with England, we have (Eoin) Morgan and (Joe) Root, two likable, laidback (characters). …Coaches have so much to do, whether you should have a split coach, they have so much on their plate.”
Opining about the selection blunders of the Indian team management, Hussain said that the mistakes have happened despite having some great players.
Nasser said, “One thing they don’t do well is the selection like they couldn’t get a number 4 despite having so many great batsmen. Unlike New Zealand, who have only that many players to choose from, India have so much of talent, that after two failures, a new player comes in and then a next.”
Yuvraj Singh, one of India’s greatest white ball cricketers, is baffled as to how someone like Vikram Rathour can be an Indian batting coach for T20 cricket. In fact, he believes the current coaching staff can do a much better job.
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The southpaw all-rounder explained, “I am sure under Ravi Shastri the players have done really well, they’ve won in Australia and done quite well. But my point is, as a coach I don’t know how Ravi is, I’ve hardly played under him…I know you cannot have a particular way with every player you have to have different ways with different players and I don’t see that with the current coaching staff.”
