India captain Virat Kohli is considered one of the best in the business. He is also India’s most successful Test captain, captaining the team to 33 wins as well, but he is yet to win an ICC Trophy. Meanwhile, in ODIs, he has a win percentage of over 70 and in T20Is, it’s more than 65 as well. And, former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim feels the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE will be important for him.
Under him, India reached the knockout games of the 2017 Champions Trophy, the 2019 World Cup and the 2021 World Test Championship final but failed to win a single title so far. Meanwhile, Karim feels that the upcoming mega event will be important for Kohli’s future as captain of the team.
“The T20 World Cup that is going to be played later this year will be extremely crucial for Virat Kohli’s captaincy career. The pressure is piling on Virat and he knows that he hasn’t won an ICC trophy yet. So, his aim would be for India to win the T20 World Cup,” Karim told India News Sports.
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“If India can lift the trophy, then I believe Kohli will have that breathing space. Maybe he can take stock of the situation then and decide how long he wants to captain the team. His name in coming up in the list of big captains but an ICC title is far from him,” he further added.
Meanwhile, Saba Karim opened up in favour of split captaincy considering how demanding it is now. With all three formats now having a World Cup, India should try this as they would need some fresh ideas and mindset as well. Moreover, both England and Australia have different captains across formats as well.
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“In all three formats, you have World Championships, and all formats require different mindset, different resources, different thinking. That’s why I feel that if one captain is leading, it will be too much to expect from him as well. With every format, you need a fresh set of ideas and that is why I feel split captaincy should be the way forward,” Saba Karim concluded.
