After taking the leadership role for the Indian team in all the formats from MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli said, “What I’m most happy about is that he’ll (MS Dhoni) be able to play free cricket and express himself as the aggressive MS Dhoni we knew when he first came into the team. As a player, responsibility (captaincy) can take that away from you.”

Even since Dhoni has hanged his boots as the Indian skipper, his batting position has become one of the most important points of discussion among the cricketing fraternity. Former India opener Virender Sehwag certainly has a distinct answer to all such queries as the aggressive right-hand batsman suggested that ‘MS’ should be made to play at number 4.

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During his recent interaction with India TV, Viru said, “I believe, there’s still a scope of improvement in India’s middle-order batting line-up. MS Dhoni should play up the order. I think Kohli fears that if Dhoni comes at No 4 and loses his wicket early then there won’t be anyone on the finishing spot. But Kohli should send him up the order and hand the finisher’s role to Manish Pandey or Hardik Pandya or Kedar Jadhav.”

Talking about Virat’s aggression and performance as a captain, Sehwag quoted that he sees an “updated version” of Sourav Ganguly in him. He said, “Kohli’s aggression can be compared with Ganguly. In fact, he is an upgraded version of Sourav Ganguly. Under Ganguly’s captaincy, we saw some incredible wins overseas and such has been the trend so far with Virat Kohli.”

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Sehwag also didn’t shy away from praising Kohli’s performances as the Indian skipper so far but suggested that he should be given more time to be compared with the former greats.

Viru described, “Kohli is the No.1 captain in terms of series wins. If we analyze the past eight series wins under his captaincy, we’ll find that he is one of the best captains we have ever seen. Having said that, I believe that we should not compare him with the best of previous captains. He needs more time and experience as captain to reach where the past skippers are.”