Throughout the tour Australian Summer Down
Under (Test, Tri-series and WC 2015), Virat Kohli looked like a player on a
different zone and the entire team was playing catch-up. I could probably draw
parallels between Kohli and Messi, both want to be showmen. Actually, it is a
tricky situation. CR7 was a misfit according to some ManU players, because they
could not play his brand of football, hence the team collapsed. Cricket, like
football is a team sport and combining well the key to success.
Virat Kohli epitomizes the Delhi
attitude on field. He is a true badass, on and off the field. During his press
conference he throws his weight around, vows to sledge when the entire team
wants to focus on the game. We are not Aussies, we are not traditional
sledgers, then why try doing something we are not masters at.
On field he looks to pick up a fight at the
drop of a hat. Cricket matches can never be won by sledging, that is not our
strength and we should not focus on that. I agree MSD was defensive in his
approach during the semis, but that is a part and parcel of the game. There are
days when you are taking the right decisions and find yourself ruling the
roost, but you do not look the change the entire psyche of the team.
Even the shot he played during the semis
proved that he does not have the temperament for the biggest stage of it all.
As a viewer you must have felt that it was an ego-shot that saw the back of
Virat. At that crucial juncture, after you have been blessed with a solid start
he should have been looking to milk his way in with singles and twos. The
bouncer was heading away from Kohli towards first slip and you knw it is a high
risk shot with high probability of a top edge, he should simply have avoided or
ducked the bouncer. There is no place for ballooning egos in the gentleman’s
game and next time he dons the tri-colour he should keep this at the back of
his mind.
There were two or three incidents which
were good enough to prove that Virat is not ready for the top job. The dressing
room brawl with state-mate Shikhar Dhawan, then there was the Mitchell Johnson
spat which created panic in the dressing room and the last and the ugliest the
‘foul-mouthed’ Kohli, remember the way Virat lambasted the innocent journalist.
These should be reasons enough for the team management to realize MSD has to
continue and Virat has to wait.
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Cricket in India is already in thick
soup with allegations and controversies flying left, right and centre which
also means the future of the beautiful game is at stake. After swallowing all
these I am sure BCCI will wait and watch before passing the mantle for the top
job to Virat.
By skill standards the brash Delhi-ite
is at MT. Everest, but to create a Sachin-like aura he has to mature and not
play a kid whose candy has been whacked from underneath his pillow.
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