Former India batter Subramaniam Badrinath desires star batter Virat Kohli to guide the group in Test cricket. His feedback got here after India misplaced to South Africa by an innings and 32 runs within the first Test in Centurion final Thursday. Kohli had relinquished his Test captaincy throughout the identical tour two years again, paving approach for Rohit Sharma to turn out to be the brand new skipper within the longest format of the sport. Rohit additionally changed Kohli as India’s full-time captain final 12 months.

Under Rohit, India have performed 10 Tests with 5 wins and three losses. India additionally reached the WTC last the place they misplaced to Australia earlier this 12 months.

While highlighting Kohli’s unmatched report as India’s Test captain, Badrinath raised questions as to why the star batter is just not main the facet within the longest format of the sport.

“Kohli has a great record as a Test leader. He has scored more than 5000 runs with an average of 52-plus as a captain. He has 40 wins and 17 losses in 68 Tests. He led us to a tremendous victory in the Australia series. He has the most wins as Test captain after Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh,” Badrinath stated on his YouTube channel, as quoted by India Today.

Badrinath additionally labelled Kohli as a greater Test batter than Rohit, whereas additionally questioning Rohit’s place within the group as an opener outdoors sub-continent situations.

“Why is he not the captain of the Test team? I want to raise this valid question. He is a better Test batter. There is no comparison between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He is a big player, in terms of Test cricket. He has scored runs everywhere. Why is he not leading and a weaker player. As far as I am concerned, a weaker player, who is not yet proven as an opener. He has been in and out. We can consider all that. But I think Rohit Sharma has not proven himself as an opener outside India. Why is he there?,” he added.

Kohli performed knocks of 38 and 76 within the first Test, whereas Rohit managed 5 runs throughout each innings.

During the final tour of South Africa, India got here near winnings the sequence. They had gained the primary sport below Kohli’s management, however conceded the sequence after dropping the final two video games.

Kohli had missed the second Test because of again subject, with KL Rahul main the group in his absence.

While the star batter resumed his duties for the final match, the Proteas had gained a psychological edge, having by no means misplaced a sequence at residence in opposition to India.