Virat Kohli’s Test captaincy now in danger?

New Delhi: The bad times of Team India’s Test captain Virat Kohli are not ending. On the one hand, Virat has failed to score a century with the bat for the last two years, while now the dream of winning the Test series in South Africa has also been shattered. The BCCI had already removed Virat from the captaincy of ODIs, while he himself left the captaincy of T20. After this series defeat, a big threat is also looming on Virat’s Test captaincy. The selectors can hand over the captaincy to another player instead of Virat.

There is no doubt that Virat Kohli’s Test captaincy is also under threat after the Test series loss in South Africa. The biggest contender for this post can be Rohit Sharma. But the BCCI wants a different captain for every format and in such a situation, 29-year-old KL Rahul can be made the next captain in place of Virat. Rahul recently captained the team in the second Test against South Africa. Rahul is not afraid of difficulties and at the same time captaincy does not affect his batting.

The way KL Rahul captained in the absence of Virat, he won everyone’s heart. At the same time, after Rohit was out of the ODI series, BCCI handed over the captaincy to KL Rahul and made it clear that he is also present in everyone’s mind for captaincy. On the other hand, making Rohit the captain of the Test team is harmful because Rohit’s age is 34 years at present. By this age, most players make plans to retire from the game. In such a situation, Rohit will not be able to handle the captaincy for a long time and the board will not want to take the risk of handing him over. At the same time, the BCCI has already made it clear that now they also want a different captain of a different format like the rest of the boards.

Virat Kohli has already been removed from the ODI captaincy by BCCI. After this decision, there has been a debate between Virat Kohli and BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly many times. One thing is clear from the long dispute between BCCI and Virat that the board is not very happy with this player. In such a situation, the BCCI has also got a golden opportunity to snatch the Test captaincy from Virat.

Chasing 212 against India, South Africa achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in their second innings. Keegan Pietersen scored a brilliant 81 while Rasi Van der Dussen contributed 41 and Temba Bavuma contributed 32 runs to give their team a memorable 7-wicket win. Team India did wonders by winning the first Test match by 113 runs in Centurion, but lost both the Tests in Johannesburg and Cape Town and lost 1-2 in the series. India has not won a single test series on this soil till date.