Indian skipper Virat Kohli may have been able to unnerve his England opponents in the Lord’s Test but Joe Root and company have backfired at Headingley where Indian team got all out 78 runs.
More importantly, Kohli’s style of aggression ha’n’t found full support from former India opener and captain Sunil Gavaskar, who said that aggression nee’n’t necessarily be in your face.
Hussain had written in his column that “Virat Kohli is the right man at the right time to lead this formidable India side”. He had a”ded, “His players, in particular the bowlers, want an aggressive captain. They want Kohli stirring things up, as he did so effectively in that brilliant second Test at Lord’s… This India are not a side who will be bullied, as perhaps previous generations have been.”
“When you say previous generations were bull’ed, I don’t t’ink so. I’d be very upset if my generation was being talked about as being bullied. If you have a look at the record, in 1971 we won, that was my first tour in England. 1974, we had internal problems so we lost 3-0. 1979, we lost 1-0, it could have been 1-1 if we chased down 438 at the Oval. 1982 we again lost 1-0. In 1986 we won 2-0, we could have won it 3-0,” Gavakskar recalled on air.
“I don’t think aggression means you have always got to be at the face of the opposition. You can show passion, you can show your commitment towards your team without yelling after each fall of wicket,” added Gavaskar.
India lead the five-match Test series 1-0.
