Sunil Gavaskar unimpressed with Virat Kohli's captaincy
New Delhi, Sept 4 (IBNS): It seems that former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar is not much impressed by the captaincy skills of skipper Virat Kohli specially after the Indian team suffered another Test series loss against England.
Gavaskar said he felt the Indian team did not live up to the expectations under the captaincy of skipper Kohli.
India lost the fourth Test match as England won the series 3-1.
One more Test match of the series is still left to be played.
Gavaskar was quoted as saying by India Today: "When you go in with five batsmen then you are bound to be in such a situation where you rely so much only on one player, Virat Kohli to get you the big hundreds. He can't do it every time, he's human."
"To expect that the lower order (to save India after the top-order collapse) after that Kohli-Rahane partnership was broken, to get even another 60-70 runs was too much," he said.
Slamming the skipper, Gavaskar said: "Everybody would be disappointed looking at the result because when Virat Kohli took over as captain, it seemed like the team would head into a new direction under him. The team looked hungry to win and seemed more hopeful of doing well under Kohli. Everyone thought that he will bring in a lot more josh, a lot more energy into the team. So quite naturally, there will be questions asked about his captaincy."
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