Nasser Hussain Gives His View On The Possibility Of Split Captaincy In Indian Team

May 13, 2020 at 3:50 PM

facebook iconlinkedin iconmail icontwitter iconWhatsApp iconTelegram icon
Nasser Hussain Gives His View On The Possibility Of Split Captaincy In Indian Team

Former England captain Nasser Hussain has recently gave his view whether the split captaincy, which the present England cricket team follows, will work in the present Indian team or not.

Virat Kohli is currently leading the Indian team in great way. Though Kohli-led India haven’t won any tournaments yet, they have performed consistently in every tournaments and always finished in the top-four positions.

Virat Kohli, Indian team
Virat Kohli (Image Credit: Twitter)

Recently, Kohli-led India lost their no.1 position in the Test team rankings, which they held for consecutive 43 months. At present, they are the no.2-ranked ODI team and no.3-ranked Test and T20I team.

Meanwhile, the limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma has impressed with his leadership in the national team, which he has got very limited opportunities. However, Rohit is holding the record of most IPL trophy-winning as a captain as his team Mumbai Indians (MI) have recorded four IPL trophies victory, all under his captaincy.

Rohit Sharma, Indian team
Rohit Sharma (Image Credit: Google)

Kohli and Rohit both are very crucial players of the present Indian team’s batting. Many have recently suggested utilising the split captaincy policy in the present Indian team between Kohli and Rohit. While they are taking this responsibility strongly on their shoulder, Nasser Hussain still feels that it will be difficult for Kohli to hand over the captaincy role of any format as his character doesn’t support it.

Nasser Hussain, split captaincy, Indian team
Nasser Hussain (Image Credit: Getty Images)

Hussain recently told Harsha Bhogle in Cricbuzz, “It depends on the character, Virat (Kohli) is such an imposing character, all encompassing, it would be difficult for him to hand over, he wouldn’t want to hand anything over.”

I think more importantly it would be about coaching: Nasser Hussain

In the England cricket team, Eoin Morgan is leading the limited-overs sides while Joe Root is leading the Test team. Nasser Hussain praised their supportive characters. However, the former English captain feels that the coach split is more important as England haven’t achieved much Test success in recent times like their recent limited-overs success.

England
England cricketers (Image Credit: Twitter)

Hussain continued, “Whereas with England, we have Morgan and Root, two likable, laidback (characters). I think more importantly it would be about coaching, Coaches have so much to do, whether you should have a split coach, they have so much on their plate.

“Just to give you a fresh perspective like Trevor Bayliss for example: he cracked white ball for England, we didn’t really crack Test match cricket. So maybe two different coaches would be the right way to go.”

England are now the top-ranked ODI team, second-ranked T20I team and fourth-ranked Test team. While England just missed out to win the ICC World T20 2016 (runners-up), they won their first-ever Cricket World Cup in the 2019 edition.

Related Article
Mark Wood Withdraws From IPL 2021 Auction
Mark Wood Withdraws From IPL 2021 Auction

Feb 18, 2021, 12:21 PM


CSA Interim Board Chairman Disappointed On England’s Calling Off South Africa Tour
CSA Interim Board Chairman Disappointed On England’s Calling Off South Africa Tour

Dec 11, 2020, 5:15 PM


Jos Buttler A Quality Player But Wrong To Label Him As England’s Best-Ever In Limited-Overs: Rohan Gavaskar
Jos Buttler A Quality Player But Wrong To Label Him As England’s Best-Ever In Limited-Overs: Rohan Gavaskar

Sep 16, 2020, 12:40 PM


With Ben Stokes Around, Don’t Think I Will Cement Number Five Spot: Sam Billings
With Ben Stokes Around, Don’t Think I Will Cement Number Five Spot: Sam Billings

Sep 13, 2020, 11:50 AM


Steven Smith Clears Second Concussion Test Ahead Of Manchester ODI
Steven Smith Clears Second Concussion Test Ahead Of Manchester ODI

Sep 12, 2020, 5:53 PM


Australia Regain No. 1 Spot In ICC T20I Rankings After Beating England By Five Wickets In Southampton
Australia Regain No. 1 Spot In ICC T20I Rankings After Beating England By Five Wickets In Southampton

Sep 9, 2020, 11:46 AM


Desktop Banner
Mobile Banner