Split captaincy theory has been proven as a hit formula
Split captaincy theory is already a hit formula in international cricket. With the time progress, England, Australia, West Indies, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc. have adopted this split captaincy theory and achieved some great successes, at least in a specific format.
This special theory has helped the West Indies team to grow up again in international cricket as Darren Sammy-led Caribbean team has become the first team to win two ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-winning side (2012 and 2016).
England cricket team has also achieved high success after adopting the split captaincy theory. Under Eoin Morgan‘s leadership, England finished as the runners-up in the ICC World T20 2016 and won their first ICC Cricket World Cup trophy in the last year.
Even this split captaincy theory worked for them very well before their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 journey. While Paul Collingwood-led English team won the ICC World T20 2010 trophy (England’s first-ever ICC trophy), Andrew Strauss led the English Test team to win the Ashes Series 2010/11 in Australia (England’s first away Ashes series victory since 1986/87).
India also followed this theory for more than one time but for the short periods. In 2007 and 2008, while Anil Kumble led the Indian Test side, MS Dhoni was introduced as the limited-overs captain. Also, after Dhoni’s retirement from the Test cricket, while he handled the limited-overs captaincy till early 2017, Virat Kohli efficiently handled the Test captaincy role.
While India haven’t won any ICC trophy since winning the ICC Champions Trophy 2013, the split captaincy theory can help this team to end this frustrating wait.