Under Virat’s captaincy, India reached the ultimate of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017 however misplaced the ultimate to arch-rivals Pakistan by 180 runs. In the 2019 World Cup, India misplaced within the semis (vs New Zealand). The 2021 World Test Championship noticed India lose the summit conflict to New Zealand by 8 wickets.
Virat on Saturday mentioned that even after reaching the semifinal and finals of the ICC tournaments, he has been tipped as a “failed captain.” The Indian run machine relinquished the captaincy from all codecs final 12 months.
“Look, you play to win tournaments. I captained in Champions Trophy in 2017 (reached the final), the 2019 World Cup (reached the semifinal), I captained in World Test Championship (reached the final), and T20 World Cup in 2021 (failed to qualify for the knockouts). After three (four) ICC tournaments, I was considered as a failed captain,” mentioned Kohli on an RCB Podcast.
Kohli, who guided the India Under-19 group to World Cup glory in 2008, mentioned bringing a cultural change within the Indian cricket group will at all times be a matter of delight for him.
“I never judged myself from that point of view; what we ended up achieving as a team and as a cultural change that always going to be a matter of pride for me. A tournament happens for a certain period of time but a culture happens over a long period of time and for that, you need consistency for that you need more characters than just winning a tournament,” he mentioned.
“I won a World Cup as a player. I won the Champions Trophy as a player. I have been part of the team that has won five Test maces. If you look at that point of view there have been people, who have never won a World Cup,” he added.
Virat additionally recalled the 2011 ODI World Cup glory when MS Dhoni led India to a title win in entrance of a jam-packed Wankhede crowd.
“To be honest, I was lucky enough to be part of that 2011 team. And what led to my selection was also amazing because I had a great run of great scores, and I ended up being with the team. Sachin Tendulkar was playing in his sixth World Cup, and that was the one he won. I was able to be a part of the team for the first time, and I ended up being part of the winning side,” he said.
“I am looking back at things that I am grateful for not what has gone wrong in my career. I am not mad for my trophy cabinet to be full,” Virat, who has performed 106 Tests, 271 ODIs, and 115 T20Is for India in a profession spanning 15 years scoring over 25000 worldwide runs, mentioned.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com