While Joe Root has defeated Virat Kohli in terms of scoring, Indian Skipper has outsmarted the Yorkshireman series of five test matches today is a brutal resistance test, more for the captain and back room staff who need to tweak their gameplan.
Every week, besides maintaining high team morals.
There is almost no time for players to rest and restore, let alone find the form.
Another effect of the packed trip plan is that the team starts nervous and the atmosphere can be flammable, as it is done in the second test in Lord’s.
And that’s where everything starts complicated for the captain.
England was sucked into one-reinforcement game and let the test sneak out of their hands on the fifth morning.
Instead of India complaining, but strategy-wise, rubber five tests also brought to turn on the captain’s ability to get the best of his players in hot-hot races.
In that case, it has become a contrasting trip so far for two captains – Joe Root and Virat Kohli.
It was still the early days of the series, but root, with 386 running on average eye-popping 128.67 after two tests, heading the run-getters list and far in front of Kohli, the three sightseeing had taken 62 Run for India .
But wise results, India rose 1-0 on board and had the weather did not play skipping on the 5th day in Nottingham, it would be a different story towards the third test in Leeds.
Root has scored several hundreds of upscale (109 & 180 *) and has made an Indian rates that letal look tame.
Even though the 30-year-old Yorkshireman has dominated with bats, he has struggled to utilize existing resources and his tactics have invited flats from all angles.
Root may need to take the leaves from the New Zealand book.
Black hat never hit or a ball bowl in anger.
Kohli, who completed 13 years in international cricket last week, has struggled to score a big goal for almost a few seasons now.
However, he remained this Indian team conductor and his heartbeat.
There is a real increase in the way Kohli has led the side after the Indian epic victory against Australia earlier this year.
Kohli had sat from the series when he was waiting for the birth of his first child but watching from afar might give him a different perspective.
He now looks comfortable with the idea to let his bowler establish their fields and don’t mind reflecting ideas with Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane while planning dismissal.
For a man who recently became the most successful captain in fourth (37 wins from 63 tests), Kohli is now only behind Graeme Smith (53), Ricky Ponting (41) and Steve Waugh (41).
If he continues in the same vein, the record to become the most successful test captain is his property for taking.