Finally, the suspense has
cleared and it has been officially stated by the Indian team management that
the regular captain MS Dhoni would not play in the Adelaide test match. With
Dhoni reaching Australia on 6th and then, having a couple of
training sessions with the team, a few people were starting to believe that he
might opt to walk out for the toss on the morning of the 9th. There
were even talks about India playing him as a specialist batsman for his fingers
to be protected.
But, Virat Kohli, who will
lead the team in Adelaide, told the media that there was never a plan to play
Dhoni as a batsman. Whenever he plays, he would play as a wicketkeeper. As per
Kohli, Dhoni is fit to bat, but, he is not fit to keep wickets as of now and
that’s why, he has been kept out. It’s just a matter of few days for him to be
able to start the wicket-keeping drills again and most probably, he would be
playing the second test match which is starting from 17th in
Brisbane.
This is the first time that
Kohli is going to lead India in whites. This is a big thing,
butterfly-in-the-stomach type of thing, but, the Delhi batsman is not even
close to being nervous or at least he tried to suggest so. Kohli is not
planning anything. He says he would act spontaneously on the field on the
demand of the situation. But, one thing
that he has promised is the aggression and the ruthlessness.
If India wins the Adelaide
test under Kohli, there would be a strong case for him to be retained as skipper
in Brisbane even if Dhoni gets fit as he is supposed to be.
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