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Mumbai: Former India captain
Mohammad Azharuddin on
Wednesday said that BCCI should
think of appointing young Virat Kohli
as the Test captain after India's
drubbing in the longest format in the
recently concluded series in England.
The 51-year-old came down heavily
on skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni
and said,"You don't survive as a
captain. If you perform then only you
stay for a long time. If you don't
perform, there is no survival and you
perish as simple as that. The BCCI
has to take some action. May be a
different captain might help, you
never know."
He spoke at the launch of Vijay
Amritraj's Champions League tennis
tournament, in which he is the co-
owner of the Chandigarh franchise.
"You don't get anything readymade.
We can only find good captains only
if the chance is given. If you don't
give a chance, then how will you
know. If I was the selector, I would
give the chance to Virat Kohli. Fine,
he has not done well in England, it
was a one-off performance. If you
don't put responsibility on the
players, then how will you know they
will perform," Azharuddin who
played 99 Tests and 334 ODIs said.
"You have to be very good in all
forms of the good. A good player will
excel in all formats of the game. Like
there are some players who are
meant only ODIs, we should have
different captains.
"It is very hard for the captain to
concentrate on three formats at one
point. We can have different captain
for different forms, like every other
country has done," he said.
Read more BCCI should appoint Virat Kohli as Test captain: Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin on
Wednesday said that BCCI should
think of appointing young Virat Kohli
as the Test captain after India's
drubbing in the longest format in the
recently concluded series in England.
The 51-year-old came down heavily
on skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni
and said,"You don't survive as a
captain. If you perform then only you
stay for a long time. If you don't
perform, there is no survival and you
perish as simple as that. The BCCI
has to take some action. May be a
different captain might help, you
never know."
He spoke at the launch of Vijay
Amritraj's Champions League tennis
tournament, in which he is the co-
owner of the Chandigarh franchise.
"You don't get anything readymade.
We can only find good captains only
if the chance is given. If you don't
give a chance, then how will you
know. If I was the selector, I would
give the chance to Virat Kohli. Fine,
he has not done well in England, it
was a one-off performance. If you
don't put responsibility on the
players, then how will you know they
will perform," Azharuddin who
played 99 Tests and 334 ODIs said.
"You have to be very good in all
forms of the good. A good player will
excel in all formats of the game. Like
there are some players who are
meant only ODIs, we should have
different captains.
"It is very hard for the captain to
concentrate on three formats at one
point. We can have different captain
for different forms, like every other
country has done," he said.
Read more BCCI should appoint Virat Kohli as Test captain: Mohammad Azharuddin
