‘Nothing modifications’ for Virat Kohli now that he’s not captain, successful is all that issues: Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir mentioned that he’s certain nothing would have modified for Virat Kohli now that he’s not India’s captain in all codecs and the latter can be pondering in the identical method. Virat Kohli stepped down as India’s Test captain after their 1-2 defeat in South Africa. (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSKohli stepped down as India’s Test captain earlier this monthHe had earlier stepped down because the T20I captain and was sacked as ODI skipperGambhir mentioned that successful matches needs to be all that mattersThere needs to be no change for Virat Kohli now that he’s not captain of India in any codecs as the one factor that ought to matter is to win matches for the staff, former batter Gautam Gambhir has mentioned. Kohli stepped down as India’s Test captain earlier this month, thus ending his tenure as skipper of the staff in all codecs.

He had earlier stepped down as T20I captain after the 2021 T20 World Cup and was then sacked as ODI captain, with Rohit Sharma being introduced as India’s everlasting white ball captain.”Nothing changes,” Gambhir advised Sports Today what he thinks modifications for Kohli and the Indian staff administration’s method in the direction of him.”When you are growing up as a kid you want to try and win games for the country and that is all that matters. You don’t dream of captaining the side from day one so for me nothing changes. If it does then there is something seriously wrong. Captaincy is just a honour and responsibility and I’m sure Virat would be thinking the same way,” mentioned Gambhir.India’s current defeat within the ODI sequence towards South Africa and their poor exhibiting within the T20 World Cup final yr has introduced the template they comply with in restricted overs cricket to the fore. Gambhir nevertheless mentioned that he does not consider in templates and he will not be insisting on one for the Lucknow Supergiants within the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), for which he’s the staff mentor.”I’ve always thought of only one template which is to score the last run if you are chasing and take the last wicket if your defending. As simple as that, there is no other template that makes sense to me. All these are created by the media, the finisher, opener, death bowler and all.”Cricket is a quite simple recreation. All of us would need that after we are chasing a complete, we should always rating the final run and if we’re defending, we should always take the final wicket and take the factors in our kitty. That is all that issues and the one template. Templates are very overrated,” he mentioned.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.