Ashish Nehra calls Virat Kohli 'impulsive' captain who is a 'work in progress'

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is arguably best batsman in modern-day cricket. His ability to adapt to different forms of game and his sheer consistency in scoring runs speaks volumes about his character and style of play. After Sachin Tendulkar's retirement, re was a huge void that was left in Indian team but Virat Kohli has been highly successful in filling that void.

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While Virat Kohli's batting has been lauded by cricket pundits all over world, same cant be said about his captaincy as time and again, his tactics and attitude have garnered a lot of criticism. Virat Kohli took over captaincy of Indian Test team back in 2014-15 after MS Dhoni anunced his shock retirement from longest format. He also started captaining India in  limited-overs format in 2017 when MS Dhoni decided to step down from captaincy.

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Ashish Nehra calls Virat Kohli an 'impulsive captain'

While India have taken huge strides under leadership of Virat Kohli by consistently winning across formats, y have frequently stumbled in kckouts at  ICC events. Virat Kohli is often a subject of criticism for his inconsistent team selection and his tactics on field.

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However, former India fast bowler Ashish Nehra feels that Virat Kohli is still a work in progress when it comes to captaincy. Ashish Nehra was in conversation with Aakash Chopra on latter's YouTube channel where he ackwledged that Virat Kohli needs introduction as a player as his career graph tells entire story.

Ashish Nehra added that Virat Kohli is an impulsive captain. Ashish Nehra, who has previously played for likes of CSK in  IPL, opined that RCB captain Virat Kohli should continue to be aggressive on field but also advised him to be meticulous in decision making. On or hand, Nehra finds MS Dhoni to be a 'calculative' captain.

Many critics believe that while Virat Kohli Test captain has evolved, his ODI and T20I captaincy isn't same as he was often seen relying on MS Dhoni for advice and in fact, even setting fields while he fielded in deep during death overs of a game.

Virat Kohli was also criticized for India's tactics during World Cup 2019 semi-final, which y lost to New Zealand as Dinesh Karthik was promoted ahead of MS Dhoni in batting order.

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