In a chat with Indranil Basu and Shanivi Sadana on Sportskeeda’s brand new series ‘Free Hit’, Sourav Ganguly spoke about how the current Indian team does play a lot of cricket, but not as much as his own team did, back during their playing days.
Over the last 12 months alone, the Indian team has played 41 matches. Post the 2019 World Cup exit, the Indian cricket team’s next assignment was a three-match T20I and ODI series against West Indies, followed by two Test matches in the Caribbean island.
In the month after, India hosted South Africa for three T20Is and three Test matches, while Bangladesh were in India for the whole of November 2019.
India’s first away assignment of 2020 was the tour of New Zealand in the January-February window, which preceded a three-ODI series against South Africa at home, which was ultimately called off due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Sourav Ganguly feels split captaincy is unnecessary
And, with Indian cricketers enjoying a lengthy break from the cricket field, a major source of discussion has been that of split captaincy. While there have been various schools of thought on this topic, Sourav Ganguly feels Virat Kohli should continue in all three formats.
Since taking over the Test team captaincy in 2014, Kohli has led India to 33 wins from 55 matches, including a famous victory against Australia in 2018-19, apart from leading the side to the top of the Test rankings.
As for the LOI formats, Kohli has captained India in 89 ODIs with 62 wins to his name, while in the T20I format, the stylish Delhi-born batsman has captained India in 37 matches and has won 22 of those games.
However, one of the biggest achievements that has alluded Kohli is a title from the ICC tournaments, and with the World T20 slated to be held in a few months from now, one could hope the Indian captain reverses his fortunes.
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