Moody, who was the head coach when Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to win the IPL in 2016, said Kohli’s captaincy started with a lot of expectations but the results were disappointing.
“The Virat Kohli era was an era of high expectations but ultimately disappointment,” Moody said of JioHotstar’s Rise of Champions.
Kohli’s former teammate Harbhajan Singh also believes that Kohli should have helped the Indian team win more trophies as he had some good players.
“With the kind of team Virat had, they could have won three or four trophies. Nahi jeete kuch to karan honge, but I still feel like unke paas acchi team thi (if they didn’t win, there must have been reasons, but I still think they had a strong team),” Harbhajan Singh said.
AB de Villiers comes to Virat Kohli’s rescue
AB de Villiers, who shares a great camaraderie with Kohli since their days together at RCB, came out to defend Kohli and said it is unfair to judge captains based on the major trophies they have won for the team.
“To be honest, it irritates me that people always judge a captain solely on whether he has won a World Cup. To say ‘that man is useless because he has not won a World Cup’ is unfair,” said AB de Villiers.
Although Kohli could not win an ICC title during his captaincy, he helped India become a dominant force in Test cricket not only at home but also abroad. The team also won several bilateral series in white ball cricket, both home and away.
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