Bishen Singh Bedi thinks Virat Kohli is yet to leave an impact as a skipper

Indian captain Virat Kohli might have sustained the No.1 Test ranking for the last couple of seasons and has his team at the top of the ODI rankings as well but he is yet to win the vote of trust from Bishan Singh Bedi. The former cricketer said that Kohli’s real test as captain is yet to come.

He admitted that the team is able to get the results they’d want and the 29-year-old is leading them from the front as a batsman. However, Bedi wants him to be at par strategically with guys like former Australian captain Steve Waugh and former England skipper Michael Brearley.

Leading from the front

“Let me be very honest. He is leading from the front as a batsman. Team is showing results,” Bedi told Firstpost. “You talk about [former Australia captain] Steve Waugh, you talk about [former England captain] Michael Brearley. [They were] real thinkers of the game. He is yet to leave that impact. I want him to show that. He has not been tested yet,” he added.

Frighteningly intense

The legend also admires Kohli’s consistency and intensity, in fact, his intensity is frighteningly high for Bedi. “Kohli is phenomenal with his consistency. What I admire more about him is his intensity. He is very intense. He is frighteningly intense,” he added.

His focus is on the tours of England and Australia where the Men in Blue will play five and four Tests respectively. They set out for the English challenge soon after the conclusion of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League. The team will play three T20Is and as many ODIs before the Test series in England.

“England is long, five Test matches. And Australia is four Test matches. Plus they will have exhausted a fair amount of their energies in the IPL (Indian Premier League),” he stated.

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