Nasser Hussain feels the ongoing Test series is very important for Virat Kohli

India’s Test captain Virat Kohli has a pretty good captaincy record in his short captaincy career so far and has managed to win 12 out of the 20 Tests he has captained. Despite his success at the highest level, he hasn’t been able to impress some of the analysts of the game, especially with his tactics. Some of them still feel Kohli has a long way to go and he is a man under progress as far as captaincy is concerned.

Former England skipper Nasser Hussain felt Kohli was too careful with his tactics in the Vizag Test and there was a long way to go for him. Speaking to India Today about Kohli’s tactics, Hussain said, “I have noticed in the last game that he had calmed down and was tactically better. Like anything in batting or captainship, you can improve. One thing about Kohli you can’t question is his record as captain and his passion to drive the Indian team forward.”

Speaking about how important the ongoing series is for Kohli, Hussain said, “This series is important for Kohli. It’s a bit of a payback series after the pain that he had in England. It’s payback series for India. They have struggled against England of late and they would want to get that record straight. Kohli is driving that with his passion. He is batting beautifully. We didn’t see the best of him in England which we have in world tournaments. We are seeing the best of him now.”

Hussain had a word of advice for Kohli before ending his media interaction. The former captain concluded by saying, “You just have to be careful with captains. A lot of captains have upsurge in form when they have success and adrenaline is flowing. It just gets to them when things go wrong as a team. Virat will have to be looked after with the load, playing all forms of the game and IPL action. Someone will have to tell him somewhere to take two weeks off.”