World Cup 2019: Rating the captains of all the teams

Virat Kohli – 8.5/10

Still very new in his captaincy career, Virat is the best batsman in the world but he is still learning from one of the most successful captains in the business, MS Dhoni. Kohli has tasted immense success in his captaincy career so far but his inability to field a settled playing XI and to seize those crunch moments is what puts a minor spot on him. No doubt, when you have to fill a void left by someone as big as MS Dhoni, the expectations will be huge and it is totally natural.

Virat has a decent record as a captain but just the fact that he has taken over the reins from Dhoni translates to ‘he can do better’. However, it can be seen that in the absence of MS Dhoni, Virat’s captaincy has been questionable (losing a series by a margin of 3-2 from a position of a 2-0 advantage against a depleted Aussie Side). Still, in his learning curve, Virat has a long way to go as a captain and so far he has been good but has the potential to be the best.

Leading India in the World Cup is an altogether different experience and he will surely come out as a better skipper after the tournament.