Former India captain Virat Kohli (AFP Image)
Virat Kohli said that when he was the captain of the Indian team, he had no selfishness as his intention was to take the team forward
Virat Kohli honestly admitted that he made many mistakes as captain but assured that his intentions were never wrong. Kohli faced considerable scrutiny for not winning any ICC trophy as captain, despite leading India to several historic victories in bilateral series. He brought about a fitness revolution in Indian cricket during his stint as part of the Indian team and rose to great heights in red-ball cricket, including the first-ever Test series win on Australian soil. The Asian giants played an aggressive brand of cricket under Kohli in the Tests.
Kohli stepped down as India’s captain in T20Is after the 2021 T20 World Cup, while he was also sacked as ODI captain as the selectors wanted a leader in the white-ball format. The batting maestro also relinquished the Test captaincy in early 2022 after the tour of South Africa.
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In an episode of PUMA’s Let There Be Sport documentary series, Kohli said that he never had any selfishness when he was the captain of the Indian team. He admitted that he made some mistakes during his tenure which is part of the game.
“One hundred per cent. So I am not ashamed to admit that I made many mistakes when I was captain. But one thing I know for sure is that I have never done anything for my own self-interest that I can take guarantees. I haven’t done anything for myself. I just had one goal in mind to take the team forward. I can totally accept whether I have taken the decisions in the right way or not. I fully own it I can accept that you make mistakes like you make mistakes when you get out, it is a failure. Failures will happen but please the intention was never wrong. So I can fully guarantee it. As long as it is in its right place But you will make mistakes, but like I said, you will learn from them, then you will not start shining by making things,” Kohli said.
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“My intentions were always right. I said the way you have to change as individuals. Sometimes decisions have been wrong but these things teach you a lot. Then you start taking it as a whole journey and Which went well, but then you go right and then you learn from all situations, so that’s exactly what happened.”
