5 reasons why Virat Kohli got off to a great start as captain

#5 Brilliant form of Virat Kohli and other batsmen

Kohli has been in great form as a batsman since he has become a captain

Indian team has played in favorable conditions under Kohli’s captaincy but they have been more bowler friendly rather than batsman friendly. The pitches against South Africa were as close to ‘dust bowls’ as any other pitches in the recent past and the conditions in Sri Lanka and West Indies were also far from being batsman friendly.The Indian batsmen have still performed brilliantly in these matches.

Ajinkya Rahane has averaged 50.31 under Kohli’s captaincy while Murali Vijay has averaged a staggering 51.37. Kohli himself has been in brilliant form as a batsman since he has become the captain and has averaged 51.04 in these 15 Test matches. The success of these main pillars of Indian batting has been instrumental in providing a head start to Kohli’s captaincy career.

Also when a captain is performing well as a player, it gets reflected in his captaincy and the same has happened with Kohli and he has been brilliant as a captain.