5 takeaways from Virat Kohli's tenure as captain so far

#3 The handling of Cheteshwar Pujara in Test cricket

How much does Kohli value Pujara in the Test side?

In his first full-time Test as captain of the side, Kohli preferred Rohit Sharma over Pujara at the Number 3 position. It left many shocked and others puzzled.

While Pujara may not be the most fluent batsman in the side, the value he brings cannot be entirely underestimated and during the course of his four years at the helm, Kohli has more than once failed to understand the point.

And each time Pujara has had to prove people wrong, he has done so with the bat in hand, the most recent instance coming in the fourth Test of the ongoing series against England, where he made an unbeaten 132.

Hopefully, that is the last time he needs to do that for himself.