India's captaincy debate across formats isn't ending any time soon and keeps finding fire with every big occurrence. India's heavy 227-run defeat against England meant the skipper Virat Kohli was in the line of fire again as he has now lost four matches in a row leading the side in the longest format.
Kohli, who led India in the lone Test match that they lost in the recent series against Australia, has suddenly lost all the matches he has captained in the last year. The Indian team under him lost the two Tests in and against New Zealand in February last year, after which he led them unsuccessfully again in the Adelaide Test and now the fourth one, where the visiting England side beat them comprehensively in the first Test in Chennai.
Ajinkya Rahane, who led the Indian team in his absence, still has an unbeaten record as the captain of the Test side as he has led the team in five matches and India won four out of them, and one was the drawn game at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
The debate of captaincy enraged on the micro-blogging site Twitter again after Tuesday's loss. While many users suggested that Virat was the one who built this team, the captaincy debate shouldn't happen in the first place just because Rahane helped India win in Australia. While many other users mentioned that if indeed India is losing like that under Virat's leadership, there's something wrong.
Here are some of the reactions:
