Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that if Virat Kohli was the captain of the team, India would not have lost the Hyderabad Test match. The host team was ahead in the match with a good lead of 190 runs after the first innings, but after that they could not hold the match and England managed to win the match.

In this match, Ollie Pope scored 196 runs, while Ben Fox and Tom Hartley made good contributions in the end, helping England post a huge score of 420 runs in the second innings. After this, debutant Tom Hartley took the match away from India by taking seven wickets and the visiting team won the match by 28 runs. Speaking about that match, Vaughan said that India had to face India in the red-ball format. Virat Kohli He missed his captaincy and said that he completely failed in the second innings.

India is missing Virat Kohli’s captaincy in Test cricket – Michael Vaughan

Michael Vaughn on the Club Prairie Fire show said that, “He missed Virat Kohli’s captaincy a lot in Test cricket. That week, India did not lose the match under the captaincy of Virat. Rohit is a legend and a great player, but I felt he was completely switched off.”

Let us tell you that, this was the first time when India No Test match has been lost at home after taking a lead of more than 100 runs in the first innings. As many former cricketers, including Vaughan and Anil Kumble, pointed out, the bowlers lacked intensity and England took advantage of it. On the other hand, ahead of their second Test starting on February 2 in Visakhapatnam, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja have been ruled out due to injuries.