What is the difference between Dhoni's captaincy and Kohli's captaincy?

"Not everyone is Pujara here"

"It's not easy to survive man"

"Come on Pat, hit some sixes"

"Come on Pat - you’re not putting the bad ball away"

“We have got a special guest here. Have you heard the word temporary captain ever? ”

This was Rishabh Pant from behind the stumps in the ongoing Test series against Australia in 2018.

A 21 year old who debuted in Test cricket this year.

Sunil Gavaskar condemned his behaviour and was right in doing so—

“Say anything you want to your teammates, not to the opposition.”

After all, the game is called a “gentleman’s game” for a reason.

You may think I am making a big deal out of a silly banter, but I’ll let Rahul Dravid explain why this behaviour is so wrong.

In an interview, Rahul was asked if aggression was overrated.

This was his reply—

“In the end, it comes down to being authentic to who you are. I cringe at times when I read Virat’s statements. I don’t blame Virat for his attitude, it gets the best out of him but that is not everyone’s cup of tea. What worries me is when this attitude moves into junior cricket. That’s the scary thing for me. What tends to happen is a lot of young kids try to copy Virat Kohli, not realising that maybe that is not authentic to who they are. Being authentic to who you are is the most important thing.”

The town talks about Virat’s aggressive approach to his captaincy. It has indeed worked wonders for him so far, but the real problem arises when youngsters like Rishabh Pant start replicating that component of his success.

There is a very thin line between aggression and arrogance. Young bloods coming into the team may not be able to distinguish between the two and that can indeed breed into something nasty like it has happened many a times in the past.

What is the difference between Dhoni's captaincy and Kohli's captaincy?

The young cricketers under Dhoni tried replicating Dravid and Dhoni’s success on the cricket field (Rahane, Pujara etc) while the young ones under Kohli seem to be replicating his behaviour on the cricket field(Pant,Pandya etc).

The former teaches you humility while the latter often breeds into arrogance.

The Australians have surprisingly behaved well in the first test match, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they go back to their old ways in the second test match at Perth, thanks to unnecessary taunts like these.

Also, the last time an Indian wicket keeper tried sledging Australian legends from behind the stumps, things didn’t work out in his favour, did it?