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That happen when some players become more powerful than the board or when institute lack decisive leadership. Even Sachin didn't enjoy this much of power despite being backbone of Indian cricket for so long.
I think it is time for the Indian Cricket Board to assert some dominance and tell Virat Kohli that he should take some rest right now and that he is being dropped from the squad. If he can show good performance he will surely be added once again to the squad. and this is for the good of both the player and also the Indian cricket team.
It is surprising. Two new teams are on the top of the table, and the irony is that the teams that are considered as heavyweights are all outside the top-4. Look at teams such as Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. These teams have won the championship the most number of times, and now they are languishing at the bottom of the points table. In case of Mumbai, it has been a horrendous season so far. They won two of their matches lately, but before that lost 8 matches consecutively.
These two new teams have a majority of new players who are eager to prove themselves. CSK, MI and KKR are full of established players and old players too. KL Rahul has previously failed as a captain and in this season he has proven that he can handle captainship very well. Hardik Pandya has also show that he can handle captainship without jeopardizing his performance. It all about getting attention of the selectors and being ready for the next role.
These two teams are new in the IPL and they obviously have some certain ambition to prove themselves and go very deep in the tournament. On the other hand, I believe almost all the other teams that have been playing IPL for quite a long time does have trophies already. so the new teams are surely going to push really hard to do better in this tournament.
