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His side (Royal Challengers Bangalore) has historically performed poorly in the IPL. I would blame it rather on the poor team balance than on the captaincy though. And I don't think that Kohli would relinquish the RCB captaincy, so easily. AB de Villiers could be a better captain, but the RCB management would also not consider replacing Kohli at this point. There are a few other options as well. Mohammed Siraj is one. Sachin Baby has captained the Kerala Ranji Trophy squad, but he is not even a regular member of the playing XI.
I would say that RCB never had great bowlers in the team, but they always had great batsman and yet they were not able to win one tournament and it is basically because of the captaincy of Virat Kohli because he had the power to pick the players in the team and if they do not add even during the auction period, who is to be blamed. His side (Royal Challengers Bangalore) has historically performed poorly in the IPL. I would blame it rather on the poor team balance than on the captaincy though. And I don't think that Kohli would relinquish the RCB captaincy, so easily. AB de Villiers could be a better captain, but the RCB management would also not consider replacing Kohli at this point. There are a few other options as well. Mohammed Siraj is one. Sachin Baby has captained the Kerala Ranji Trophy squad, but he is not even a regular member of the playing XI.
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Probably New Zealand managements are too concerned about security after the government change over in Afghanistan and due to the support from Pakistan. I guess in recent times, South Africa and Sri Lanka toured Pakistan without any major security concerns but we cannot expect the same from England or Australia or New Zealand teams as they value security of their team the most. I guess after the Taliban government in Afghanistan both Pakistan and Afghanistan cricket may see some downfall due to participation of women in cricket. This way, cancellation of New Zealand tour to Pakistan might be a beginning point in this regard.
Not sure we will see any sporting teams from Afghanistan as anyone who had money would have left the country already. New Zealand canceled tour and we might not see any major countries touring Pakistan in the near future. Just recently other teams started visiting Pakistan and now things are uncertain once again. Probably New Zealand managements are too concerned about security after the government change over in Afghanistan and due to the support from Pakistan. I guess in recent times, South Africa and Sri Lanka toured Pakistan without any major security concerns but we cannot expect the same from England or Australia or New Zealand teams as they value security of their team the most. I guess after the Taliban government in Afghanistan both Pakistan and Afghanistan cricket may see some downfall due to participation of women in cricket. This way, cancellation of New Zealand tour to Pakistan might be a beginning point in this regard.
would love to see that being continued, or at least we need to make another discussion thread to ensure that this doesn't get spammed with only IPL discussion. If he isn't available do you guys want me to make a thread or maybe you bryant.coleman can create one or let's just continue posting in this old thread as I don't see it's locked : 
