Virat Kohli was absent in the second Test. He will be in the squad for this match. He will be the captain. KL Rahul will be the Vice-Captain. Kohli has not been in form for a long time. I'm anxious to see a 100-run innings from Virat.
@Vaskiy Virat has to score big in this match, and he should at least try and stay as long as he can on the pitch and help other player’s make valuable contributions, and then inspire them to beat this SA side.
Also if India don’t win this match then I fear he’ll lose test captaincy too, and it’s a possibility that he along with Rahane, and Pujara maybe removed from the team as they’re not in their best form, hence these 3 need to ensure team India wins this match, and in the process prolong their test career.
Virat has been doing the best, Pujara managed to score 43 runs whereas Rahane lost his wicket scoring just 9 runs in a very important match. Virat Kohli has taken the responsibility and playing the best test cricket scoring 40 runs out of 139 balls. Considering the early wickets what India have scored by now seems to be a better score. If I'm not wrong, Kohli will focus much on withstanding partnership than scoring runs. Because, if the winning chance decreases he needs to manage atleast for a draw.