ICC Champions Trophy has come to an end with Pakistan defeating India by 180 runs. Many are still supporting Virat Kohli and saying that one match doesn’t make a difference while some are criticising him as well as team India for their poor performance in the game. England legend Geoffrey Boycott feels that Indian skipper Virat Kohli is responsible for India’s defeat. He believes that Kohli “dug India’s grave” because of his decision to field on “England’s best batting pitch”, which costed India the opportunity to retain the crown they won in 2013 by beating England.
Boycott wrote in his column of TOI : “Despite all that has been said and written about India’s embarrassing show against Pakistan at the Oval, I still have that one overriding question: why, for the love of God, would you offer the opposition first use of England’s best batting pitch, on a day when the sun was shining and there wasn’t a speck of cloud anywhere?
“No matter who he may have consulted before the toss, the ultimate on-field decision is taken by the captain, and it is he who must take the blame. By putting Pakistan in to bat, Virat Kohli allowed them to get on top, and dug India’s grave.”