<p>India suffered a surprising 28-run defeat against England in the first IND vs ENG Test of the ongoing five-match series at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on January 28 (Sunday). Despite securing a substantial 190-run lead in the first innings, the Rohit Sharma-led side could only manage to score 202 runs in the fourth innings in pursuit of a 231-run target. Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that India might not have faced defeat if led by Virat Kohli instead of Rohit Sharma.</p> <p>Michael Vaughan criticised Rohit Sharma, stating that he switched off during the first India vs England Test when India had a chance to strengthen their position. According to Vaughan, India badly missed Virat Kohli's captaincy in Hyderabad, and if the 35-year-old Kohli had been leading the side, India wouldn't have lost the game in Hyderabad.</p> <p>“They missed Virat Kohli’s captaincy massively in Test cricket. Under Virat’s captaincy that week, India wouldn’t have lost the game. Rohit is a legend and a great player. But I felt he just switched off completely,” Vaughan said in a discussion on the YouTube channel ‘Club Prairie Fire’.</p> <h3>Watch the video clip here:</h3> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Michael Vaughan 🎙️: " India wouldn't have lost the match, had Virat Kohli been the Captain " <a href="https://t.co/3kjXErYGDA">pic.twitter.com/3kjXErYGDA</a></p> — RCB Xtra. (@Rcb_Xtra) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rcb_Xtra/status/1752567237708583317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2024</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>In his column for The Telegraph last week, Michael Vaughan wrote on a similar note, labelling Rohit Sharma's captaincy as "average," particularly noting that the bowlers had no effective response to Ollie Pope's sweeping tactics during the first Test against England.</p> <p>“I thought Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was very, very average. I thought he was so reactive; I don’t think he manoeuvred his field or was proactive with his bowling changes. And he didn’t have any answer to Ollie Pope’s sweeps or reverse sweeps,” Vaughan wrote.</p> <p>The 2nd India vs England Test is scheduled to begin on February 2 in Visakhapatnam. After Virat Kohli, who pulled out of the first two Tests of the series due to personal reasons, India will also be without the services of KL Rahul and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who have been ruled out due to injuries.</p>
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