In a recent interview with Dainik Jagran, former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar discussed what he would do if he were Virat Kohli and shared his thoughts on the captaincy debacle.

He said that Kohli, who resigned as India’s Test captain after seven years in charge, was compelled to stand down and that if he had been in Virat’s shoes, he would never have gotten married in the first place.

“I would have not even married if I were in his place. I had just scored runs and enjoyed cricket, these 10-12 years of cricket are different time and doesn’t come again, I am not saying getting married is wrong but If you are playing for India, you would have enjoyed a time a little. fans are crazy about Kohli and he had to maintain that love he is getting for the last 20 years,” Akhtar said.

He added how things like marriage, children and family create a lot of stress and pressure on a cricketer and his responsibilities increase with time, especially when a cricketer’s career spans between 14-15 years.

“There is pressure from the children, of the family. As the responsibility increases, so does the pressure. Cricketers have a short career span of 14-15 years in which you stay at the peak for five-six years. Those years of Virat have passed, now he has to struggle,” he adds.

Akhtar also made some controversial comments about the Kohli-Ganguly issue  and let’s just say that most of the Indian cricket fans were not happy with it.

It has been over a month since the rivalry between the ex-Indian captain Virat Kohli and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly began after the two gave very different answers about Kohli’s decision to step down as the leader of the Indian squad in T20I cricket.