This seems to be the trend now. Ever since Ramachandra Guha wrote in his Cricinfo column that Virat Kohli needs people in the dressing room to challenge his authority, there has been a flurry of former cricketers opining the same.

Graeme Smith was the first one of them. And now, in what seems like an exact repetition of what the former South Africa captain said, Virender Sehwag has also joined the list. The former Indian opener believes that the current Indian captain needs people to “point out his mistakes.”

"I think, Virat Kohli needs some players who can point out his mistakes on the field," Sehwag said in a show on 'India TV'.

"Every team has four-five players who advise the skipper and help him avoid mistakes on the field. I don't see that in the current Indian squad.

"There's no one in the squad who can challenge Kohli's selection decision in the dressing room.

The once-dashing opener then stated that the rest of the players in the Indian team aren’t up to the standard of Virat Kohli, which leaves him quite frustrated. Sehwag enthused that Kohli’s brilliance forces him to expect the same from his team-mates, drawing parallels to Sachin Tendulkar during the Little Master’s captaincy.

“No player is up to his standard.  Virat Kohli has reached a level where he can play well in adverse situations and he expects the same from the rest of India squad.

"However, other players in the squad haven't reached the stature where Kohli already is. This is affecting Kohli's captaincy. Kohli is just asking them to make runs like him. And there's nothing wrong with it.

‘I remember when Sachin Tendulkar was the captain, he used to ask other batsmen to score runs. If I can score, then why can't you?"

The Nawab of Najafgarh concluded by claiming that since teamwork is important, Kohli needs to sit the others and strategise.