Team India's journey at home started with a 227-run loss against England. While they won the series by 2-1 recently against Australia under Ajinkya Rahane, their regular captain Virat Kohli has returned in the team for the ongoing series against England. But he certainly doesn't have a good time as he faced four straight Test losses as a captain. And, former England spinner Monty Panesar feels that Kohli will feel the pressure for not having done well as a skipper.
In a recent interaction with WION, Panesar said, "Virat Kohli is one of the greatest batsmen of all-time but the team is simply not doing well under him and we have the result in the last four Test that India played under him. I think Kohli will be under pressure and more now because Ajinkya Rahane has done phenomenally well as the captain."
"India have already lost four Tests in a row and if the number goes to five in the next match, then I think he will step down from his role," Panesar further added.
Meanwhile, he earlier suggested that India-England Test series should be renamed to 'Tendulkar Cook Trophy.' Notably, the India-England Test Series is known as the Pataudi Trophy, which is named after former India captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
However, post India's defeat, captain Kohli said at the post-match presentation ceremony, "Our body language and intensity was not up to the mark, second innings we were much better. We were better in the second half of the first innings with the bat, not the first four batters."
Both the team will take on each other in the second Test at the same venue in Chennai from February 13.