A point that Kohli kept on reiterating four-five times in less than one year and this is a very valid point. Kohli has been one of the very few cricketers in the history of the game who loves his game so passionately and very few could have put their hands on their chest and say that they value winning more than the Indian skipper. But, without any disrespect to that trait and Kohli’s hunger for the win, it is safe to say that the Delhite has got the timing wrong for taking a break this time around. 

Asia Cup may not carry a lot of weight as far as the significance goes, but over the course of the tournament, India, if they go all the way to the final, can potentially play Pakistan in as many as three times within the space of 10 days and this could have been a chance for India to settle the scores of the Champions Trophy ignominy that created a huge scar on their reputation last year. Pakistan is in red-hot form lately and have an all-around team to beat any side on their day. And it will be a huge threat for India if the batsmen fail to counter Pakistanis this time around. If Kohli was in search of rest for the back injury that he sustained in Lord’s, India should have rested him for the final Test, which is anyway a dead rubber. 

As Ian Chappell, in one of his column for Cricinfo, put it some days ago, the next few months will be a defining period in Kohli's captaincy career and that will also define if the master batsman can go down as an example of masterful leadership. With Steve Smith and David Warner not there, India hold a chance and for that the team needs a fit and firing-on-all-cylinder Virat Kohli there. A rest is advisable, but that needs to be properly planned and it would have been better if he chose Windies series over the Asia Cup.