Since taking over the Test captaincy from MS Dhoni, Kohli has led the team in 34 Tests winning an incredible 20 matches. However, what is even more astonishing is that he has never gone ahead with the same lineup in consecutive games. Kohli has proved it time and again who the best batsman in the Indian side is and the latest one being his exceptional 153-run knock in Centurian in the second Test. 

"When I look at Virat, I think he needs someone in the support staff who can constructively challenge him and help him grow. He has all the capabilities tactically, he knows his own game, he sets the standard in the field for everyone else,” Smith added.

"We all know he's an outstanding player, his intensity really benefits his own personal game, he loves that confrontation, that intensity brings the best out of him. Sometimes as a leader you've got to consider how you impact the others in the environment, that's an area of his leadership that he needs to grow. You can see, he's often at his players. He's very aware, he's focused on the game is on, sweeping or mid-on.

" often his reaction to situations... I think that can sometimes impact on your team negatively. We all know how powerful Virat Kohli is in world cricket, in Indian cricket. For him, he's built this aura and for him maybe to find a level where he can connect with all his players, to get to a level where can get the Indian team to be as successful as he is, that's something that he, when I watch him, is grappling with."

"You might have some players who don't have the same understanding of the game, or the same fierce desire, but sometimes you have to bring yourself down to a completely different level. Down, not up. Because that is the only way you are going to get the others who are down up to a level that you want to be. By making them understand that this is not the level where you'll be doing well yourself, but rather where you are going to do well for the team to win,” Gavaskar said.

"Captains evolve in their thought process not only when they are captaining. On off days too, they are always thinking in terms of how can they take the team forward. And sometimes in that process, with that thinking - 'how do I take the team forward?' - you lose sight of simple simple things because as an individual you don't think it is not necessary for you - but it is necessary for some of the lesser guys... As soon as Virat realises that and starts to recognise that, he will become a better leader."

"You can be the best player in the world, and you love that intensity and you often don't think what your team-mates are going through. Sometimes you talk to AB de Villiers, he gets down and reverse sweeps, he makes it look so easy, and sometimes you need to remind AB that other guys don't see it that way,” Smith explained.

"As a leader, you need to understand the whole environment, talk to the players to try to get the best out of the environment. He might grow as he learns to soften that a little bit. His performances speak for themselves, it's about whether he can get the best out of those around him when they are under pressure."