Their batting prowess aside, captains Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli have little in common
They are two of the best in this generation, but that is where the similarities end. Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain, is calm like his hometown of Tauranga. He speaks and bats softly, and looks like the boy next door. Virat Kohli, on the other hand, has a styled look, is aggressive on the field and has every bit of that ‘never-back-down attitude’ of a Delhiite.
In terms of fan following, Kohli is a brand on his own. Williamson seems like he does not want to be one. Kohli has 30.4 million followers on Twitter and 37.2 million on Instagram. He is the lone Indian on the Forbes list of world’s highest-paid athletes. Williamson is not on Twitter or Facebook; his Instagram account has 4,39,000 followers.
As India faced New Zealand in the rainy semi-final in Manchester, the contrast between the captains was clear as day. Kohli had led India into the semi-finals as the top ranked team. They had won seven, lost one, and had one washed-out game. Williamson, meanwhile, led a team that huffed and puffed its way into the semi-finals. They won five, lost three, and had one abandoned game. Barring the odd display from Jimmy Neesham and Ross Taylor, the onus of batting was on Williamson’s shoulders throughout the tournament. Including the semi-final, he has scored 548 runs in the tournament, including two hundreds and two fifties. Williamson has had to stand like a rock to alter his team’s fortunes. And he did so again to take his team to its second consecutive World Cup final.
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