Kohli must lead India in Bangladesh Test, skip ODIs: Gavaskar

Previous skipper Sunil Gavaskar feels that Virat Kohli ought to lead India in the erratic Test match against Bangladesh and sit out of the three-match One-Day International arrangement that will take after.

The Indian group for the voyage through Bangladesh will be chosen on May 20th in Mumbai and there has been reports that Kohli, who has been playing relentless since last November in Australia may be rested.

"I would need him to play in the Test match and afterward be rested for the three-match One day arrangement. Really, any semblance of Virat, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, who has played a ton can be rested. Preferably as a player, I would need some rest as the sort of workload they have had playing for last four and half months," Gavaskar told NDTV on Friday.

The batting incredible trusts it will be a smart thought to rest Kohli for the ODIs as Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has resigned from longer form will get highly require two and half weeks of break before the ODI arrangement begins after the erratic Test.

"Dhoni clearly will get a tad bit of break. A year ago amid this time, India sent an "A" group essentially but then won the arrangement. Anyhow, that was one year back and Bangladesh have done well as of late. They have beaten Pakistan 3-0 in the ODI arrangement and we have to send an in number group. I accept we will see an in number ODI group being sent," the maestro said.

India will play the coincidental Test at Fatullah from June 10-14 took after by the three ODIs in Mirpur on June 18, 21 and 24.