Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s aggression on the field had always been the topic for debate. While many cricket experts believe that he needs to tone it down, there are many who believe as long as success is coming on the field; it does not matter.

Now legendary Indian cricketer Kapil Dev, under whose captaincy India had won its first World Cup in 1983, has joined the debate.

Talking to Firstpost, Kapil Dev said that it does not matter and everyone is different.

“I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Steve has his opinion. I’m not going to respond to that. I feel as long as success is coming to the team, that’s good enough. Basically, our nation is a very soft nation. Virat is one of the few who have come out and changed the thought process. In fact, it was Sourav Ganguly who started changing our thought process. And then we had MS Dhoni, who was a totally different person. He was calm and quiet. So it’s what works for you. As long as success is coming on the field, that’s more important. I think Virat (Kohli) will mellow down as time passes. If not, that’s his decision. He’s always been like this ever since I saw him in his U-19 days,” Kapil Dev said.

Earlier, the former Australian captain, Steve Waugh has said that, during India’s South Africa tour, Virat Kohli’s feelings were ‘little over the top’.

“I have seen him in South Africa and I feel that he was little over the top. But that’s a learning thing for a captain,” Waugh was quoted saying to Press Trust of India.

Earlier, star Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami, the highest wicket-taker in woman ODI, had also commented on Virat’s aggression and said that it does not matter and Virat is hundred percent right in expressing himself.

“Aggression is an individual thing. Virat is 100 percent right in expressing himself. After all he is getting the results. So it doesn’t matter… There shouldn’t be so much talk about it,” Jhulan Goswami said to The Telegraph.

Last year, when Virat Kohli had surpassed Aussie legend Ricky Ponting in the number of ODI centuries by scoring his majestic 31st ODI ton against New Zealand, Sachin Tendulkar, while talking to PTI had opened up about his aggressive attitude.

“His (Kohli’s) attitude hasn’t changed since he got into the team. I noticed that spark in him which many guys were not fond of and there were many guys who were criticising him for that,” Tendulkar said.

“And today that has become the strength of the Indian team. He hasn’t changed much but people around him have changed. His attitude has changed only because of his performances and it is extremely crucial for a player to have that freedom to express himself,” Sachin Tendulkar was quoted by PTI.

In the year 2016, even former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly had said, “I was not half of what Kohli is on the field. He has just taken it one step further. I love watching him on the ground,” Ganguly said.

“But he has got to be careful. He has got to get the balance in terms of batting and captaincy,” Ganguly was quoted saying to India Today when asked about Virat’s aggression.