The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper, Virat Kohli has announced that he will be resigning from the captaincy of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise after the 2021 season. Earlier this week, he also announce to give up the captaincy of India’s T20 side to manage his immense workload after this year’s World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Former India player Sanjay Manjrekar questioned the timing of Virat Kohli’s announcement to leave RCB’s captaincy.

During a chat on ESPNcricinfo, Sanjay Manjrekar said, “I am just curious about both the announcements as to why he had to do it before the tournaments, if you want to do that, you probably do it after the tournament.”

Virat Kohli, who took over as RCB skipper full time in 2013, has yet to lead the side to an IPL title.

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Announcing the same in a video shared by the RCB, Virat Kohli said, “This will be my last IPL as captain of RCB. I’ll continue to be an RCB player till I play my last IPL game. I thank all the RCB fans for believing in me and supporting me. I spoke to the management this evening. This was something that was on my mind… I needed the space to refresh, regroup and be absolutely clear in how to move forward.”

He further elaborated, “RCB is going to go through a transitional phase with a big auction coming up next year… I’ve made it to clear to the management that I cannot think of being in any other team than RCB.”

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RCB is currently locking horns with the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Abu Dhabi on Monday in their first game since the resumption of the 2021 season.