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Virat Kohli To Leave India’s T20 Captaincy After the T20 World Cup in UAE
By CricShots - Sep 16, 2021 6:18 pm
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The Indin skipper, Virat Kohli has announced that he will be leaving the captaincy from T20Is of the Indian team, after the upcoming T20 World up in UAE. He thanked the Indian players the support staff, the selection committee, his coaches for supporting him and also thanked the close people and India’s head coach Ravi Shastri and veteran opener, Rohit Sharma for helping him to arrive at the decision.

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Virat Kohli

Announing the same in a statement, Virat Kohli wrote: “I have been fortunate enough to not only represent India but also lead the Indian Cricket Team to my utmost capability. I thank everyone who has supported me in my journey as the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team. I couldn’t have done it without them – the boys, the support staff, the selection committee, my coaches and each and every Indian who prayed for us to win.”

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He further added, “Understanding workload is a very important thing and considering my immense workload over the last 8-9 years playing all 3 formats and captaining regularly for last 5-6 years, I feel I need to give myself space to be fully ready to lead the Indian Team in Test and ODI Cricket. I have given everything to the Team during my time as T20 Captain and I will continue to do so for the T20 Team as a batsman moving forward.”

 

Explaining it further, Virat Kohli wrote: “Of course, arriving at this decision took a lot of time. After a lot of contemplation and discussions with my close people, Ravi bhai and also Rohit, who have been an essential part of the leadership group, I’ve decided to step down as the T20 Captain after this T20 World Cup in Dubai in October. I have also spoken to the secretary Mr Jay Shah and the President of BCCI Mr Sourav Ganguly along with all the selectors about the same. I will continue to serve Indian Cricket and the Indian Team to the best of my ability.”

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Sine Virt Kohli has decided to resign from the T20 captaincy, most likely Rohit Sharma will be taking his place and there is no doubt regarding his leadership skills t lest in the shortest format of the game as he has already led the Mumbi Indians (MI) four times to win the Indin Premier League (IPL) title. Rohit will be expected to lead India during the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

Here is the reactions from the fans for the decision:

 

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