It's Official: Virat To Quit As India's T20 Captain

Will Stay Till WC; Rohit Tipped To Be His Successor

- K. Shriniwas Rao

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Kohli’s average when not captain is the highest among all players with 500 runs or more in T20Is

Kohli has led India to victory in the last 5 T20I series he has played. But he is yet to win either an ICC trophy or an IPL tournament as skipper

Since the start of 2020, Kohli has averaged just 26.8 in 12 Tests. Across all three formats, he has now gone 53 innings without scoring an international hundred

Mumbai: At 5.53 pm on Thursday, three days after TOI first reported that Virat Kohli will step down as white-ball captain after the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, the star batsman put out a message on social media announcing his decision to quit as T20 captain after the event.

The decision was taken by Kohli himself. Neither the Indian cricket board (BCCI) nor the selectors had asked him to step down in any format. TOI’s report on Monday had clearly stated that he was contemplating such a move as he wanted to give himself space and time to concentrate on his batting.

Kohli’s post on Thursday confirmed as much. “Understanding workload is a very important thing...I feel I need to give myself space to be fully ready to lead the Indian team in Test and ODI cricket,” Kohli said. “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.”