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Virat Kohli Resigns: Big decision by Virat Kohli, decides to step down as T20I captain after T20 WC, Rohit Sharma will takeover

Virat Kohli Resigns: Big decision by Virat Kohli, decides to step down as T20I captain after T20 WC, Rohit Sharma will takeover

Virat Kohli Resigns- Virat Kohli Quit T20 Captaincy: India skipper Virat Kohli has taken a big decision to step down as T20I captain after T20 World Cup. He confirmed the development via tweet post. “I’ve decided to step down as the T20 captain after this T20 World Cup in Dubai in October. I have spoken […]

Virat Kohli Resigns- Virat Kohli Quit T20 Captaincy: India skipper Virat Kohli has taken a big decision to step down as T20I captain after T20 World Cup. He confirmed the development via tweet post. “I’ve decided to step down as the T20 captain after this T20 World Cup in Dubai in October. I have spoken to head coach Ravi Shastri, BCCI secretary Jay Shah and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly.

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Virat Kohli to quit T20 captaincyRohit Sharma to takeover: Why is Kohli taking this decision to quit as India’s T20 captain?

Virat Kohli Resigns: Reason, clearly is that Kohli wants to focus more on his batting. Captaincy in all 3 formats is getting too much to handle for the champion Indian and is affecting his batting.
“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,” he wrote on Twitter.
Kohli’s Performance as India Captain across all formats
Test Matches – 65 / Won 38
ODI’s – 95 / Won 65
T20’s – 45 / Won 29
Virat Kohli Resigns – Virat Kohli Quit T20 Captaincy: Why Rohit Sharma is a great choice to lead India in T20’s & ODI’s?

Virat Kohli Resigns – Virat Kohli to quit T20 captaincyMumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma to takeover: Rohit Sharma is a great choice because he without any doubt is the most successful captain in IPL history.

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This is no mean achievement. The IPL is the most sought after T20 league in the world with the maximum number of world class players. Rohit has led the Mumbai Indians (MI) to victory in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.

He took over the reigns from Harbhajan Singh in 2013 and immediately tasted success leading MI to victory beating CSK in the final at the Eden Gardens by 23 runs. From 2013 to 2020, Rohit has led MI to 5 titles and made the playoff 6 times in 8 editions.

T20 World Cup- Virat Kohli Quit T20 Captaincy: His record as captain in T20I cricket is even more outstanding. India has won 15 of the 19 matches under Rohit’s captaincy in the format. These include victories in the Nidahas tri-series in Sri Lanka in 2018 and a 3-0 series sweep against West Indies at home in 2018.

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