Virat Kohli sacked: BCCI on Wednesday announced an 18-man squad under the leadership of Virat Kohli on Wednesday and followed the release with a verdict which was long-awaited but still shocking at same point. Follow more such news on InsideSport.IN.
Virat Kohli sacked: All the stats you need to know from 4-year white-ball captaincy stint
Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian white-ball team from 2017, was removed from the ODI captaincy and the command was given to Rohit Sharma – who took over as the T20I captain last month.
Virat Kohli is yet to release an official statement after the major development as InsideSport.IN has learnt that all is not well between him and the BCCI. One of the official informed InsideSport that Kohli was explained the thought process of the board & the selectors.
He was told in no uncertain terms that he should give up the ODI leadership since it wasn’t prudent to have two captains in white ball cricket. But he refused to budge.
The board officials and chairman of selection committee kept waiting for Kohli’s call for the next 48 hours. However, the 33-year-old never called and a miffed BCCI took the final call and gave the ODI captaincy to Rohit Sharma.
As the curtain on Virat Kohli’s ODI captaincy falls, let’s have a look at some of the major stats from his leadership tenure.
Virat Kohli’s captaincy record in ODIs:
Matches : 95
Won : 65
Lost : 27
Tied/NR : 1/2
Win% : 68%
India’s record in bi-lateral ODI series under the captaincy of Kohli
Series played : 19
India won : 15
India lost : 4
India won eight out of nine bi-lateral ODI series at home under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli’s record with the bat as a captain in ODIs:
Matches : 95
Innings : 91
Runs : 5449
Average : 72.65
SR : 98.28
100s : 21
50s : 27
Only Ricky Ponting (22) has hit more centuries as a captain in ODIs than Virat Kohli (21).
India under the captaincy of Virat Kohli in major multi-nation ODI tournaments:
West Indies Tri Nation Series, 2013 : Champions
Asia Cup, 2013/14: League stage
Champions Trophy, 2017 : Runners-up
World Cup, 2019 : Semi-final
Virat Kohli as a captain while chasing in ODIs:
Innings – 48
Runs – 3010
Ave – 83.61
SR – 97.98
100s – 13
50s – 12
Virat Kohli sacked: All the stats you need to know from 4-year white-ball captaincy stint
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