New Delhi: Virat Kohli has left the captaincy of the Indian T20 team. In exactly the way he is known for. In exactly the same style of functioning, which is the identity of BCCI. Virat Kohli on Thursday posted a long note leaving the captaincy on social media. With this, the speculations going on in the media in the past proved to be true. Especially after the entry of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) as a mentor, these speculations were made. Let us know the 5 main reasons for leaving Kohli’s captaincy.
Team India’s grip weakened
Virat Kohli was the number-1 Indian batsman in every format till 2019. Between 2015 and 2019, he was the most influential batsman in the world. His form has declined since the year 2020. The special thing is that it did not affect the performance of the team. The Indian team kept winning despite Virat’s weak performance or his absence from the team. Due to this, the dependence of Team India on Virat started decreasing. The victory of the Test series in Australia proved to be a milestone in this journey. It was only after the victory in Australia that the BCCI management and selectors were convinced that Team India could perform well without Virat.
Rohit Sharma gave a tough challenge
On the one hand, the dependence of Team India on Virat Kohli is decreasing, on the other hand, Rohit Sharma has also dominated the Test team after the ODI-T20 format. He proved to be India’s best batsman on the recent England tour. There has been a demand to make Rohit the captain of the ODI-T20 team since the World Cup 2019. It is a different matter that in those days Rohit was not in the Test team or playing XI. Because of this, this demand used to weaken. Now it is a coincidence that when Virat became weak, then Rohit did not hesitate to take his place. In the IPL, Rohit made his team the champion again and again and told them that he knows the skills of captaincy.
No one admires Virat’s captaincy
This is also the one thing that everyone says in a suppressed tongue, but no one openly. Why should anyone take the risk of speaking against the captain when commentators lose their jobs for criticizing players. But it is true that Virat was never liked for his captaincy. India has won the most test matches under his captaincy. His captaincy record in ODIs and T20 matches is excellent. But former cricketers, from critics to common fans, attribute this to the strength and bench strength of Team India, not to Virat’s captaincy. Virat put India’s most successful bowler Ravichandran Ashwin on the bench in the recently concluded Test series against England. Anyone who has seen this series on TV knows that no knowledgeable person praised Virat’s decision. Yes, did not even criticize and perhaps the reason for this is that Virat Kohli’s power, which is known to everyone.
Bad record in ICC tournament
Virat Kohli has been the captain of India for almost 7 years, but he has not been able to win a single ICC tournament for the team. It’s a big failure as a captain. The Indian team has lost the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup (2019) and the final of the Champions Trophy (2017) under his captaincy. Virat was also the captain during the T20 World Cup held in India in 2016. Even then India could not progress beyond the semi-finals. This must have been in Virat’s mind at the time of leaving the captaincy.
Virat wants to reduce the pressure
One reason for this decision of Virat Kohli is also that he probably wants to continue captaining the ODI and Test team in the future as well. He has left the command of the T20 team and has indicated that he is not greedy for captaincy. Now if India wins the T20 World Cup in October, then Virat’s captaincy will be full of moons. If India loses, Virat will largely escape criticism. Virat is trying to be the captain of India in ODI and Test formats at least till the World Cup 2023 (ODI).
