Sports Desk News Edition 24: Virat Kohli on Thursday announced to step down as the captain of the Indian T20 team. Virat Kohli informed through a post on social media that he will leave the command of the Indian team after the T20 World Cup 2021. Fans are stunned by this decision of Virat Kohli because now Virat Kohli is just 32 years old and his record as T20 captain is also amazing. However, Virat Kohli announced to leave the captaincy of the T20 team to reduce the workload. After Virat Kohli, now the command of the T20 team can come in the hands of Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma can be seen captaining the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2022.
Rohit Sharma’s T20 record as captain is amazing. Under his leadership, the Indian team won the Asia Cup in 2018. Apart from this, he has also proved his captaincy in the Indian Premier League. Rohit Sharma has captained the Indian T20 team in 19 matches, out of which the team has won 15 and lost in 4. Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain of IPL. Mumbai Indians have won IPL five times. Rohit Sharma has won 47 out of 74 matches in IPL as captain.
Batting stats of Rohit Sharma as captain
It may be mentioned that Rohit Sharma’s batting average in T20 International is 32.54 but his average as captain is 41.88. Also, Rohit Sharma has scored 2 centuries in T20 as a captain. By the way, Rohit Sharma has scored a total of 4 centuries in T20 International which is a world record.
Why did Virat Kohli leave the captaincy?
Virat Kohli gave the workload as the reason for leaving the captaincy. Virat Kohli said that he has been captaining in all three formats for the last 5-6 years. So he has decided to reduce his workload. Virat Kohli told that before taking this decision, he consulted head coach Ravi Shastri, vice-captain Rohit Sharma. Along with this, Virat Kohli told that he has also informed BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah.
Virat Kohli’s performance as T20 captain has been excellent. He is the only captain who has won the T20 series in South Africa, Australia, England, and New Zealand. Under his leadership, Team India won 65.11 percent of the matches. Virat Kohli led Team India to victory in 27 out of 45 T20 matches while losing 14. 2 matches were tied and 2 matches did not yield any result.