Virat Kohli has been impressive as captain and as a batsman over the years. On Thursday, he announced that he would step down as the T20I skipper of the national side after the T20 World Cup slated to be played in the UAE in October-November this year.
Rajkumar Sharma, Virat’s coach has his thoughts on that too. He believes that Virat Kohli will be more “determined and focused” to win the upcoming T20 World Cup. As a result, he would like to leave India’s T20I captaincy on a high.
Speaking of Virat Kohli’s decision, his coach shared that they had discussed it. Rajkumar Sharma feels captaining in three formats puts a lot of pressure on the player. As a result, the decision to step down.
He also shared that Virat Kohli will look forward to the Test and ODI format. Just like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, he will want to mentor and guide the new captain.
Under Captain Kohli’s leadership so far India in 45 T20Is with the side winning 27 out of those. India only lost 14 T20Is under Kohli captaincy while two games were tied and two matches had no results.
Best of luck to Team India and Kohli for all the upcoming tournaments!
