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Kohli will continue to lead the testing and one-day international aspects.
Virat Kohli announced on Thursday that he will resign as India’s T20 captain after the UAE T20 World Cup, but will continue to lead in ODI and cricket testing.
“After the T20 World Cup in Dubai in October, I decided to resign as the T20 captain,” Kohli said in a statement on his Twitter page.
For some time, people have been speculating about Kohli’s future as the white team leader, especially in the context of Rohit Sharma’s brilliant record of winning five IPL championships for the Mumbai Indians.
“Understanding the workload is a very important thing. Considering the huge workload of playing all three formats in the past 8 to 9 years and regularly serving as the captain for the past 5 to 6 years, I feel that I need to give myself space to Fully ready to lead the Indian team in test and ODI cricket matches,” Kohli said in a statement on his Twitter page.
“During my tenure as the T20 captain, I have given everything I have for the team. I will continue to do this for the T20 captain and will continue to do so for the T20 team as a forward batsman,” he further added road.
Kohli said the decision was made after consulting with head coach Ravi Shastri, his heir Rohit, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah.
The T20 World Cup will start on October 17.
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 16, 2021
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