India’s Most Successful Test Captain, Virat Kohli Has Pulled His Hand Back From Test Captaincy!

India’s Most Successful Test Captain, Virat Kohli Has Pulled His Hand Back From Test Captaincy!

There is no ending of pain for Indian cricket fans. First, on 14th January, India lost to South Africa in the third test and missed the chance to create history by winning a Test series in South Africa ever. On the very next day, Skipper Virat Kohli announced that he will no more be the test captain of the team. This shocking decision came when fans were just moving on from the series defeat.

Significantly, Virat Kohli has ended as the most successful test captain ever for India. Kohli has captained India in 61 matches. India has won 40 out of those which is a record. Men In Blue has just lost 17 matches. 

“Everything has to come to a halt at some stage..” Look what Virat said!

Virat Kohli announced he’s stepping down from test captaincy through an emotional tweet yesterday. In his tweet, he wrote that everything has to come to an end one day and for his test captaincy this is the time now. He further added that he has given his 120% to the team and now he feels that he can’t do it anymore and thus the decision is taken. 

He kept on saying that he will give more than best but as batter now. In the end, he thanked the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) for giving him this opportunity. 

Kohli added a special message for veteran captain MS Dhoni!

Virat Kohli got emotional in the end when he thanked Ravi Shastri, the veteran coach of India with whom he has built one of the most successful teams. He didn’t forget to mention MS Dhoni in his not. Significantly, it was MS who suggested Virat’s name for the captaincy in 2014 when Dhoni took retirement from the longest format of the game. Virat added special thanks to the veteran skipper for showing belief in him. 

You can read the tweet here, 

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— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 15, 2022

Why did It happen?

According to the sources, Virat Kohli was sad with the series defeat against South Africa. India had a huge chance of winning the first-ever test series here as it is one of the weakest South African sides which India has ever faced. This can be seen as the reason behind Virat’s decision. 

Though many fans are claiming that politics in the BCCI has curbed the captaincy of Virat. Last year in September, Virat Kohli stepped down as T20i captain after playing the T-20 World Cup. A few months after that he was removed from the captaincy of white-ball cricket. 

The last few months haven’t been easy for Kohli as his differences with the BCCI are crystal clear. Although India’s limited over skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat himself have denied all these kinds of rumors. Though, it is not decided who will become the next Indian test captain. 

This is how everyone wished Kohli for his successful journey, 

BCCI congratulates #TeamIndia captain @imVkohli for his admirable leadership qualities that took the Test team to unprecedented heights. He led India in 68 matches and has been the most successful captain with 40 wins. https://t.co/oRV3sgPQ2G

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 15, 2022

World fraternity was shocked to hear this!

The end of an era ⌛

Virat Kohli's time as India captain will go down as one of the most successful of all time.

His achievements 👇https://t.co/2QrdPi9fNM

— ICC (@ICC) January 15, 2022

Took the team to the top. Kudos.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Hopefully you keep playing #ViratKohli https://t.co/75J8dBjuKa

— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa) January 15, 2022

This is what Virat’s inspiration said to him, 

Congratulations @imVkohli on a stunning run as the Indian captain. You can be very proud of what you have achieved so far, and for sure, your name will be up there among the best leaders in world cricket 👏 https://t.co/DieCKL4bhE

— Sir Vivian Richards (@ivivianrichards) January 15, 2022