VIRAT KOHLI STEP DOWN AS INDIA T20 CAPTAIN AFTER T20 WORLD CUP 2021 .

 VIRAT KOHLI  STEP DOWN AS INDIA T20 CAPTAIN AFTER THE UPCOMING  EVENT OF THE T20 WORLD CUP 2021 IN DUBAI.

VIRAT KOHLI  DECIDED TO STEP DOWN AS  INDIA T20 CAPTAIN AFTER THE T20 WORLD CUP 2021, I HAVE ALSO SPOKEN  TO BCCI PRESIDENT SOURAV GANGULY AND  MY JAY SHAH SECRETARY  ALONG WITH ALL THE SELECTORS AND INCLUDING MY CLOSE PEOPLE HEAD COACH  RAVI SHASTRI, AND  INDIA VICE-CAPTAIN ROHIT SHARMA. I WILL DECIDED TO STEP DOWN AS THE INDIA T20 CAPTAIN AFTER T20 WORLD CUP 2021 IN DUBAI.

VIRAT KOHLI SAID  I FEEL I NEED TO GIVE MYSELF SPACE  TO BE  FULLY READY TO  LEAD THE INDIAN CRICKET TEAM IN ODI AND TEST CRICKET.

( VIRAT KOHLI  ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION ON SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES  )  - (   I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO NOT ONLY REPRESENT INDIA BUT ALSO LEAD THE INDIAN CRICKET TEAM TO MY UTMOST CAPABILITY.  I THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS SUPPORTED TO ME IN MY  JOURNEY AS THE CAPTAIN OF THE INDIAN CRICKET TEAM. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM - THE BOYS, THE SUPPORT STAFF. THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. MY COACHES AND EACH AND EVERY  INDIAN WHO PRAYED FOR US TO WIN.

UNDERSTANDING THE WORKLOAD IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING AND CONSIDERING MY IMMENSE WORKLOAD  OVER THE LAST  8 - 9  YEARS PLAYING ALL 3 FORMATS AND CAPTAINING REGULARLY FOR THE LAST 5 -6 YEARS, I FEEL I NEED TO GIVE MYSELF SPACE TO BE FULLY LEAD READY TO LEAD INDIAN TEAM  IN TEST AND ODI CRICKET. AND I  WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FOR THE T20 TEAM AS A BATSMAN MOVING FORWARD.

OF COURSE, ARRIVING AT THIS DECISION  TOOK A LOT OF TIME, AFTER A LOT OF CONTEMPLATION AND DISCUSSION WITH MY CLOSE PEOPLE, RAVI BHAI AND ALSO ROHIT, WHO HAVE BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE LEADERSHIP GROUP,  I WILL DECIDED TO STEP DOWN AS THE T20 CAPTAIN AFTER THIS T20 WORLD CUP IN DUBAI IN OCTOBER. I HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO THE SECRETARY MR JAY SHAH AND THE PRESIDENT OF BCCI MR SOURAV GANGULY ALONG WITH ALL THE SELECTORS ABOUT THE SAME, I WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE INDIAN CRICKET AND THE INDIAN TEAM TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.  )

 WISHING HIM ALL THE BEST FOR   INDIA CAPTAIN VIRAT KOHLI UPCOMING T20 WORLD CUP 2021 WHICH WILL BEGINS ON OCTOBER 17  IN DUBAI.

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