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Virat Kohli To End His Era As T20 Captain With Today's Match
By: Tupaki Desk | 8 Nov 2021 10:23 AM GMT
Indian cricket fans have supported Afghanistan in Sunday's match against the blackcaps New Zealand more than the Afghanistan fans hoping that Afghanistan will defeat New Zealand making way for India into the semis. Fans pinned high hopes on Afghanistan. However, Afghanistan lost to New Zealand, closing the doors for India to enter the semis.
Had Afghanistan defeated New Zealand, India would have entered the semis and the hopes of lifting the trophy would be intact. India is officially out of the ongoing T20 World Cup. On Monday India will lock horns with Namibia as its last match in the prestigious tournament.
This also means an end to the era of Virat Kohli as the captain for the T20 format. Ahead of the tournament, Virat Kohli announced the decision of stepping down as skipper for the T20 format after the tournament. With this, fans hoped that India would gift T20 World Cup to Virat. Former players like Gautam Gambhir also said the same before the tournament started.
As Virat Kohli is all set to step down as the skipper for the T20 format, let us revisit the records he had set up while leading the Men in Blue in the short format. In his four years as the captain, Virat Kohli established himself as the second successful Indian skipper, next to ace player Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
After taking over the T20 captaincy in 2017, Virat Kohli led India in 49 matches, out of which India had won 29 games. He scored 1489 runs in the short format as captain, the highest for an Indian skipper in the format. He also became the first Indian skipper to defeat New Zealand in a bilateral series.
Under his captaincy, India had won the Border-Gavaskar trophy in Australia by 2-1. Virat Kohli guided Men in Blue towards victory in series against England, Australia, and South Africa in their home ground, a terrific record for an Indian skipper. Virat Kohli also entered the history books by becoming the one and only Indian captain to defeat SENA countries in the T20 format. Another player will replace him as a captain. But no one can change the fact that he is one of the successful captains to have led India.
Had Afghanistan defeated New Zealand, India would have entered the semis and the hopes of lifting the trophy would be intact. India is officially out of the ongoing T20 World Cup. On Monday India will lock horns with Namibia as its last match in the prestigious tournament.
This also means an end to the era of Virat Kohli as the captain for the T20 format. Ahead of the tournament, Virat Kohli announced the decision of stepping down as skipper for the T20 format after the tournament. With this, fans hoped that India would gift T20 World Cup to Virat. Former players like Gautam Gambhir also said the same before the tournament started.
As Virat Kohli is all set to step down as the skipper for the T20 format, let us revisit the records he had set up while leading the Men in Blue in the short format. In his four years as the captain, Virat Kohli established himself as the second successful Indian skipper, next to ace player Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
After taking over the T20 captaincy in 2017, Virat Kohli led India in 49 matches, out of which India had won 29 games. He scored 1489 runs in the short format as captain, the highest for an Indian skipper in the format. He also became the first Indian skipper to defeat New Zealand in a bilateral series.
Under his captaincy, India had won the Border-Gavaskar trophy in Australia by 2-1. Virat Kohli guided Men in Blue towards victory in series against England, Australia, and South Africa in their home ground, a terrific record for an Indian skipper. Virat Kohli also entered the history books by becoming the one and only Indian captain to defeat SENA countries in the T20 format. Another player will replace him as a captain. But no one can change the fact that he is one of the successful captains to have led India.
