Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant hit attacking half-centuries to set up India’s eight-run series-clinching victory over West Indies in the second Twenty20 international on Friday.
Virat Kohli needs to shed his ego to play under a new leader after giving up the Test captaincy, cricket icon Kapil Dev said as uncertainty swirled about the future of the national team.
Virat Kohli shocked the Indian cricket world by announcing that he is resigning as the national side’s Test captain, after leading the team to memorable overseas victories in his seven years in charge.
Rohit Sharma replaced Virat Kohli as India’s ODI captain on Wednesday, thus taking charge of both the white-ball squads ahead of their tour of South Africa later this month.
India head coach Ravi Shastri said he will not seek an extension of his contract after his tenure ends at the conclusion of the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Indian Skipper Virat Kohli said he will continue to open the batting in T20 cricket after his unbeaten 80 set up India’s series-clinching win over England.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday became the first batsman to score 3,000 runs in T20 internationals. Kohli’s unbeaten 73 off just 49 helped India to level the five-match series at 1-1 in the second T20I against England in Ahmedabad.
