Kohli to step down as T20I skipper: Highlights of Virat’s T20I captaincy

Virat
Kohli
era
in
T20I
ends;
Who
is
India’s
new
captain?
Rohit
Sharma,
Rishabh
Pant
or
KL
Rahul?

Under
Kohli’s
leadership,
the
Indian
team
has
won
29
matches
out
of
the
45
T20Is
played
under
Kohli.
Kohli
has
an
enviable
record
as
he
is
the
second
most
successful
T20I
captain
of
India
as
his
predecessor
Mahendra
Singh
Dhoni
has
led
the
team
to
42
wins
from
72
matches.

But
India’s
winning
percentage
under
Kohli
is
better
than
Dhoni’s
tenure
during
which
the
side
won
the
inaugural
T20
World
Cup
in
2007.
India
have
won
27
out
of
45
matches
under
Kohli
with
two
tied
games
and
as
many
abandoned,
making
it
a
healthy
winning
percentage
of
65.11.

Virat
has
been
a
true
asset
for
Indian
cricket;
decision
made
keeping
in
mind
the
future
roadmap:
Ganguly

Kohli
will
be
looking
to
get
his
hands
on
the
ICC
T20I
trophy
next
month
as
it
will
be
his
last
chance
to
add
an
ICC
T20I
trophy
to
his
cabinet.
But
despite
the
result,
Kohli
can
take
pride
of
his
record
as
a
T20
skipper.
Kohli
can
take
pride
from
the
fact
that
the
team
under
his
captaincy
starting
from
2017
has
won
series
in
South
Africa,
Australia,
New
Zealand,
England
and
West
Indies.

Here’s
a
look
at
the
highlights
of
Kohli’s
T20I
captaincy:

• India’s
  first
  T20
  bilateral
  series
  win
  came
  under
  Kohli
  in
  2017
  when
  the
  team
  won
  the
  one-off
  game
  in
  Sri
  Lanka.
• The
  first
  series
  win
  in
  SENA
  countries
  came
  in
  South
  Africa
  in
  2018
  when
  India
  won
  2-1.
• In
  the
  same
  year,
  India
  managed
  to
  beat
  a
  formidable
  England
  team
  in
  its
  own
  backyard
  with
  the
  series
  result
  being
  2-1.
• By
  far
  the
  biggest
  overseas
  triumph
  came
  in
  New
  Zealand
  in
  2019-20
  season
  with
  Kohli’s
  team
  trouncing
  the
  Black
  Caps
  5-0
  before
  going
  on
  to
  lose
  the
  subsequent
  ODI
  and
  Test
  series.
• In
  2020,
  India
  bounced
  back
  after
  losing
  the
  ODI
  series
  in
  Australia
  to
  win
  the
  T20
  rubber
  2-1.
• Most
  recently,
  India
  beat
  mighty
  England
  at
  home
  3-2
  and
  Kohli
  was
  named
  the
  player
  of
  the
  series.
• Kohli
  remains
  the
  leading-run
  scorer
  in
  T20s
  with
  3159
  runs
  at
  an
  impressive
  average
  of
  52.65
  and
  highest
  score
  of
  94
  not
  out.

(With
inputs
from
PTI)