The Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli took everyone aback yesterday evening when he made a big announcement that he will no longer continue as the captain of the Indian cricket team in the shortest format of the game once the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021 in the United Arab Emirates and Oman is done and dusted. His wife Anushka Sharma reacted to the same soon. The decision was very surprising because only a couple of days ago, BCCI had said they had no plans of changing the captaincy.
Times of India first reported that Virat Kohli had decided to hand over the captaincy of white-ball teams to another Indian player so that he can focus on his game as a batsman. However, the BCCI said that there never had any discussions regarding the same. It seemed like the board wanted Virat Kohli himself to make the big announcement, and the same happened yesterday.
Anushka Sharma posts a special Instagram story after Virat Kohli decides to step down as the skipper of the Indian cricket team in the T20I format
Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is hitched to Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma. Anushka has been present at the stadium for many matches of the Indian cricket team and the Royal Challengers Bangalore team as she cheers for her husband.
Sharma reshared the post from her husband Virat Kohli’s official Instagram account and added a heart emoji of red color to the same. She has always supported Kohli, and the Instagram story suggests she is doing the same in the current situation as well.
Here’s the reason why Virat Kohli decided to step down as T20I captain
Virat Kohli posted a lengthy statement on his social media accounts yesterday to make the announcement that he was stepping down as the T20I team captain after the T20 World Cup 2021. In the same post, he had mentioned the reason behind his decision. Here’s what Virat had to say;
“Understanding 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 last 5-6 years, I feel I need to give myself space to be fully ready to lead the Indian Team in Test and ODI Cricket,” wrote Virat.
