Virat Kohli, one of the world's best batsmen, on Saturday announced to quit the captaincy in the Test format. He announced this by writing an emotional post on social media and surprised his fans. Virat had announced to quit the captaincy of the shortest format of the game even before the T20 World Cup last year. After this, the captaincy of the ODI team was taken away from him. Now he has left the captaincy even in the longest format.
The 33-year-old Virat Kohli took over the captaincy in the Test format in 2014. He has played 99 matches in his Test career so far and scored 7962 runs. In 68 of these matches, Virat led the Indian Test team and scored a total of 5864 runs during this period. At the same time, while not captaining, he played 31 Test matches and scored 2098 runs.
Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, India had to face a 1-2 defeat in the recent Test series against South Africa. Two days after the end of the Test series, he decided not to lead in this format. Now Virat will not captain Team India in any format. Virat, who took over the captaincy in 68 Tests, is the most successful captain of India in this format. Under his captaincy, India won 40 Test matches.
Virat wrote in his post, 'It has been 7 years of hard work and continuous efforts every day to take the team in the right direction. I have done this work diligently so that nothing is missed. Everything has an end and for me now Test captaincy. Now. There were many milestones in this journey but never lost faith and effort.
