On 13 September 2021, the news broke out by the Times of India journalist that Virat is considering stepping down as a captain in T20I’s but a few hours later, the treasurer of BCCI played down the news and said he will continue as captain. And even I considered this news a bit kind of distraction but there is no denying that if Virat doesn’t win this T20I world cup then the sword will be hanging over the head. But yesterday evening Virat himself announces that after this T20I world cup he will step down as the captain because of the immense workload which he faced in the last 8-9 years.
And in my opinion, this is the courageous decision of Virat to step down as a captain because people usually don’t want to delegate powers and in India, people don’t like the culture of split captaincy but he has put his nation above everything and I respect his decision and we have to cheer him up for this world cup because even he will be willing to leave a mark by winning this trophy as a captain. But things don’t look as simple as they are because even Sunil Gavaskar sir has said that “He might have got a hint that BCCI and selectors aren’t impressed with his white ball captaincy. This could be the reason why he left T20I captaincy and decided to give leadership to someone”.
But God forbid if India fails to win this world-cup then this decision will come but it may come from BCCI or maybe Virat do it voluntarily and what will happen is that people will think just because we have lost the world-cup that’s why Virat is forced to step down as a captain. So, the timing of this news is well planned and is right.
And with Virat stepping down who can be the next captain of T20I? There is no reward for guessing as it will be Rohit Sharma and if he doesn’t become the captain it will be a surprise for me and the whole nation would be surprised, because after Virat if anyone is the leader in this team in terms of performance or by charisma as a captain then it is Rohit Sharma and there has been heated debate in media especially after 2019 world-cup that Rohit Sharma should take the charge of White ball cricket but I feel his time has finally arrived at least for T20I’s. And also it will be interesting to see whether the BCCI will remain with Virat in the ODI captaincy or will they change it but one thing is for sure now BCCI has to make a decision and the ball is in their court now.
So if you have any thoughts regarding this you can share them with me in the comment section.
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