New Delhi. Virat Kohli has also decided to leave the captaincy of Royal Challengers Bangalore after IPL 2021. The franchise confirmed this on Sunday. Earlier, he had announced his resignation from the captaincy of India's T20 team after the T20 World Cup. Explain that RCB has performed well so far in this season of IPL. The team has won 5 of 7 matches and is third in the points table.
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| IPL 2021: Another shocking decision of Virat Kohli, will now leave the captaincy of RCB |
RCB shared a video from its Twitter account. He said that this evening I had spoken to the squad to tell them that this would be my last IPL as a captain. I have also informed the team management about it. This thing had been going on in my mind for a long time. I recently resigned as captain of the T20 team. So that I can manage the workload.
Virat Kohli to step down from RCB captaincy after #IPL2021
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) September 19, 2021
“This will be my last IPL as captain of RCB. I’ll continue to be an RCB player till I play my last IPL game. I thank all the RCB fans for believing in me and supporting me.”: Virat Kohli#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers pic.twitter.com/QSIdCT8QQM
"I have been playing a lot of cricket for the last few years," he said. I wanted to refresh myself. So I made this decision. I have told the RCB management that I will be associated with the team. My team has had a memorable journey of 9 years. I will continue to play for this franchise. I would like to thank all the fans. This is a small stop. This journey will continue.
Virat has been with RCB since the first season of the league i.e. 2008 and captained the team in 2013. Under his leadership, RCB has not been able to win the IPL title till date. He has played 199 matches so far and scored 6076 runs at an average of 37.97. He has 5 centuries and 40 fifties to his name. He further said in the video that RCB is about to undergo a change. Because next year IPL is going to have a big auction. I have told the management that I can't even think of being in a team other than RCB.
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