On January 15th, the day after he stepped down as the captain of the Indian Test team, he left a trail of controversy that saw him stamp his aggressive style on arguably one of the most demanding jobs in the world of sport.
His decision to step down as the Test skipper comes almost a month after he was ousted as the one-day captain following his decision to quit as the Twenty20 captain.
The man who led India to several victories overseas couldn't sign off on a winning note. South Africa defeated India in the third Test to win the home series.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and ex-Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni were thanked by the team's captain, in a statement shared on social media.
I would like to thank the Board of Control for Cricket in India for giving me the opportunity to lead my country for such a long period of time and to all the teammates who bought into the vision I had for the team from day one. He said that the journey was so memorable and beautiful.
"To the support group who were the engine behind this vehicle that moved us upwards in Test Cricket consistently, you all have played a massive role in bringing this vision to life." "Thank you to Mahendra Singh Dhoni who believed in me as a captain and found me to be an able individual who could take Indian Cricket forward," said the captain.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) thanked the leader of the Indian team in the red-ball format. The cricketing body pointed out that India was victorious in 40 of the 68 matches he captained.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wishes Team India captain ImVkohli well. He was the most successful captain with 40 wins.
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January 15, 2022.
The Indian team went into the South Africa tour despite the controversy surrounding the exit of the captain. He was replaced by a new one on December 9.
The decision was taken after the T20I captain stepped down due to workload pressure.
In a press conference before leaving for South Africa, he told reporters that he was told 90 minutes before the team's selection that he wouldn't be leading the side.
The communication about the decision that was made was not accurate. I was contacted one and a half hours before the selection meeting on December 8 for the Test series and there was no prior communication to me at all since I announced my decision on T20I captaincy," said Kohli.
This was contrary to the claim that the T20I captain was asked not to step down as the team's leader.
"We had asked him not to step down as T20 captain but he didn't want to." The two white ball captains in two white-ball formats cannot be the same. The former India captain had said that there was too much leadership.
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