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India's Test Captaincy, Debacle and Debate

Cricket | Test | India | Captaincy Virat Kohli  wrote to the world , on 16 September, 2021, " 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. " He had clearly stated that he wanted to continue leading team India in the other two formats, while giving up T20I captaincy. 121 days later, he  stepped down  as the Test captain, being  replaced  by Rohit Sharma as the ODI captain before that. He was no longer the captain of the Indian National Cricket Team. End of an era in true sense. A win percentage of 63.46 doesn't come easy in cricket. The decision to give up T20I captaincy was clearly a well-discussed and well-thought one. To quote Kohli, he arrived at the decision " a fter a lot of contemplation and discussions with my close peop...