Former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin on Friday said that he was surprised by the timing of Virat Kohli’s announcement to step down as Team India T20I captain. Kohli on Thursday posted a politician statement on social media on Thursday, where he announced that he would be stepping down from the T20I captaincy after the T20 World Cup . The showpiece event is about to start on October 17 and therefore the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) President revealed that he was surprised by the timing because the World Cup is “just round the corner”.
Taking to Twitter, Azharuddin wrote, “While it’s surprising to listen to that @imVkohli has decided to quit the captaincy of the T-20 format, the timing of the announcement is even more surprising as T-20 World Cup is simply round the corner. Whatever it’s going to cost, it’s his decision then be it.”
One fan supported the previous India captain’s perspective on the event and commented that it wasn’t a wise decision from Kohli Meanwhile, another fan had a stimulating combat things and compared Kohli to Sachin Tendulkar Kohli hasn’t been d batsman that he was for quite 2 yrs,now. And regardless of how good Kohli was as batsman,he was never a captaincy material-akin to Sachin.Sachin was wiser to offer it up soon. It’s perplexing why d groomsman to steer #TeamIndia-across formats,is yet not d Captain”, the fan commented.
Unlike Azharuddin, another former cricketers had a special opinion on Kohli’s decision. during a conversation with press agency ANI, former national selector Saba Karim supported Kohli and explained that captaining altogether three formats increased his workload He must have considered it for an extended time, he must have felt that the workload is increasingly getting a touch an excessive amount of and lately , all three formats having a special championship, it’s tough for one person to be a captain across all three formats”, said Karim.
Former all-rounder Irfan Pathan took to Twitter to laud Kohli and also hoped that he would win the T20 World Cup Surely it came as a shock to listen to @imVkohli stepping down from the T20 captaincy after the planet Cup. Looking forward to India winning the planet cup because it are going to be an ideal tribute to his captaincy and hope the team carries his legacy forward”, wrote the 2007 World T20 winner.
The T20 World Cup are going to be hosted within the UAE and Oman with the ultimate to be played in Dubai on November 14. India will play their first fixture on United Nations Day , taking over Pakistan in Dubai.