Kohli steps down as Test captain

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[LordPrabhzy]

That was.... unexpected 

[Singh bling]

Good he should focus now on batting which is declining .

[raki05]

Well done Shera. Now bcci plz don't make hahul as test captain.

[Majestic]

There goes all the power in a matter of 6 months. What a fall!

 

Lost WTC Final

Lost T20I captaincy

Lost WT20 with a shambolic exit

Lost ODI Captaincy

Lost South Africa test series

Lost Test captaincy

[Nikola]

Damn. He should have been captain for next 2 years in test cricket. We do not have options for test cricket right now. Anyways hope he gets his best batting form back now. 

[Pollack]

IF K L Rahul becomes captain it's a bad decision.  Make Pant captain. BTW it's totally unexpected. Somethings not right between BCCI and Kohli.

[Austin 3:!6]

This Ganguly being a d!ck...sorry to say. Our test team was doing so well.

[Bigg Brother]

I think Ashwin will take over just like Kumble did as we aren't playing any away series in near future. Rohit Sharma should be made captain..

[Suhaan]

7 minutes ago, Banton said:

Kl Rahul will take over 

That is bigger setback,if happens

[vishalvirsingh]

virat is the best captain and best batsman of India.

 

i hope BCCI does not ask the AVERAGE KL RAHUL or DADDEBAAJ Rishabh to become captain.  rohit sharma is another capable captain but he has weak knees and legs so he may only play for 6 months to 1 year more only.

 

hope bcci can convince kohli to take back his captaincy.

[Suhaan]

5 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

This Ganguly being a d!ck...sorry to say. Our test team was doing so well.

Then why would he force him to step down?

Looks his decision,no one forced him

[coffee_rules]

Sad he didn’t go on a high. Some handling communication job that s. It is good for the team in the long run. Only options are Rohit, KL, BUmrah, Pant are the all format players in the team

[javier26]

Don't like this decision . Kohli was a very passionate Test Captain, always hungry for a Win, competitive , in the face of opponents  and his energy motivated the other players of the team. It was fine when he left Captaincy in 1 or 2 formats but what's the problem if he was only Captaining in Test Cricket. It seems BCCI did go out of their way to punish him and show who is the Boss. Now expect the Test Team to fall to the same lows of the past. India will miss Virat the Test Captain more than Virat the Batsman.

 

Won't be surprised if he even retires from Cricket around 2023.

[ShoonyaSifar]

Finally good sense prevails. At least 2 years late but thankfully he's done it. Perhaps realised that he's likely to be sacked soon.

 

Now to see if he can arrest the slide in his batting form. I'm not betting on it but will be happy to chew my words.

[dilliboy]

Wtf?! and now they are saying KL Rahul will take over as Test Captain... Please anyone but him

[neel roy]

1 minute ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Finally good sense prevails. At least 2 years late but thankfully he's done it. Perhaps realised that he's likely to be sacked soon.

 

Now to see if he can arrest the slide in his batting form. I'm not betting on it but will be happy to chew my words.

I dont think how this will pan out. Maybe rohit will be test captain but whatever we saw of rahul i m not confident of his captaincy as yet

[Lone Wolf]

He will be out of the side by the end of the cycle...  Hello Bollywood then. 

Anyways as long as new captain is not KLR..  I'd be fine.  Rohit as temporary fix & vice captaincy to Pant. 

[ShoonyaSifar]

7 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

This Ganguly being a d!ck...sorry to say. Our test team was doing so well.

Kohli as test captain in last 2 years - 7 wins, 7 losses in 15 tests. "Doing so well" my foot. After the next annual ranking update, we will probably be the 3rd or 4th ranked test team.

 

If it's BCCI, kudos to them. The next home cycle starts from our next test series vs SL. Best to start rebuilding for next SENA under a new captain from here 

[neel roy]

Just now, Lone Wolf said:

He will be out of the side by the end of the cycle...  Hello Bollywood then. 

Anyways as long as new captain is not KLR..  I'd be fine.  Rohit as temporary fix & vice captaincy to Pant. 

He is still one batsmen who could if he wanted to be in pujara mode. Do you think a batting line up of gill vihari iyer pant will be able to win let alone draw any test in SENA