Much to the annoyance and surprise of BCCI, Kohli has sensationally taken a call and that is to quit as the captain of the Indian T20 team.
He took to social media and expressed his decision…

But why?

Sports Strategist, Advisor and Astrologer, Hirav Shah discusses below.

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What Virat has done is understood to have been taken on his own and without any pressure from the cricketing body. Post the T20 World Cup 2021, which will be held in the UAE in October, Kohli will step down as the captain.

Reasons he cited are, a hectic schedule and a lack of time to focus on his game, incredibly.

This is what he wrote- “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.”

Is this workload the real reason??
Really?

Hirav Shah does a Gap Analysis !!

Gap Analysis

In the last decade, Kohli has played just 90 T20Is which is roughly 9 matches per year in the shortest format of the game. Definitely, not a huge workload if you consider that he plays around 15 matches of IPL every season within two months, which goes without saying the toughest on the body for any cricketer and all the more taxing for a captain.

So, if someone wants to keep himself fresh and fit, shouldn’t he be willing to give up his franchise’s captaincy (that he has not been able to lift a trophy in eight years for Royal Challengers Bangalore is a different story altogether) and sustain his India captaincy career in that format?

Ok, now go back to where he had started !!

Kohli took over India’s limited-overs captaincy in 2017, succeeding Dhoni. India’s winning percentage under Kohli is better than it was under Dhoni, despite the fact that the former skipper led the country to the inaugural World T20 title in 2007.

India has won 27 out of 45 matches under Kohli with two tied games and as many abandoned, making it a healthy winning percentage of 65.11.

But, there certainly is a “GAP” !!
And this gap would certainly matter to somebody like Virat – Opines Prolific Sports Astrologer, Hirav Shah.

Final Thoughts

Virat Kohli has a phenomenal average 95.85 in successful T20I chases which is highest for any T20I captain.

Anyway, now that Virat has charted out possible ways to bridge the GAP, he needs to establish a clear strategy and actionable objectives to help him reach the team’s goals and vision.

Good Luck To You Virat…
May you go from strength to strength- Hirav Shah Concludes.