The Way People Have Treated Virat Kohli Was Not Fair, Says Kiran More
Published - 21 Jan 2022, 04:08 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:03 AM
Former Indian cricket team selector Kiran More said that people have mistreated Virat Kohli in an unfair manner.
In the span of four months, Kohli has relieved himself from leading the Indian team from all formats. First, he stepped down from T20I captaincy at the conclusion of the World T20 event in November last year.
Virat Kohli relinquishes captaincy from all formats
Ahead of the South Africa tour, the national selectors decided to hand over the complete white-ball captaincy duties to Rohit Sharma.
A day after India lost the Test series to South Africa 1-2, Kohli took to his official Twitter handle to announce his decision to quit the red-ball captaincy.
Let’s not forget Virat Kohli is a World Cup winner: Kiran More
Kiran More feels that Kohli had achieved a lot in his international career both with his individual brilliance and being the leader of the Indian team.
“The way he has left is a bit sad. The way people have treated him, and I am not talking of the BCCI, and criticised him was not fair. He has played a lot of cricket, he has done well for India. The way he played any form of cricket, he had that quality. He always showed the character that he wanted to win,” More told News18.
“Let’s not forget he is a World Cup winner (2011). He has got 70 international hundreds and is a special player. I am disappointed with the way people were talking about him and the way his captaincy was criticised. For me, he is a legend. Performance-wise, we cannot touch him. I am not worried about him stepping down from T20 or ODI captaincy. That is part of life. The way people were criticising him was not good,” he added.
Kohli led India in 68 Tests, 95 ODIs and 50 T20 International matches and won a total of 135 games across all formats.
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