India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin penned down an emotional tribute to his captain Virat Kohli as the latter decided to step down from the captaincy, following India’s defeat against South Africa in the Cape Town test match and conceded the series by 1-2.
So Virat Kohli decided to call off his captaincy tenure of more than 6 years. In this time period, Kohli captained India in 68 Test matches with 40 wins and 17 losses.
Ashwin played 55 Test matches under the captaincy of Virat Kohli:
Ashwin who played an integral part in his successful stint as captain has written an emotional note for him.
Cricket captains will always be spoken about with respect to their records and the kind of triumphs they managed, but your legacy as a captain will stand for the kind of benchmarks you have set. There will be people who will talk about wins in Australia, England , Sl etc etc
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) January 16, 2022
“Cricket captains will always be spoken about with respect to their records and the kind of triumphs they managed, but your legacy as a captain will stand for the kind of benchmarks you have set. There will be people who will talk about wins in Australia, England, Sl etc etc,” Ashwin tweeted on Sunday.
have left behind for your successor and that’s my biggest takeaway from your stint as captain. “We must leave a place at such an altitude that the future can only take it higher from there on “ ??? #Virat #CricketTwitter
— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) January 16, 2022
“Wins are just a result and the seeds are always sown well before the harvest! The seeds you managed to sow is the kind of standard you set for yourself and hence set the expectations straight with the rest of us. Well done @imVkohli on the headache you have left behind for your successor and that’s my biggest takeaway from your stint as captain. “We must leave a place at such an altitude that the future can only take it higher from there on,” he concluded.
Ashwin played 55 Test matches under Virat Kohli and picked 293 wickets with an average of 22.13. Out of his 30 fifers, 21 came under the captaincy of Virat Kohli.
Notable that in the space of 6 months, Virat Kohli has stepped down from each captaincy position. First as RCB captain at the conclusion of IPL 2021, then as India’s T20I at the conclusion of T20 World Cup.
However, in December, he was sacked from the position of ODI captain as the selectors gave him a reason that they wanted the same captain in both white-ball formats and a month later he decided to leave red ball captaincy as well.
India’s next assignment in Tests will be 2-match series against Sri Lanka at home as Virat Kohli will play his 100th Test match at Bengaluru.