Virat Kohli stepped down as India's Test skipper on Saturday, a day after the team suffered a series defeat against the Proteas in South Africa. The 33-year-old charismatic cricketer took to social media to announce the decision in the evening, thanking the all-powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), former head coach Ravi Shastri and MS Dhoni, his predecessor. "It's been 7 years of hard work, toil and relentless perseverance everyday to take the team in the right direction. I've done the job with absolute honesty and left nothing out there. Every thing has to come to a halt at some stage and for me as Test Captain of India, it's now," Kohli wrote on Instagram. "I want to thank BCCI for giving me the opportunity to lead my country for such a long period of time and more importantly to all the teammates who bought into the vision for the team from day one and never gave up in any situation," Kohli said in his statement that he later tweeted. The BCCI, on its part, thanked Kohli for his "admirable leadership qualities" and also retweeted his statement. Read: Tigers return home from a different tour of New Zealand "BCCI congratulates #TeamIndia captain @imVkohli for his admirable leadership qualities that took the Test team to unprecedented heights. He led India in 68 matches and has been the most successful captain with 40 wins," the Board tweeted. In December last year, ace batter Rohit Sharma replaced Kohli as India's full-time white-ball captain. A month before, Kohli quit as India's T20 international captain. A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best contemporary batsmen in the world. He had been the national cricket team's captain since 2013. Since October 2017, he has been the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world. In 2018, Time magazine named Kohli one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2020, he became the only cricketer in the world to feature in Forbes list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world with an estimated earnings of USD 26 million.  

Virat Kohli will step down as captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore at the end of this season's Indian Premier League. Kohli had already announced he will relinquish the captaincy of India in the Twenty20 format after the T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates in October and November. “(I’ve) spoken to the squad this evening, before the second leg of the tournament starts, to inform everyone that this is going to be my last leg in the IPL as captain of our city,” Kohli said in a video message posted on RCB’s Twitter account on Sunday. Also read: Virat Kohli to step down as India's T20 skipper “(This was) something that was on my mind for a while … to manage my workload which has been immense over the last so many years. I want to continue to be committed to the responsibilities that I’m fulfilling, and I felt I needed the space to refresh, to regroup and be absolutely clear in how I want to move forward.” Kohli has led Bangalore since 2013 but has not yet won the world's most lucrative T20 league. Kohli said he will continue with Bangalore as a player. “I’ve made it clear to the management that, you know, I can’t think of me being in any other team than RCB,” he said. “That has been my commitment from Day 1 (and) I will continue to be RCB player till I play my last game in the IPL.” Also read: IPL 2021: Those who are at the Top Before the Tournament Resume Bangalore is currently third after winning five of its seven games in India before the IPL was suspended in May due to coronavirus. The league resumed in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday with Chennai Super Kings beating defending champions Mumbai Indians by 20 runs. Bangalore plays Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday.

After winning the 2ndTest of two-match series against Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs, Indian captain Virat Kohli said Bangladesh needs more skill to play in the international circuit and need to play more frequently to do better in Test cricket.

Indian captain Virat Kohli endured a rare fate in Tests as he was removed by Abu Jayed Rahi for a duck in the first session of Indore Test.

Antigua, Aug 26 (AP/UNB) — Jasprit Bumrah took five wickets for seven runs as India bowled out West Indies for 100 on Sunday to clinch a record 318-run win and help Virat Kohli equal a captaincy mark.