Virat Kohli has represented RCB since the first season of the IPL, in 2008 © AFP
Royal Challengers Bangalore will have a new captain from the 2022 season of the IPL, with Virat Kohli announcing his decision to step down from the position at the end of the ongoing season of the tournament. The news was made public on Sunday evening, while the Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians game was on, by the franchise, and came three days after Kohli had announced that he would be giving up the captaincy of India’s T20I team at the end of the World Cup in October-November.
Kohli, who will turn 33 during the World Cup, became the regular captain at the Royal Challengers in 2013 – he has been a part of the franchise as a player since the inception of the IPL< in 2008.
Kohli’s 132 matches as captain in the IPL is only behind MS Dhoni’s 196, and while he has never won the tournament, his best season as a batter was in 2016 when he not only grabbed the orange cap for the most runs but also helped the team reach the final, where they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad. That was the solitary final for the Royal Challengers under Kohli, but they did make the playoffs in 2015 and 2020 too.
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Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo
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