Last start: Kohli refuses to step down, BCCI blows whip, proves Rohit's leader.

Last start: Kohli refuses to step down, BCCI blows whip, proves Rohit's leader.

The BCCI on Wednesday terminated Virat Kohli's score as India's white ball captain and handed over the reins to Rohit Sharma.

The BCCI on Wednesday terminated Virat Kohli's score as India's white ball captain and handed over the reins to Rohit Sharma.

Kohli, who has been the T20I captain for the last 48 hours, waited for the ODI leadership to step down voluntarily, but he did not do so. Until the 49th hour, Rohit Sharma's loss of position was just 'fat perfect'.

Probably, the BCCI's statement did not even pay attention to Kohli's dismissal in the most telling way to tell someone that his time is up, only stating that the selection committee has decided to name Rohit as the captain of the upcoming ODI and T20I teams.

Kohli loses captaincy Also.

The BCCI and its national selection committee expelled Sushobhit Kohli, who had ambitions to lead India at home in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

At the moment when India were knocked out of the T20 World Cup on the group league stage, Kohli's leadership pattern was written but the BCCI's Mandarins wanted to give the last four-and-a-half-year captain an honorable exit route.

In the end, it seems that Kohli dared the BCCI to remove him, the board of trustees went ahead and did the same, and the one-time omnipotent captain had no choice but to accept it.

Kohli's leadership cycle is a fascinating story in itself.

He started out as an agile captain in the waiting under the very cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who took him under his wing and prepared him well before he was convinced it was time to captain the white ball and prepare him for the World Cup for at least two years.

Over the next two years, Kohli became the all-powerful captain of the team, who was able to accomplish things in his own way. It only helped that the administrators had a committee running the Supreme Court, which ignored their every demand - some very fair and some unfair.

And then there came a time when traditional administrators returned to business with a very powerful secretary and president, who knew a thing about being a successful captain himself.

In the end, the captains had two separate white balls.

Australia have Aaron Finch and England have white ball captain Eoin Morgan. India captained Kohli in Tests and Dhoni in ODIs and T20s for two years.

But those who follow Indian cricket closely should not be surprised by this incident.

The worst kept secret in the Indian dressing room is that their captain is not the most popular man on the team.

Kohli is a talkative man but he has a man close to him among his people, he has always heard that he is not a man of players.

PTI wrote on September 16 about how the dressing room got away from Kohli and it did not happen in a day.

"Virat's biggest problem has always been a problem of trust. He talks about clear communication but where he lost respect as a leader is lack of communication," said one player, who was part of that Indian dressing room a few years ago. Told PTI.

Former head coach Ravi Shastri has suggested in recent interviews that Kohli would focus more on his batting, but during the captain's high power, he pointed out that his man management skills were much needed, not to be forgotten. His dubious strategic intelligence on the big day? Probably not because no one wants to rock the boat. Anil Kumble tried and Sapshell failed.

There have been a number of incidents in which players have felt insecure about their position after two failures.

In previous regimes, a player would be honored if he performed and at the top of his game but as a captain, he never bothered when he was going through a recession.

Kohli's handling of Kuldeep Yadav's leadership is one of the worst instances where an extraordinary genius did not know where he went wrong.

Not only Kuldeep but there were many players who never knew what their exact roles were.

According to Grapewine, Kohli did not even meet the former support staff led by Shastri after the England series ended.

It wasn't that there were some ugly fights between them, but it was that Kohli and Shastri, after all, were not visible to the naked eye, but since the latter work was already mentally completed, he reduced his time. And held his head high and went away.

Dhoni's hotel room was open and players could come anytime, order room service, play PS4 (Play Station) games and relax. It was more about being able to bond well rather than discussing the technique.

Kohli once handed over the reins to an aloofBecame a personality and in the last few years, most juniors found an older brother who offered Rohit a "reassuring hand on his shoulder".

He became the guy who would take them out to dinner and when someone scored less than 50 runs in five matches, he would come up to them and say, "Don't worry, I'm here for you." This will be a new beginning for Kohli and it remains to be seen how he will adapt to this change where he is no longer the undisputed leader.

He will still lead the Tests but he is a proud performer, it remains to be seen how long he will continue as captain of the red ball he has no complete control over.

Virat Kohli's "captaincy reign" is coming to an end and Rohit Sharma's "leadership era" will be seen. It can be infinitely more exciting.