Virat kohli: In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, the Indian team suffered a 3–1 defeat. Indian team captain Rohit Sharma flopped badly on this tour. Rohit Sharma had to be ruled out of the fifth Test after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy flopped in the first 4 Test matches against Australia. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah captained the Indian team. However, now a big claim is being made in media reports. It is being said that Virat Kohli had received the captaincy offer, but he turned down.
Virat Kohli got an offer before Jaspreet Bumrah!
According to media reports, for the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir wanted Virat Kohli to captain, but Virat Kohli rejected Gautam Gambhir’s words. After which fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah captained. However, this is not the first time that Virat Kohli has rejected the offer to captain. Recently, Virat Kohli refused to captain Delhi in Royal Challengers Bangalore and Ranji Trophy in the IPL. Actually, it was said that Virat Kohli wants to focus on his batting, due to which he turned down the captaincy offer.
Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma was not part of the fifth Test playing XI after the Border-Gavaskar Trophy flopped in the first 4 Test matches against Australia. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah was made the captain of the Indian team. At the same time, media reports are claiming that before Jaspreet Bumrah, Virat Kohli had received an offer to captain, but he did not accept.
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