After the T20 World Cup, Kohli is going to say goodbye to the captaincy of the shortest format of cricket. In such a situation, he would like to win this World Cup for Team India at any cost and all his focus will be on ending the title drought.
The 2017 Champions Trophy was the first ICC tournament of Indian team captain Virat Kohli. Team India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by 124 runs in their first match. After this victory, Team India performed with a bang from the group stage to the semi-finals and made it to the final. Kohli's army faced Bangladesh in the semi-finals. This match proved to be one-sided for Team India. They beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets. At the same time, the Indian team once again faced Pakistan in the final.
Batting first, the Pakistan team set a mountain-like target of 338 runs in front of India. Chasing the target, the Indian team was reduced to only 158 runs. Team India had to face defeat by 180 runs. Also, the Indian team could not win the trophy either. After this defeat, the differences between Virat Kohli and team coach Anil Kumble increased so much that Kumble had to leave his post.
The ODI World Cup played in the year 2019 was Virat Kohli's first ODI World Cup as the captain of the Indian team. Most of the team players were in blazing form. Kohli & Co were one of the most favorite teams to win the tournament. They lived up to the expectations and finished at the top of the points table with just one loss in nine matches, but India could not handle the pressure in the semi-final against New Zealand.
The rain-affected match lasted for two days in which New Zealand batted first and scored 239/8. India got off to a poor start in the run-chase and the team's score was 5 for 3 in the first four overs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50) and Ravindra Jadeja (77) were leading India to victory, but they could not make Team India win. Virat's team lost the match by 18 runs and was out of the World Cup. It was also Mahendra Singh Dhoni's last match in the India jersey. He announced his retirement a year later on 15 August.
India once again proved to be the best team in the league stages as the team lost just one of the six series during the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship played from 2019 to 2021. India's only series defeat was against New Zealand. New Zealand also performed well in the league stages and they also reached the finals. Where once again Team India had to face New Zealand.
It was a golden opportunity for Virat Kohli to further India's dominance in Test cricket and end his ICC trophy drought, but Kohli could not do so and New Zealand defeated India in a thrilling final to become the first champions of the World Test Championship. made. New Zealand won the rain-hit final in Southampton by eight wickets.
