Let’s take a glance at the captaincy record of Virat Kohli in the Indian Premier League as he prepares to step aside as RCB skipper
Virat Kohli, the skipper of Royal Challengers Bangaloreย in the Indian Premier League, will step down towards the end of the current season. While it may come as a surprise to some, Kohli admits that it was a well-thought-out decision that will allow him to focus on improving batting.
While Virat Kohli has stated that he will continue playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the upcoming years, the team’s administration will face a challenging issue finding a replacement skipper. Virat Kohli has led the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 133 matches, winning 62 and losing 66. Kohli will lead RCB for at least seven different games so far this season if he stays fit.
Virat Kohli IPL Captaincy Record And RCB Stats
As captain, Kohli has amassed 4810 runs with a strike rate of 134.11 and an aggregate of 43.27. Kohli is the IPL’s all-time leading run-scorer, with 6076 runs scored at a strike rate of 130.41 and a total of 37.97.
As a skipper in the IPL, he has scored 38 half-centuries, including five centuries for the side, four in 2016 and the other in 2019. He is also RCB’s leading run-scorer, with 6500 runs in the IPL and Champions League T20 merged, trailed by AB de Villiers having 4416 runs.
| Name | Years active | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Percent |
| Virat Kohli | 2011-2021 | 133 | 60 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 47.67 |
RCB reached for the play-offs for the first time since 2016, but Kohli’s inability to staunch the pain after the season, when they lost five straight games, along with the Eliminator, was evident. RCB finished last in the table in both 2019 and 2017 and sixth in 2018.
RCB In IPL 2021
On Monday, Kohli-led RCB lost brutally to their arch-rivals Kolkata Knight Riders, where the team failed to reach a hundred runs mark. RCB scored 92 in the quota of their 20 overs which KKR chased down in 10 overs with nine wickets remaining.
RCB is although in a strong position in the points table, but a loss like this will surely have an adverse effect on the players.