“It’s been seven years of hard work,toil and relentless perseverance every day to take the team in the right direction. I’ve done the job with absolute honesty and left nothing out there,” Kohli said in his statement.
“Everything has come to a halt at some stage and for me as Test captain of India,it’s now. There have been many ups and also some downs along the journey,but never has there been a lack of effort or lack of belief.”
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The feisty top order batsman has had a difficult relationship with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) since stepping down as the Twenty20 captain after last year’s World Cup.
That cost him the one-day captaincy as well,with the BCCI installing Rohit Sharma as captain in both the short formats.
However,the BCCI congratulated Kohli via a Twitter post after the news broke.
Kohli,who took over the reins in 2014,led India in a record 68 test matches,winning 40 and losing 17.